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Midnight Voodoo invited Monstera Occulta for a guest mix during their monthly show on Radio Alhara.

For the occasion, it will be a one-hour trip in an orientalist world, with Arabic, Turkish or even Armenian sounds dedicated to the world of belly dance.

Tracklisting :

Ensemble Aït El Khedir - Les Pierres d'Agadir
Adamian et son orchestre - Nagat Essaghira
Kemal Rachid - Le Chat du Shah
Esin Engin Orkestrası - Aç Aç
Hasan Hür - Nazlim
Hassan Abou Seoud - Assouan
Mustafa Kandıralı - Atina Kasap Havası
Saffet's Oriental Orchestra - Hidzaz Gazel
Eddie Mekjian - Kurdish Bar
Zeinab Shaath/Chris Kalogerson & the Ensemble Sarqi - Shat Eskindria
Claude Ciari - Yam El-Abaya
Mohammed El-Bakkar - Raks El Nile
Naif Agby - Rouh Rouh
Ibrahim Ashmawi
Mustapha Anwar - Zinek Ouel Gossa
Amal - Sallem Aley
Mohamed Abdel Wahab - Habibi Lasmar
Unknown Artist - Layali Masr


 

MIDNIGHT VOODOO w/ MONSTERA OCCULTA @ Radio Alhara 24.03.22

Stream/Buy 'Close To Home' here: https://fanlink.to/Close_to_Home

Released on Optimo Music on 25 March 2022

Written and produced by Sara Dziri
Vocals by Sara Dziri
Ney by Valentina Bellanova
Mixed by Sara Dziri & Sam Berdah
Mastered by James Savage
Artwork by Naomi Bleiberg

Fille De Racaille

As the Crammed Discs label turns 42 this year, we’re using the opportunity of this not-round figure to turn the spotlight on certain folds of our catalogue which have now somewhat receded into the shade. We’ll be rediscovering some electronic music trends we explored during the ’80s and ‘90s by digitally releasing around 250 tracks which only ever came out on vinyl (or on now-deleted CDs). These digital reissues will be rolled out over the next 18 months (see details at the bottom).

We’re be introducing the series with an appetizer: the Rare Early SSR Electronica EP, containing five tracks which depict the inception of our SSR electronic music imprint, in the late ‘80s.

The story in a nutshell: as soon as the first wave of Detroit techno hit Europe, and playful, sample-based electronic dance music started emerging in the UK, we were excited by these new combinations of sounds, and started our SSR division in 1988. These early days of SSR saw the advent of a Belgian-Norwegian axis, when a handful of young Norwegian musicians & producers came to Brussels (in connection with Bel Canto, the electro pop band then signed to Crammed), and rubbed shoulders with central Crammed Discs figures such as Minimal Compact singer Samy Birnbach (later known as DJ Morpheus), label boss Marc Hollander, and Vincent Kenis (Marc’s former associate in Aksak Maboul). A series of hybrid electronic EPs were spawned, blending early techno stylings with flavours from around the world.

SSR (and sister sub-labels Language and Selector) would then go on to release over sixty albums and dozens of EPs, exploring a variety of styles (from house and techno to downtempo, ambient, broken beats, drum’n’bass and hip-hop), with artists including Carl Craig, Snooze, Juryman aka Ian Simmonds, DJ Spinna, 4hero and Tek 9, Bleep aka Biosphere, Telex, DJ Morpheus and many more.


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Rare SSR Electronica 1989-91 (Crammed Archives 0)

PREMIERE: Alegria - Danger (Crammed Discs)

Bon Public - Magma Cider Mixtape

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/acid-arab
Track: Döne Döne
Label: https://soundcloud.com/crammed-discs
Format: Limited Edition Pack (Only with Album pre-order) T-Shirt + 2LP, CD, Digital
Release date: 30/01/23

