Featuring 3Phaz (@3phaz) and taken from Sébastien Forrester (@holy-strays) new EP Turmoil, out April 29, 2022, via Promesses (@prmsss)

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“Paris-based Franco-British percussionist and sound artist Sébastien Forrester returns with his first solo release in almost two years for French powerhouse Promesses: a 5-track EP called ‘Turmoil’ that, more than ever in his career, brings to life the crossroads of experimental club mutations, leftfield drumming and ritual music, with a huge emphasis on trance-inducing rhythmic structures.

‘Turmoil’ is eminently stormy and insurgent, saturated by wild emotions, deeply rooted in a period of mistrust, anxiety and relentless hunt for hope. It also embodies a more collective and playful approach to composing with the club in mind, as collaborating with friends (Ehua, Citizen Boy and 3Phaz here) had somehow become a way of keeping up with the dancefloor throughout the successive lockdowns: Forrester’s approach to rhythm and sound design then meets Ehua’s wide oceans of bass and eerie textures, Citizen Boy’s fiery original gqom sound and 3Phaz’s hybrid post-Chaabi hard drum variations.

Rudely tumultuous pipes, both organic and artificially recreated using FM synthesis, span across the whole EP - most of them draw from the cabrette, a 19th century type of bagpipe originating from Auvergne. As Sébastien Forrester recently found out, the bagpipe somehow embodies a bridge between his French Occitan roots and the British side of his family: it has since then been a fascinating object of research. Most percussion elements were first recorded using a singular drum kit made of bells, custom cymbals, prepared bongos and tambours, created by his friend Léo Liégeois, then digitally processed through various digital patches. The raw, live feel of some of the drums, very present throughout the record, is a nod at Forrester’s background as a jazz drummer.

Formerly known as Holy Strays (acclaimed by the likes of Pitchfork, the Fader, Fact Magazine, Dazed, etc), Sébastien Forrester has always had a recurring obsession for sacred music and idiosyncratic sounds - his very first encounter with music and percussion as a kid was the Bwiti ritual drums, while he was living in Gabon and central Africa with his family in the late 1990s. The drummer and producer started releasing music early on, at the age of 19, and has put out records on international labels such as Not Not Fun and Hands in the Dark. Over the last years, he has also remixed Rejjie Snow, SUUNS and Forest Swords, and shared stages with acts as diverse as SBTRKT, The Soft Moon and Zola Jesus, all across Europe. His latest pieces of work explore his relationship to trance, pipes and percussive instruments. Recent collaborations include Brodinski, Lafawndah, Slikback, Coby Sey, as well as Toulouse-based experimental dancer and choreographer Pierre Rigal.”

Photography by Sébastien Forrester

Released by Promesses

Premiere: Sébastien Forrester - Steep ft. 3Phaz [Promesses]

Track 14 from our compilation "did you mean: irish Vol.2" by ltfll (@georgeadelmusik)

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Track 03 from our compilation "did you mean: irish Vol.2" by @rami-abadir ft. @zulimusic & @3phaz

ABADIR - Kabbut (ft. ZULI & 3Phaz)

Original tracks:

Walton - Rewind Riddim
BackRoad Gee - Party Popper

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Walton X BackRoad Gee - Rewind Popper (Rama's Hammer Mashup)

Original tracks:

ABADIR - Another One
Granul - Cypher
Freddie Gibbs & Rick Ross - Ice Cream

ABADIR X Granul X Freddie Gibbs X Rick Ross - Another Ice Cream Cypher (Rama's 34 Flavors Mashup)

Ismael X Stormzy - Helix X Wiley Flow (ABADIR Edit)

Propellerheads ft. Shirley Bassey X 3Phaz X Britney Spears - ABADIR History Repeating Mashup

Download__ https://tratratrax.bandcamp.com/album/drumtratrax

We are super happy to announce an important step in the expansion of our sonic vision into other territories in the global south. We have built a bridge between Colombia, Egypt and beyond to present 3Phaz. On this EP called DrumTraTrax, the mysterious Cairo producer embarks on an ambitious, hi-fidelity journey through three futuristic & incisive percussive hitters.

Once again, we have assembled a ridiculous combo of remix artists to complement 3Phaz’s work. Mexico's finest, OMAAR, delivers a revamped version of ´Drum Trax’ with his trademark drums and marches. ‘Slomo Strut’ beckons for Amazondotcom who has pushed the boundaries of avant-garde electronica, while E-Saggila shows herself in pure form with a broken and aggressive techno version. And what can we say about ZULI? totally unclassifiable music.
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releases May 26, 2023

All NRG programmed by 3Phaz, Amazondotcom, E-Saggila, ZULI & OMAAR, between El Cairo, Montreal, el Estado de México & Los Ángeles 2022 – 2023.

Mastering__ Seph
Artwork__ Cmdp.fk
Catalogue No.__ TRA014

3Phaz — DrumTraTrax — TRA014 (ZULI + Amazondotcom + E-saggila + OMAAR remixes)

Cairo multidisciplinary collective, @moshtrq, spotlights the gritty, high-tempo club sounds of its hometown on its debut compilation. Hear @assyouti's 'Applied Pressure'

More info: https://djmag.com/listen/premiere-assyouti-applied-pressure

Premiere: Assyouti ‘Applied Pressure'

Cairo artists ZULI and Rama launch their new platform, irsh, with a thrilling collection of experimental club cuts. Hear ltfll’s thunderously percussive ‘Estemara Umru Mesa’ now

More info: https://djmag.com/music/itfll-estemara-umru-mesa

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ltfll ‘Estemara Umru Mesa’

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Premiere: Assyouti ‘Applied Pressure'

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