The mystifying M.K. hails all the way from Brazil to joins forces with the ever-steady Sputnik in order to deliver life saving edits carrying all good things from slow trance to pumping disco for those who dare to dream about trembling jaws and sweaty skins touching each other under the moonlight.

LEG005 A1 MK - KibeLezah

Edit by @enterthelloyd

About one year after our Vol. 2, clubs and dancing bars were closed again in France. This sad news made us decide to launch again our Edits series, slightly renaming it “Paradise edits”. Fortunately, the good contacts we made through the last year helped us pulling together this new compilation quite fast. First, we had the Brooklyn duo Fundido, part of Earth Beat crew, with whom we had been chatting for quite a while and talked many times about having an edit from then. Then, we asked Sputnik, a DJ from Moscow to join, as we were enchanted by his work for That’s A Steal and his release on Gop Tun records earlier this year. A few days later, Nicolas Kotowicz, another Russian artist, contacted us to share his edit and we thought he would be a perfect addition to the comp. Finally, Latane introduced us to Lloyd with a bunch of edits and we were very keen to include him too.
Here’s the result of their works and a few questions we asked them about their stories and their approach to edits.

Brian Davis - Everybodys Got to Learn Sometime (Lloyds Eyes Wide Rework)

BUY: https://moving-still.bandcamp.com/album/kalam-hub
Moving Still - Kalam Hub EP
CWPT005, 18 November 22

Dublin-based producer Moving Still further blends both his Saudi Arabian and Irish heritage on 'Kalam Hub', a triumphant new EP that marks the fifth release on CWPT/Cooking With Palms Trax. Following a series of 12” edits and original productions that have put his sounds in the record bags of DJs including Hunee, Nabihah Iqbal and Esa Williams, 'Kalam Hub' presents an ambitious expansion of the Moving Still sound, delving into his identity and background to open up imaginative, universal new corners for club culture.

This potent musicality is immediately evident from the first notes of 'Kunafa King'. Taking its title from a traditional Arabic dessert, analogue midi sounds deliver a skewed take on the traditional Saudi rhythms of the artist's youth, before expanding into a wistful diversion for any self-respecting dance floor. It's a trick Moving Still pulls off again on the pulsing 'Hayati 89', which transforms from a traditional aesthetic into a blistering, neon-tinted Italo banger, the kind of track designed to compliment an accelerated spin in the car gracing the eye-catching cover of ‘Kalam Hub’, a collaboration with the artist alongside Manchester-based graphic design studio, Dr. Me.

Concluding the record's A-side, the rhythms take a trippier turn for the duration of 'La Titasil Feeya'. Translating to “don't call me!” and making sonic reference to teenage years immersed in rock, metal and general angst, it unfolds as something akin to Middle East-tinted techno with a formidable kick drum, before exploding in colourful, organic breakbeats. Immediately on the flip, the sense of wonder returns in a sonic mirage for 'My Bosa Is For You', weightless rhythms blending with an electric organ and charming, lightly psychedelic breakdowns.

Further sonic tricks fall from Moving Still's delicately-tailored sleeves on 'Haram Odyssey', where an almost impossibly tight bass line provides the function for contrasting synthesis and unpredictable percussion, drawing parallels between the sometimes confusing aspects of the artist's dual-cultural life as a child, through to the music he makes as an adult. Fittingly, the record concludes with ‘Kalam Hub', a triumph of minimalist percussion and traditional instrumentation that pays tender tribute to the Moving Still's grandmother, translating simply to “Love Talk”.

Tracklist:
A1. Kunafa King
A2. Hayati 89
A3. La Titasil Feeya
B1. My Bosa Is For You
B2. Haram Odyssey
B3. Kalam Hub

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Kalam Hub EP

Moving Still - Kunafa King [Kalam Hub EP]

Original track by The Funky Worm in 1988, edited by Jitter in 2022.

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The Funky Worm - Hustle (To The Music...) (Jitter Edit) Free DL

Been sitting on this edit for a number of years and finally think it needs to be out! 

