Abdou El Omari
Lost Tapes 1980
Born Bad
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2026
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Tracklist
1Aili Ou Hayani 2:11
2Ana Sahraoui 3:51
3Nihayat Hob 2:38
4Angham Chaabia 3:17
5Dikrayat 2:44
6Layali Fass 4:03
7Lobna 5:14
8Tanger l'Eté 5:03
9Taksim Abdou 3:42
10Hanan 3:20
11Alach Yayouni 3:43
12Interlude 0:50

Abdou El Omari was born in 1945 in Tafraout, south of Agadir — a village suspended between the pink granite peaks of the Anti-Atlas and the waves of the Atlantic. A landscape already musical in itself. He grew up in the dry mountain light, surrounded by the rhythms of nature and Berber’s culture. Very little is known about the man — a veil of mystery still surrounds his life, only deepening the fascination. His name remains discreet, but his music continues to travel. It seems to drift from another time, another world, or perhaps from a dream shared between the blue nights of Casablanca and the silent dunes of the Sahara. nIn the 1970s, as Morocco was transforming, Abdou El Omari shaped a sound of his own — a visionary blend of spiritual jazz, psychedelic funk, Moroccan traditions, and early electronic experimentation. Today, his work is resurfacing, rediscovered by a new generation of listeners in search of lost horizons. This record stands among its rarest and most precious fragments.

One day, his close friend and poet Aziz Essamadi, rescued a cardboard box from the trash — a box containing Abdou El Omari’s personal archives. It was later entrusted to Casablanca based collector Ahmed Khalil, founder of the label Dikraphone, who - after long efforts - managed to convinced him of his sincerity. Inside were treasures preserved by chance: demos, rehearsals, private recordings, unseen photographs — and a stunning, almost forgotten cassette. Here, El Omari sounds bolder than ever, exploring territories where pop, cosmic disco, electric blues, and Moroccan tradition merge without boundaries.

Armed with his ARP Odyssey synthesizer, hypnotic grooves, and the celestial layers of his Farfisa, he expanded the dialogue between deep roots and electronic exploration. The funk drums patterns and the Moroccan ternary 6/8 rhythms intertwine in a unique psychedelic trance — a music that seems to emerge from a parallel Morocco, half dream, half memory.