Abdou El Omari - Nuits D’ete (LP) The Sorcerers These reels preceded the band’s

These reels preceded the band’s Sub Pop debut I

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this is vintage European library ethos filtered through a modern crate-digger’s lens

Abdou El Omari - Nuits D’ete (LP) The Sorcerers These reels preceded the band’sAbdou El Omari Nuits Dete (LP) A lost Moroccan masterpiece reborn. Abdou El Omaris Nuits Dt (Summer Nights) drifts through a dreamscape of Psychedelic Maghreb jazz, North African funk, and cosmic organ grooves. Originally recorded in the mid 1970s, this hypnotic LP captures El Omari at the height of his visionary powersmerging traditional Moroccan melodies with swirling Farfisa keys, hypnotic percussion, and deep desert mysticism. Long treasured by