Emerging ten years ago from the transcultural cauldron that is Paris, the mighty French-Algerian collective was born from the encounter between Pierre-Yves Casanova, Nicolas Borne, Hervé Carvalho, Guido Minisky and Kenzi Bourras. With their intoxicating blend of sharp Western electronic music with Eastern sounds & vocals, they’ve been putting worldwide festivals and club audiences under a spell.
Aiming at creating a space for Arab culture in the world of contemporary electronic music, Acid Arab patiently honed their style through their numerous collaborations and their constant travels all around the Mediterranean and beyond.
After releasing several EPs (the Collections series) on electronic music label Versatile, they signed with Crammed Discs and released their impressive debut album ”Musique de France” in 2016, followed by ”Jdid” in 2019. The band have performed hundreds of shows in over fifty countries on four continents.
Acid Arab’s eagerly-awaited third album comes out in early 2023. Entitled ” ٣ (Trois)”, it consists of a collection of serious dancefloor bangers, which will also be providing delightful intimate listening experiences, thanks to sophisticated production and to intriguing, diverse performances by eight guest vocalists from North Africa, Syria & Turkey, including a.o. Cem Yldiz, Sofiane Saidi, Cheb Halim & Rachid Taha.
From Algerian gasba, Anatolian trance, synthetic dabkeh, bionic raï and many more, Acid Arab have incorporated and invented a spectrum of styles, breaking boundaries between genres. Their sumptuous new album sees them pushing the envelope and further expanding their musical territories.

(٣ is the symbol for the figure “three” in Arabic).

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PREMIERE | Acid Arab feat Cem Yildiz - Döne Döne [Crammed Discs] 2023

Todorecto Records is a Brussels label with an Art Nouveau aesthetic. Each project of the label is born from a vegetal inspiration. The label wants to develop hybrid music, moving between musical movements, metamorphic with an identity always in connection with its locality. The label was born out of the desire of DJ Lux18 and Antoine 80 to bring a new point of view to the Brussels electronic music landscape. This will be done by an alliance of local and international artists, where the cultural link operates through the different creations. Very inspired by the UK scene, Todorecto wants to go fast, or slow but never in half measure. This rhythmic bias is becoming, according to them, preponderant in the renewal of the approach to clubbing. The two lads mainly come from the party scene, so they have a will to feed it , but not only that... The label hosts a show on Kiosk Radio with a different relationship to listening and perception of sound.

Todorec Show w/ Dj Takeaway @ Kiosk Radio 03.03.2023

Lagos and London-based @ekitisound blends Afrobeat, house and jazz-infused hip-hop on his fusionist second album, ‘Drum Money’ for @crammed-discs

More info: https://djmag.com/listen/premiere-ekiti-sound-ku-ise

Drum Money

Premiere: Ekiti Sound ‘Ku Ise’

Ce mois-ci, Audrey et Benjamin d'Aquaserge sont passé.e.s sur la planche à mixer de Bénédicte Schmitt aka Bénélabo pour revenir sur l'enregistrement et le mixage du dernier album en date : La fin de l'Économie

Sur la Planche à mixer de Bénélabo avec Aquaserge

Making a comeback from last year’s Brussels Ass Book Fair, the Lebanese London-based artist, designer and writer Marwan Kaabour introduces us to the sonic world of Takweer ––an expansive project through which Kaabour explores queer narratives in Arab history and popular culture. 

For this Easter Sunday Kanal Outsiders programme, Kaabour opens his set with a track by his father, Ahmad Kaabour, a prominent leftist musician in the region. Lakoum A’oud speaks about the death of Jesus Christ, the principles he lived by, and the notion of return to the land ––all extremely poignant in the midst of the genocide of the people of Palestine, the land where Jesus was born.  

🌐 "Outsiders" is our daily show hosted by labels, collectives, agencies, venues, clubs, ... worldwide
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Outsiders: Kanal w/ Marwan Kaabour @ Kiosk Radio 20.04.2025

La nécessité de L’émergence d’une scene Arabe/Swana queer à Bruxelles.

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Corne de Gazelle w/ Zakaria El Haddany & Maria Dogahe (podcast) @ GIMIC - 15 June 2025

A monthly two-hour show held every month on theword.radio by Marc Hollander (Aksak Maboul), the founder of iconic Belgian label Crammed Discs. Digging deep into the label's prolific catalogue, and featuring unearthed gems alongside unreleased tracks, original interludes and new & upcoming music.

