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oriental

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Description

Oriental music encompasses traditional and contemporary sounds from Middle Eastern, North African, and Mediterranean regions, characterized by microtonal scales, modal melodies, and distinctive instruments like the oud, ney, and qanun. The tag bridges classical Arabic music traditions with modern interpretations, featuring ornate vocal techniques, complex rhythms, and atmospheric textures that evoke cultural heritage. This style emphasizes improvisation, emotional expression, and melodic ornamentation rooted in centuries-old musical traditions.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
78		1967	Herbie Mann	Impressions Of The Middle East	oriental
81		1970	Oriental Sunshine	Dedicated To The Bird We Love	female vocalists folk oriental psychedelic folk sitar	sitar # 72
100		1972	Various Artists	Journey To Osaka	chillhop hip-hop oriental	chillhop # 71
92		1975	Ananda Shankar	Ananda Shankar and His Music	oriental
51		1979	Fairuz	Arabic Music Vol 1	arabic world
52		1983	Fairuz	Ishar	oriental
57		1986	Jonas Hellborg	Zenhouse	ambient arabic bass dark jazz ethnic improvisation indian jam jazz fusion minimalism oriental world world fusion	jam # 20 improvisation # 55
15		1988	Turkish Delight	Turkish Delight	darkwave experimental rock german math rock noise rock oriental post-punk turkish
40		1990	Anne Dudley & Jaz Coleman	Songs from the Victorious City	new age oriental
37		1991	אתניקס	Masalla	israel oriental	israel # 32
22		1992	Sarband	Music of the Emperors	mediterranean oriental turkish world	mediterranean # 82
98		1992	Anouar Brahem	Conte De L'Incroyable Amour	jazz world oriental	world # 43 oud # 76
41		1993	Oleg Fesov	Lalaiki Pamir	oriental
34		1994	Fairuz	Mechwar	acoustic arabic oriental
94		1994	Fairuz	Mish Kayan Hayek T'Koun	oriental
72		1995	Istanbul Oriental Ensemble	Gypsy Rum	oriental
20		1996	Ziryab Trio	Oriental Art Music	oriental
47		1997	Sarband	Sephardic Songs	jewish mediterranean oriental turkish world	jewish # 9 mediterranean # 87
66		1997-11-17	Rabih Abou-Khalil	Odd Times	arabic jazz oriental world
14		1998	Taha, Khaled, Faudel	1, 2, 3 Soleils		concert # 44 rai # 51
77		1998	Hakim	Entre dos orillas	oriental
56		1998-04-02	Abdel Halim Hafez	Hikayet Hob	oriental
59		1998-09-15	Ghazal	As Night Falls On The Silk Road	ghazal indian	indian # 96 ghazal # 99
80		1999-09	Baba Zula	Üç Oyundan On Yedi Müzik	turkish oriental	turkish # 33
64		2000	Barbaros Erköse Ensemble	Lingo Lingo	gypsy instrumental oriental
73		2001-10-01	Claude Chalhoub	Claude Chalhoub	indian oriental world	indian # 2
99		2002	Anouar Brahem	Conte de l'Incroyable	jazz world oriental	world # 46 oud # 78
6		2002-05-22	The Boom	Okinawa:sanshin and shima uta	oriental
12		2003	Burak Demir	Dreamin' Istanbul	instrumental lounge oriental pop techno turkish pop world	turkish pop # 30
91		2003	Various Artists	The Rough Guide To The Music Of Egypt - Cairo To Nubia: The Source Of Arabic Music	arabic oriental world	arabic # 32
76		2003	Stuart Chatwood	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	oriental
24		2003-07	Robert Euvino	Stronghold Crusader Soundtrack	arabic oriental
45		2004	Marcel Khalife	Arabic Coffeepot	arabic chillout oriental
68		2004-09-22	夏川りみ	風の道	oriental
93		2004-10-20	Stuart Chatwood	Prince of Persia Sands of Time	oriental
38		2005	Olivia	Behind Closed Doors	hip-hop oriental rnb soul
17		2006	Wayne Gerard Trotman	Red Moon	ambient bossa nova dance electronic electronica house idm japanese latin mali new age oriental progressive rock reggae rock russian salsa world fusion	mali # 12
70		2006	Niyaz	Niyaz Remixed	world ambient dance	world # 14
