Touch El Arab

Philippe Alioth, Christoph Müller, Stefan Hopmann, Kathrin Nemeth, Bea Wiggli

Discography of Touch El Arab:

	#	Cover	Release title	Total tracks	Download release in mp3	Imprint date	Label
	1		Starship Race	3	mp3	1994-10-03
	2		Muhammar	4	mp3	1988	Lux Noise
	3		Muhammar	3	mp3	1988	Barclay
	4		Muhammar	4	mp3	1988	WEA
	5		L.R.K.	10	mp3	1988	150 BPM Records
	6		Muhammar	2	mp3	1988	WEA Musik GmbH
	7		Vølkstånz	3	mp3	1988
	8		Muhammar	2	mp3	1988	Nord Sud
	9		L.R.K.	11	mp3	1988	150 BPM Records
	10		Limited	4	mp3	1989	150 BPM Records
	11		Starship Race	2	mp3	1994-09-12
	12		Muhammar (Club Remix 1999)	5	mp3	1999	Epic
	13		Muhammar	2	mp3	1987
	14		Vølkstånz	2	mp3	1988
	15		Muhammar	3	mp3	1988	Nord Sud

Touch El Arab was a Swiss band from Basle that lasted only for a couple of EPs and one album. Their song 'Muhammar', originally released as a B-side in 1987, reached number 4 in the Swiss charts and was also very successful in Italy and France. They used arabic samples combined with melodic italo-type synth-pop and humourous lyrics. Before Touch El Arab they recorded under the name Billy Bordelli and got into problems because they played nude on some gigs. Later Philippe Alioth recorded under the name [url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Spartak+(2)]Spartak[/url] where he made more Industrial sound, after that he got more techno/house related with Alexander Friedrich as [a=Alioth & Friedrich]. Christoph Müller moved to Paris where he formed [a=Gotan Project] with Philippe C. Solal.

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