TRACKLIST
Aksak Maboul - Vapona Au Tour de France (1977-2018)
Juana Molina - Cosoco (2017)
Kasai Allstars - Quick As White (RAMZi remix)(2017)
Zazou Bikaye - Mangungu (1983)
Interlude - Phonography 1
Amatorski - Echo Variations (unreleased demo, 2015)
Brion Gysin (feat. Don Cherry) - Kick (1983/93)
Juryman - Playground (1997)
Juana Molina - Lentísimo halo (2017)
Yasmine Hamdan - Assi (2017)
Acid Arab - Sayarat 303 (2016)
Yasuaki Shimizu - Tachikawa (1987)
Aksak Maboul - Aksak Skit 1 (2017)
Benjamin Lew & Steven Brown - Passage (1982)
Tuxedomoon - Licorice Stick Ostinato (1991)
Véronique Vincent & Aksak Maboul - Paysage Volé (live, 2015)
Snooze vs Mr Scruff - Middle-Class Lady (Mr Scruff rmx, 1997)
Tek 9 - Seven Days (feat. Pariss)(1999)
Phume - We R Walkin' (1996)
Jherek Bischoff vs Konono N°1 - Kule Kule (Orchestral Version) (2010)
Aquaserge - C'est pas tout mais (2017)
Interlude - Phonography 2
Aksak Maboul - Aksak Skit 2 (2017)
Kasai Allstars - Kapinga Yamba (2017)
Burnt Friedmann vs Konono No.1 - Rubaczech (2010)
Aksak Maboul - Aksak Skit 3 (2017)
Le Ton Mité - Mystery Trail (2017)
Aksak Maboul - Aksak Skit 4 (2017)
Matias Aguayo & The Desdemonas - Nervous (2017)
Interlude - Phonography Collage
Rozzma - Baby (2017)
Maia Vidal - Snow in the Summer (2013)
Oy - My Name Is Happy (2014)
Hector Zazou - Des Cocotiers (1985)
Matias Aguayo & The Desdemonas - 6:00 AM (2017)
Aksak Maboul - Vapona Au Tour de France (1977/2018)

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Inside & Around Crammed with Marc Hollander # 1 (The Word Radio)

Our guest for this 5th episode is Julien Gasc from Aquaserge who is playing records from his extensive vinyl collection.

The show’s first hour is devoted to a Spoken Word Mix by Marc Hollander, who dug out tracks from the label’s catalogue which include a high proportion of… well, spoken word! Featuring Dagmar Krause on an abstract hip hop tip, Brion Gysin, Rachid Taha & Acid Arab, Tuxedomoon doing Abe Kobo, Gérard Depardieu jamming with Bill Laswell on Rimbaud, a rare track by Karen Finley with Bony Bikaye, Amatorski’s Inne Eysermans collaboration with writer Saskia De Coster, Sonoko’s rendition of Shakespeare’s balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet, and more.

1st hour: Spoken Word Mix by Marc Hollander

Cibelle  -  Welcome (2010)					
Juryman vs Spacer - 6 Down, feat.Dagmar Krause (1997)
Gruesome Twosome - I Am The Light (1992)
Acid Arab x Rachid Taha - Houria (2016)					
Tuxedomoon - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (1985)
Brion Gysin  - The Door (feat. Steve Lacy)(1993)					
The Honeymoon Killers - A Deep Space Romance (1983)		
Tuxedomoon - Boxman (The City)(1988)		
Hector Zazou - I’ll Strangle You (feat. Gerard Depardieu/Bill Laswell/Anneli Drecker) (1992)
Karen Finley  - Tender Animal (feat. Bony Bikaye) (1987)				
Kasai Allstars vs Jean de la Fontaine - Le Laboureur (2005)				
OY - No, I Don't Snore (2014)			
Cibelle - Lembra (2006)					
Inne Eysermans & Saskia De Coster - Walking with a Passer-by #1 (2016)	
Tek 9 x Véronique Vincent & Aksak Maboul - Sweet Dreams & Goodnight (1996)
Sonoko x Shakespeare - Balcony Scene (1988)			

