Forward Music is a

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specializing in World Music.

History

Forward Music was established in 2001 by Ghazi Abdel Baki as a music label that pools together the cooperative efforts of young artists from the Middle East. It aims to encourage new and creative trends in the musical arts, blending the various cultural currents that meet and interact in new fusions and fresh perspectives. It hopes to draw on the rich musical past of the Arab world and the array of contemporary influences to find new musical dialects. Forward Music is committed to making an authentic contribution to our ever-changing culture and to the growing global dialogue of World Music. Today, Forward Music is a leading independent label that produces and distributes the work of several respected musicians and singers in the Middle East. In 2007, one of Forward Music's projects, "Al Muwashahat", received The

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. In October 2010, Forward Music acquired 13 album licenses from the record label Incognito, further expanding its music catalogue. Later, In 2011, Forward Music opened its state of the art Live concert venue in Beirut: The Democratic republic of Music (DRM). DRM hosted 300 concerts in the span of 3 years with artists such as:

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, and many others including the label's artists and a myriad of musicians from Syria, Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon.

List of current artists

Charbel Rouhana Charbel Rouhana ( ar, شربل روحانا) is a Lebanese oud player. Born in 1965 in Amsheet, a town north of Beirut, Charbel pursued his music education at the Université Saint-Esprit de Kaslik, obtaining his diploma in oud instrumentation in ...

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*Soumaya Baalbaki * Ghazi Abdel Baki *Issa Ghandour *

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*Ziad El Ahmadie

Discography

*''Watad,'' Ghazi Abdel Baki *''Ila Mata,

'' *''Handmade'',

*''Arabtango'', Soumaya Baalbaki *''Rubaiyat El Khayyam'',

*"Ghazi Abdel Baki LIVE", Ghazi Abdel Baki *''Beirut Good Vibes - Vol.1'', Various *''Handmade DVD'',

*''Darwish'', Issa Ghandour and the Madina Band *''The Last Communique'', Ghazi Abdel Baki *''Doux Zen'',

*''The Collection'',

*''Hal Asmar Elone'',

*''Shamat'',

*''Cotton Candy'',

*''Communique # 1'', Ghazi Abdel Baki *''Madinatuna'', Paul Salem *''Oyoun el Bakar'', Ziyad Sahhab *''World Music From Lebanon - Vol.1 (3 CD box set)'', Various *''We Live'', Various *''Dangerous'',

*''Faces'', Ibrahim Jaber Gros Bras *''Sourat Trait d'Union'', Charbel Rouhana *''Communique # 2'', Ghazi Abdel Baki *''Keep On Singing'', Ziyad Sahhab *''World Music From Lebanon - Vol.2 (2 CD box set)'', Various *''World Music From Lebanon - Vol.3 (2 CD box set)'', Various *''Fareeq ElAtrash'', Fareeq El Atrash *''Silent Wave'', Ziad Al-Ahmadieh *''Bilbal'', Ziad Al-Ahmadieh *''Beyond Traditions'', Ziad Al-Ahmadieh *''Things That I Miss'', Hazem Shaheen *''Hewar'', Hewar *''El Aysh Wel Melh'', Masar *''The Taqalid Series (6 CD box set)'', Various *''Asil'', Asil Ensemble &

*''The Annunciation'', Nida Abou Mrad & The Arabic Classical Ensemble *''Wisal'', Nida Abou Mrad &The Arabic Classical Ensemble *''Wasalat'', Nida Abou Mrad &The Arabic Classical Ensemble *''Tajwid'', Sheikh Salah Yammout *''Insan'', Twais *''Taqalid Sampler'', Various *''Khameer'',

Basel Rajoub Basel Rajoub is a Syrian-Swiss saxophone player. An Aleppo-born and Switzland-based graduate of the High Institute of Music in Damascus, Rajoub is known for developing oriental music for the saxophone. He performs as a solo artist and leader of th ...

References

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