Taken from her last album Fee Haga Kida (1996)
The original was arranged by Mutaz Besyouni and composed by Madhat Al Kholi

rearranged, edited and mixed by Moving Still
Mastered by Rhys at Optimum Mastering, Bristol

Graphics by Tracy Chahwan

Simone - Malak Beya مالك بيا (Moving Still Edit)

Introducing Hamed Farras! The singer, musician and performer from Abidjan.

Hamed has been at the center of Ivorian reggae for over thirty years, the sound made famous by Alpha Blondy in the eighties. In 1991 Hamed released his first album Deni: named after his breakthrough track, however two tracks on his debut album never received the attention they deserve…

Chef, C'est Pas Moi or "Chef, It wasn't me" features a 17 year old Hamed singing about his friend ‘Polo’ who got into trouble with the police. Slaman Djougou is about a cultural muslim who only prays during festivities. Both tracks feature Hamed’s characteristic singing and have an infectious groove that can match any of the famous Ivorian Reggae classics.

Together with composer and arranger Georges Kouakou, who worked with Alpha Blondy on many of his projects, and Hamed’s brothers, magic was created in downtown Abidjan (see picture above). As the album Deni was only released on very limited cassette and CD copies at the time, Chef C’est Pas Moi and Slaman Djougou never saw the light of day. Until now...

It is with great pleasure to release these songs with Hamed for the first time on vinyl after almost 30 years. The release is accompanied by a stellar DJ remix by one of our favorite producers: Lipelis!


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Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/SentineIIslandDisco

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PREMIERE : Hamed Farras - Chef C'est Pas Moi (Lipelis Remix)

@discoarabesquo launches its new 12” series with two  sparkling edits of ‘90s Kuwaiti music by @movingstill

More info: https://djmag.com/listen/premiere-firkit-el-lotus-nerjaa-moving-still-edit

Premiere: Firkit el Lotus 'Nerjaa (Moving Still Edit)'

The door of the plane flung open and its passengers began making their way down the stairs onto the hot tarmac. It was a world a way from the place they'd left; every inch of the sky was bright blue and the trees that surrounded the runway were all bursting with life. All she'd ever known was the cold and dark, just harsh winters and dreary summers, all colour and brightness squeezed out of everything. She squinted up at the sun, letting the warmth bathe her whole. This is what she'd been missing; for the first time she felt like she was really living.

Dublin-based producer and DJ Jamal Sul is on quite the roll recently. Under his moniker Moving Still he recently made his debut on Palms Trax's CWPT label with a collection of original cuts, and he's also responsible for a catalogue of top notch edits that breathe new life into old Arabic gems. His next project is for Amsterdam's Disco Arabesquo and Kuwaiti cassette label Al Nazaer, which sees him inaugurating a new 12" series of edits called 'Yallah Ya Ashab', with two fresh takes on 90s Kuwaiti songs: the first a flip of singer and actor Bashar Ali Sultan's 'Omrena' and the second a rework of a one hit wonder by a band called Firkit el Lotus.

PREMIERE: Bashar - Omrena (Moving Still & Disco Arabesquo Edit) [Disco Arabesquo]

G. Macho - Dame Mucho Mas Amor (Pablo Miya Rework) [Free Download]

I wrote ‘Joy’ as an expression of gratitude to the people I love; my girlfriend, family, and friends. They’ve been by my side through the coldest and darkest moments; through my grief. My last single, ‘Better days’ represented the transition out of winter into spring. ‘Joy’ represents the summer, a time to share happiness with the people I care about the most. They are my Joy.

Dar Disku 004
A1. Cheb Mimoune - Abdel Kader (Dar Disku Edit)
B1. Azza Kamal - Maadna Bkra (Moving Still & Tjade Edit)

Dar Disku bring you two dance-floor heaters via Algeria and Egypt. A reinterpretation of the classic ' Abdel Kader' and 'Maadna Bkra'

Mastered at El Dorado Studios, London by JP Sancho. 

DAR DISKU 2020
www.dardisku.com 
@dardisku_records

Dar Disku Vol 4

DD004

DD004 Azah Kamal - Maadna Bkra (Moving Still & Tjade Edit)

Living & Breathing Dance Music. Find us at http://www.djmag.com

Premiere: Firkit el Lotus 'Nerjaa (Moving Still Edit)'

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