2nd hour:  Some Of My Faves by Julien Gasc (Aquaserge)

Circulatory System - News From The Heavenly Loom 
Circulatory System - Round Again
Lake - Good Company
Burt Bacharach - Share The Joy
Emitt Rhodes - Promises I’ve Made
Elis Regina & Marcos Valle - Terra De Ninguém
Nancy Dupree With A Group Of Youngsters - What Do I Have? 
Buzzcocks - Everybody’s Happy Nowadays
Henning Specht - Voyage en Espagne
Aquaserge - Je Viens (Live)
Chico Buarque - Barbara
Basil Kirchin - I Start Counting - Track 3
The High Llamas - The Ring Of Gold
Mdou Moctar - Anar
R.Stevie Moore - Play Myself Some Music
François de Roubaix - L’Alouette Armée
The Sound Of Feeling - Hex

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Inside & Around Crammed #5: Julien Gasc (Aquaserge)+ spoken word mix

Our guest for this 6th episode is Yasmine Hamdan, the stellar Paris-based artist from Lebanon. She’s prepared a fascinating mix for us, featuring a selection of tracks from her collection of rare cassettes from all over the Arab world (Yemen, Syria, Sudan, Iraq etc), many of them from the ‘80s and earlier. Yasmine’s “Jamilat Reprise”, a collection of reconstructions of tracks off her latest album “Al Jamilat”, is due to drop in early June 2018. Among these reworks is Cubenx’s remix of “K2”, which appears in the 1st hour of this show. 

The show’s initial 50 minutes is a mix by Marc Hollander entitled ‘Crammed By Numbers’, consisting of tracks from the label’s catalogue which all contain numbers in their titles.

1st hour:  Crammed by Numbers Mix by Marc Hollander

Gary Moscheles - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8	(1996)	
Chicha Libre - Gnossienne No. 1	(2009)
Alla - 1 Dia Otra Noche     (2008)
Yasmine Hamdan - K2 (Cubenx remix)  (2018)	
Tek 9 - 2001 (feat. Opio)		(1999)
Hector Zazou - Le borgne n'a qu'1 oeil (1985)
Gabor Kristof - Ardèche 106	(1990)
Tuxedomoon - 59 to 1 (’93 remix)	(1993)
Kasai Allstars x High Wolf - Félicité 1 	 (2017)
Buckfunk 3000 - 1st Class Ticket to Telos	(1997)
Hoquets - 1815  (2011)
Daniel Schell & Karo - Parfume Mon Frere Bilingue (Van De 7 Sloten) (1990)	
Elixir - 35 Prophetic Signs (1998)	
Juana Molina - A00B01  (2017)
Minimal Compact - Next 1 Is Real (1984)	
Aksak Maboul x Juryman - (Mit 1) Saure Gurke (2003 Remix)	
(special countdown guests: Paolo Radoni, Yvon Vromman, Sonoko, and a couple more).

2nd hour:  Rare Arab Grooves Mix by Yasmine Hamdan 

Faycal Alawi - Ya Ward Bakadi 
Unknown - Ich Hal Winin
Faycal El Saad -(Unknown Title) 
Al Balabil - Baborkosona
Maryam Mursal - Lei Lei (I Feel Alone)
Souad Mohamad - Choubi
Fayçal El Alawi - Rouhi Ta
Omar Souleyman - Don't Wear Black - Green Suits You Better
Melhel Baraket - Kbouch E Touti
Sami Ali & Sahar Hamdy - Elli Shatr Enhaa Tgannen
Chadia - Irma La Douce 
Wedad - Fi Wardi
Asmahan - Ya Habibi Ta3Ala
Talal Madah - Ta3Alaqa Qalbi

Inside & Around Crammed #6: Yasmine Hamdan

Inside & Around Crammed - Episode 11: Don The Tiger

To celebrate the upcoming release of his album “Matanzas” on Crammed Discs in October, Berlin-based Catalan experimentalist Don The Tiger (aka Adrián de Alfonso) has prepared an incredible mix containing no less than 117 excerpts of diverse music that inspired him. Adrián has collaborated with the likes of Lydia Lunch, Go-Betweens founder Robert Forster, Carla Bozulich and Lucrecia Dalt (who coproduced his new album). Since moving to Berlin, Don The Tiger takes inspiration from everything he misses in that city -be it rumba, MPB, baroque fantasy, guabina, flamenco or Fania Records- and mixes it with musique concrète and elaborate sampling techniques, delivering it all in a way that owes more to primitive rock'n'roll than to anything else. 

