Ahmed Malek = Ahmed Malek

𝘼𝙝𝙢𝙚𝙙 𝙈𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙠 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙡𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟬𝙨. 𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙫𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝘼𝙡𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝘼𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙘 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙡𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙟𝙖𝙯𝙯, 𝙥𝙨𝙮𝙘𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙪𝙣𝙠 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙡𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨. 𝘿𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙖𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙅𝙖𝙯𝙯 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙪. 𝙊𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙮𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙨 - 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙪𝙣𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙫𝙚.
"Introduction: I still remember the first time I heard Ahmed Malek. It was 2012. Back then I didn't know much about Arabic music, but I was about to leave Berlin for a couple of weeks to go to Tunisia. I was working as a project manager for a music recoding session which ended up being released by Jakarta Records as the "Sawtuha" release. I knew I would have some time off during my stay and I was certain that I would dedicate some of this time to diggin. I askesome people whether they knew of any titles that I should look for. Roskow, who also ended up re-mastering this release, told me about an Algerian composer called Ahmed Malek whose music was also released in Tunisia.
- Fast forward three years: Arabic records have become my number one hobby and luckily I got my hands on a copy of Ahmed Malek's "Musique Originale De Films" album. I already knew some of the tracks but listening to the music the way it was originally released, and not as a crappy Youtube version, made me fall in love with Malek's compositions all the more. It manages to create this very special mood: melancholic and reflective, emotional and touching, but never depressing. Even without having seen any of the pictures created for this, it immediately brings visuals to one's imagination. Around that time I became captivated with the idea of reissuing some of Ahmed Malek's music. I knew some people had tried to locate his family but, but with no success. In the end it was an incredible amount of luck that made it possible for you to read these words and listen to this record. I had a DJ gig in Beirut playing old Arabic records and I mentioned my passion for Ahmed Malek's music to a friend. She said she knew one person in Algier, and as much as it would be a shot in the dark, she could ask her if she had an idea of how to find Malek's family. Two weeks went by before I heard back, and what I got was incredibly good news. Her Algerian friend was the neighbor of Ahmed Malek's daughter! I'm not a spiritual person, but it felt like the universe wanted to see this release happen."