Omar Souleyman: Bahdeni Nami review – irresistible, hyperactive electronica

(Monkeytown) Related: Omar Souleyman – Bahdeni Nami: album stream For those unfamiliar with the music of Omar Souleyman, the Syrian wedding singer who transformed traditional dabke music into a hyperactive electronic stomp, it’s not like much else. It’s so fast that the only appropriate way to engage with it is to wriggle your limbs. Melodies are both abrasive and ebullient, chattering endlessly like raucous birdsong. For those who are – his 2013 album, Wenu Wenu, won him many