Chams Rcrds: Tracing the Musical History of the Arab World

Abstract

Chams Rcrds is a fictional re-issue record label that reproduces Arabic music from the 40s–90s in the form of playlists. These playlists are divided into two categories: artist-based and theme-based. This project is composed of two parts; the research aspect, which is related to tracing the musical history of the Arab World; comprising of gathering information about the artists that affected this history but are now not as known or appreciated and the themes that were heavily tackled in the musical Golden Age. The second part of the project is the design aspect, in which I designed album covers for playlists compiled of songs that go in line with my research. These album covers also required a research aspect, as they hold information and facts relating to different branches of Arab World history, language and culture in their designs.