88		2006	Modus	The Colour of Love	new age ambient electronic trip-hop world fusion chillout	breaks # 2 spiritual # 38 psybient # 42 indian # 46 ethnic # 63 india # 66 soundscape # 73 downbeat # 77 world fusion # 89 ethno # 94 psychill # 97
42		2006	Gabriel Yared	Azur & Asmar (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)	oriental
53		2006-01-25	黒色すみれ	アンデルメルヘン歌曲集	acoustic alternative ambient avant-folk cantautore cantautori celtic celtic folk chillout choral classical classical crossover composer darkwave easy listening ethereal ethnic experimental folk folk freak folk indie folk italian italian folk italiano medieval folk neoclassical neoclassical darkwave neofolk new age new wave opera oriental pagan pagan folk poetry progressive folk singer-songwriter soprano soundtrack steampunk world world fusion	progressive folk # 3 pagan # 18 steampunk # 34 medieval folk # 40 italiano # 50 celtic folk # 52 pagan folk # 55 cantautori # 63 soprano # 64 cantautore # 76 italian folk # 79 experimental folk # 90
85		2006-05-25	Sema	Ekho	oriental
36		2006-08-08	Mencer	Subherban Underdoggin in the WaHi	breakbeat electronic oriental strings	strings # 4
79		2006-10-26	Dam	Dedication	oriental pop rap
50		2007	Muammer Ketencoğlu	Izmir Hatırası	accordion oriental world	accordion # 58
95		2007	Secret Chiefs 3	Path of Most Resistance: Secret Chiefs 3 in History and Presence	ambient electronic ethnic oriental progressive metal progressive rock	ethnic # 82
55		2007	Fairuz	The Legendary Fairuz	oriental
3		2007-11-01	Marzieh	Best of 60's Persian Music Vol 5	asia oriental
63		2008	Ebru Yaşar	Seviyorum Seni	oriental turkey	turkey # 86
58		2008-07-22	David Buckley	The Forbidden Kingdom	chinese oriental traditional	traditional # 15
1		2009	Jarboe	DURGA & HER SMILE OF RADIANT VENGEANCE	oriental tribal
96		2009-03-24	Atiye	Atiye	oriental
84		2009-05-26	Sir Richard Bishop	The Freak of Araby	oriental
46		2010	Mr. Saik	Pegate Sexy	bass dance house oriental progressive house trance
61		2010-03	Charanjit Singh	Synthesizing: Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat	acid house electronic house indian oriental
62		2011-02-28	An Emerald City	The Fourth	ambient oriental psychedelic rock
89		2011-11-09	Sting	The Very Best of Sting & the Police [2002]	arabic british chillout classic rock male vocalists oriental pop rock soft rock	arabic # 27
13		2013-10-23	志方あきこ	Turaida	folk ethereal world fusion darkwave world freak folk singer-songwriter	dream folk # 49
30		2014	Figli Di Madre Ignota	Bellydancer	mediterranean oriental	mediterranean # 85
71		2014-03-29	Ouzo Bazooka	Ouzo Bazooka	exotica garage garage rock mediterranean oriental psychedelic rock	exotica # 49 mediterranean # 94
48		2014-03-30	Yestegan chaY	Shikoon	ambient arabic bass downbeat downtempo dub fusion iran israel oriental persian psychill psydub	iran # 23 downbeat # 28 israel # 50 psydub # 60
4		2015-04-27	Quartet Diminished	Station One	jazz oriental
44		2016	Sechem	Renaissance Of The Ancient Ka	metal oriental symphonic metal
60		2016-04-15	Blaak Heat	Shifting Mirrors	oriental
65		2016-08	Jack Wall	Jade Empire Original Soundtrack	oriental soundtrack
2		2017	Grombira	Grombira	oriental psychedelic rock space rock
9		2017-02-24	Mudra	Divinorum	dubstep oriental trap tribal
26		2018	Chill Out	Oriental Chill Out Music	ambient oriental
27		2018-08-10	Kou Ogata	無常幻想詩	folk oriental unplugged
87		2018-11-20	Irfan	Roots	neomedieval oriental world world fusion	world fusion # 40 neomedieval # 91
67		2018-12-08	Brian Tyler	Children of Dune (Original Television Soundtrack)	oriental
23		2019	Dam	Dabke On the Moon: Nudbok Al Amar	oriental pop rap
