Assa'd Khoury- Electronic Touches Belly Dance

The cover alone evokes an ancient world, and the music inside follows through—wiry organ lines, clipped rhythms, and gleaming circuitry tracing old melodies into unfamiliar shapes. Nearly five decades removed from its origin, Assa’d Khoury’s Electronic Touches Belly Dance still sounds like a closed-door ritual, connecting forgotten dancefloors of Damascus and Beirut.