Here’s a little note from him about this very special program: “This mix is a little homage to some of the music and the fantastic bands that have influenced me during the making of "Matanzas". Like that record this is an obsessive collage, where recent loves meet old companions, eroded mp3 exports whisper in the ear of sturdy flacs, and stereo joyfully converts to mono. 117 mercilessly chopped and screwed tracks which are as paradoxical, whimsical, comical, joyous, relentless, pathetical, and romantic as I can only dream my music was. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did while weaving it!"

Track list:

Zombieflesheater
Bernard Herrmann
Daphne Oram
Jake Thackray
Ghédalia Tazartès
Kaoru Abe
El Borrico de Jerez
Gabriel Yared
U.S. Maple
La Lupe
Bellows
Anne Gillis
Cecil Taylor
William Shatner
Blue Stork
Larry Young
Blind Willie Johnson
Blood Axis
Cyclobe
Porter Wagoner
Morton Feldman
Masaru Satoh & His Orchestra
Ron Nagorcka
Due Process RRRadio / Runzelstirn & Gurgelstøck
Peggy Lee
Heiner Goebbels / Alfred Harth
Lucía Bosé y Gregorio Paniagua
Aaron Dilloway
Toru Takemitsu
Kid Baltan
Manuel Molina
Tom Mudd
Orquesta Típica Fernández Fierro
Pierre Boulez (Manuel de Falla)
Robert Ashley
Phew
Loren Connors
Frank Sinatra
Bradley Bell / Elizabeth Piegari
Henri Chopin
Bernard Parmegiani
Incidental Music for Invasion
Scorn
Das Synthetische Mischgewebe
Sea Urchin
Monte Cazazza
Muzsikás
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Son House, Willie Brown & Fiddlin' Joe Martin
DNA
Jimmy Giuffre
John Butcher & Andy Moor
Heiner Goebbels / Alfred 23 Harth
Yuri Yunakov
Jackie McLean & Michael Carvin
Krube.
Xavier Cugat
Lucrecia Dalt
Carla Bozulich
Jealousy Party
François Bayle & Robert Wyatt
Empathic Window
Jacqueline Nova
Carly Ptak
NYZ
Angels in America
Anton Heyboer
Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band
Roses Canta
Bola de Nieve
Trio Martino
Victor Herrero
Mal Waldron
Duke Ellington
Johnny Mandel
Manon Anne Gillis
Music from the Heart of Africa: Burundi
Peder Mannerfelt
Steve Lacy Quartet
Tools You Can Trust
Sightings
Sanford Clark
Hungry Ghosts
Harry Pussy
Julián Carrillo
The Knife w/ MT. Sims & Planningtorock
Papal Bull
Jürgen Eckloff
Agujetas
THE Instrument
Grateful Dead
Abbey Lincoln
Lola Bhajan & Enanomalhecho
Sugai Ken
Andi Stecher
Paul de Marinis
Basil Kirchin
Lightnin’ Rod
Luc Ferrari
Tod Dockstader
Phil Julian
Don The Tiger
Miguel Caló
Coppice
Radikal Satan
John Jacob Niles
John Lee Hooker
Luiz Gonzaga
Sabú
Luis Ariel Rey
Julio Jaramillo
Hermeto Pascoal
Krzysztof Komeda
Brendan Behan
Eric Dolphy
Joe Bataan
Eric Dolphy
Roberta Flack

Inside & Around Crammed #11: Don The Tiger

Our guest this month is Acid Arab’s Guido Minisky, playing a wide-ranging selection of gems from his collection, with tracks spanning no less than 60 years (the oldest is from 1958) and originating from Hungary, Colombia, Japan, Somalia, the UK, Algeria, Spain, France… 

The 2nd part of the show is an ‘Oriented’ mix by Marc Hollander (the title is a tribute to Guido’s own radio show), including tracks from the Crammed catalogue which all bear a real or imaginary relationship to “The East”.