49		2019-07-30	Modus	The Earth Beneath Our Feet	ambient electronic breakbeat breaks chillout dark ambient downbeat downtempo easy listening electronica ethereal ethnic ethno fusion idm india indian instrumental lounge meditation new age oriental progressive house psybient psychill psytrance soundscape spiritual tribal trip-hop world world fusion	downbeat # 29 ethno # 59
69		2019-09-27	Hashshashin	Badakhshan	desert rock instrumental math rock oriental progressive rock	desert rock # 38
16		2020	Quartet Diminished	Station Three	avant-garde jazz farsi iranian iranian rock jazz oriental persian persian rock	persian rock # 4 iranian rock # 18
97		2020-09-19	Tophat Panda	Samurai Bebop	chillhop oriental	chillhop # 69
19		2021	Soheil Peyghambari	Assumption	farsi iranian iranian rock jazz oriental persian persian rock	persian rock # 6 iranian rock # 20
28		2021-11-23	FOX PROJECT	FOX HOUND PROJECT VOL.I	alternative ambient arabic breakbeat dance downtempo drum drum and bass electronic electronica ethnic freestyle hip-hop house india oriental pop rock techno trance trip-hop turkey turkish	drum # 43 turkey # 68
86		2022	Sherine	Untitled Album	oriental
90		2023	Various Artists	Music From My Beautiful Country	balkan cuban folk fusion gypsy oriental world	gypsy # 52 balkan # 54 cuban # 66
43		2023	Various Artists	Oriental Garden Vol.6	ambient chillout oriental
11		2023-09-01	Muslimgauze	suns of arqa mixes	idm oriental
10			Nancy Ajram	ah wnoss	arabic	arabic # 48
25			Apples From Mars	Apple Number One	alternative ambient chillout choral classical classical crossover darkwave easy listening electronic electronica ethereal ethnic ethnic fusion ethno gothic metal instrumental lounge mantra meditation new age new wave oriental piano pop psychill rock romanian russian soul soundtrack spiritual trance trip-hop world	mantra # 8 ethno # 18 romanian # 26 ethnic fusion # 39
31			Cheikh Hamada	North Africa / Ethnic Music in 78 RPM / Recordings 1920 - 1940	acoustic africa african algeria maghreb morocco north africa oriental tunisia	north africa # 53 morocco # 55 maghreb # 60 tunisia # 63 algeria # 70
5			志方あきこ	シェルノサージュ オリジナルサウンドトラック～音と世界の受信記録 Sec.1～	alternative ambient downtempo electro electroacoustic electronic electronica ethereal folk folktronica fusion futurepop indietronica industrial instrumental neoclassical new age oriental soundtrack synthpop world world fusion
8			Abdel Halim Hafez	The Anthology 1960-1964	oriental
18			Oruç Güvenç ve Tümata	Ocean Of Remembrance: Sufi Improvisation & Zhikrs	oriental sufi turkish
21			Radio Meditation Music	Tibetan Music and Oriental Music - Tibetan Meditation Music and Buddhist Music for Relaxation and Chakra Balancing. Healing Meditation with Nature Sounds and Eastern Flute Music	meditation oriental
29			SEZAAM	Myths of the East	djent oriental
32			Camera Sintetica	NIHON	asian ballad chinese easy listening japanese oriental
33			Tymphony	Sevilmek Marifet mi ki	alternative rock blues icelandic jazz oriental psychedelic rock
35			Tymphony	Aptal meleklerin işe yaramaz kanatları	acoustic ambient chillout dark ambient icelandic indie rock instrumental oriental synthpop
75			Abdel Halim Hafez	Aoloulou	oriental
82			baiuca	Olvídame	electronica folk folktronica oriental pop world
83			Abdel Halim Hafez	Zalim	oriental
7			Touareg de Fewet	Musique du monde : Lybie, désert du Sahara (Music from Libya)
39			Mukesh, Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey	Anand
54			Radio Meditation Music	Tibetan Singing Bowls for Meditation - Oriental Music , Tibetan Meditation Music and Buddhist Music for Relaxation and Chakra Balancing. Healing Meditation with Nature Sounds and Eastern Flute Music
74			The Music of Islam Vol 1	Al-Qahirah - Classical Music of Cairo, Egypt

Related genres

• world
• ambient
• jazz
• electronic
• arabic
• folk
• persian
• instrumental
• ethnic
• fusion