Ahmed Malek - Musique Original De Films

1.Omar Gatlatou (unreleased longer version) 03:10
2.Tikjda 02:48
3.La Ville 02:01 video
4.La Ville Part. 2 (Unreleased) 05:12
5.Halla 02:50
6.Maya 02:36
7.Les Vacances de L'inspecteur Tahar02:12
8.La Silence des Cendres 03:14
9.Autopsie d'un Complot 01:46
10.La Côte 02:40
11.Henya 01:59
12.Bolero 03:22
13.Un Toit et une Famille (unreleased)04:28
14.Omar Gatlatou (alt. version) 02:31

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 asked some 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.