Guido Miniski from Acid Arab 

Márta Sebestyén & Levente Szörényi - Szerelem, szerelem 
Angélique Kidjo - The Overload 
Abdel Ali Slimani (ft. Jah Wobble & Sinéad O’Connor) - Ana Guellile
Sharaf Band ft. Xaawo Hiiraan - Kadeed Badanaa Naftaydani
Grupo Socavon - Homenaje A Justino 
Haruomi Hosono Hindustan
Art Of Noise - Ode to Don Jose
Finis Africae - Los Colores De Mis Botas
Majid Soula - Lgira
Aksak Maboul - I Viaggi Formano La Gioventù
Tarek Yamani - Hala Land
Soli  - Hamedi Phil 
Debruit - Gelecek
Patrick Juvet - Europa
Alice Lewis - Opéra Drogue
Henri Salvador - Bora Bora
Serge Gainsbourg/Jean-Pierre Sabar- ‘Emmanuelle And The Sea

Marc Hollander - Oriented Mix 

Zap Mama - Abadou
Yasmine Hamdan- La Chay (Yasmine Hamdan Remix)
Hector Zazou & Swara - Zannat
Sussan Deyhim - Navai (Bill Laswell Reconstruction)
Tuxedomoon	- L’Etranger
Foreign Affair - Bonus Beast (Mr Big Mouse rmx)
Farida International - Security  (Mr Big Mouse rmx)
Minimal Compact - Happy Babouge
Kocani Orkestar vs Bigga Bush - L’orient est rouge
Benjamin Lew & Steven Brown - Une telle richesse
Think Of One	 - Gnawa Power
Rachid Taha vs U-Cef - Ya Rayah rmx
Acid Arab - A3ssifa

Inside & Around Crammed #12: Guido Minisky (Acid Arab)

To celebrate the release of his new album “Two Roomed Motel”, Californian artist Scott Gilmore has done a special mix for us, which he describes as follows:

“The songs on this mix are a wide range of influences that have shaped the music I make. I was introduced to some of them years ago and others are new discoveries. I still find a lot of inspiration in all of them.” 

He’s been described as a “bedroom pop experimentalist” (Stereogum), his music drew comparisons to Stereolab, Air and R.Stevie Moore… and early reviews of the new album mention that it “sounds like some parallel-universe collaboration between Brian Eno and electro-jazz innovator Raymond Scott… with wistful Arthur Russell-like sighs… and a Satiesque chamber-glitch piano piece” (Uncut).

Tracklist

Blackly - Follow Me  
Earth & Fire - The Two Of Us  
Thomas Leer - All About You 
Sensations Fix - Project Wishing Well  
Pleasure Zone - All The Kings Horses  
Nat King Cole - I Get Sentimental Over Nothing 
Saal 2 - Strandgefuhle 
Cate Kennan - Maze 
Sensations Fix - Music Is Painting In The Air
Alex Kashay - Abidisay 
Kenny Gilmore - Sterile Bath  
Codek - Demo  
Baffo Banfi - The Indredible Doggy  
Box Of Toys - When Daylight Is Over    
Ingrid Mansfield Allman - Stop Wasting Your Time  
Confusional Quartet - Senza Titolo  
Sun Ra - Somebody Love Me  
Peter Paul and Mary - Hangman
Arthur Russell - I Couldn’t Say It To Your Face 
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti - The People I’m Not 
Muluquen Mellesse - Embwa Belew  
The Chirping Crickets - Maybe Baby 
Light Brigade - Wont You Tell Me 
Lee Hazlewood - My Autumn’s Done Come
Vincent Gallo - I Wrote This Song For The Girl Paris Hilton 
Blackway - New Life 
Thomas Leer - Letter To America    
Tony Banks - By You 
Jerry Jeff Walker - A Letter Sung to Friends

Inside & Around Crammed #15: Scott Gilmore

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