Pakistan

 

This tape was brought back from Pakistan by a friend who like me doesn't read Arabic nor Urdu.

This is a typical case of wondering when absolutely no information is available from the cover or sleeve but local languages. However it was a good pick; the music on this tape is nice: one male singer with dotar and some drumming with a lot of reverberation typical of that kind of local productions. There are 5 tracks altogether.

Thanks to ''qp'' I know now that the singer's name is Rehmat Ali who sings in the language spoken around Chitral which lies near the Afghan border in Northern Pakistan. Difficult to know whether the singer is also the dotar player. According to ''qp'' the tape might have been recorded, produced or sold in Gilgit which is in Kashmir in the zone controled by Pakistan.

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