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ZULI's remix of Palestinian rapper Haykal falls somewhere between club abstraction and deconstructed grime.

'From Dawn Till Dusk' is out soon on Dawn Records.

@zulimusic
@haykalonol
@dawnrecords

Premiere: Haykal - Sot Ramallah (ZULI Remix) [Dawn Records]

Taken from Post Drone (@postdrone) debut EP Ready For Nothing, out August 20, 2021, via Rakete (@wearerakete)

Read: https://bit.ly/3xUAWyz
Pre-order: https://bit.ly/2W2wXCT

2020 saw the launch of Cairo-based label RAKETE alongside its first VA ‘Cairo Quest’, followed shortly by a well-received EP ‘Hope Amidst Despair’ in December. Now, RAKETE’s third release, ‘Ready For Nothing’ arrives by way of newcomer Postdrone, who draws upon the inherent dissonant noise of Cairene existence, and the suppression of left-field works in the face of a deeply commercialized musical landscape.

Postdrone’s debut presents a genre-less, intuition-driven exploration of electronic musical composition, soundtracking moments of personal connection through introspective rhythms and spacious fields, alongside two remixes by label-mate Hassan Abou Alam, who brings a warm club-focused dive into Postdrone’s original works.

Art Direction by Omar Mobarek
https://www.instagram.com/omarmobarek/

Photography by Omar Kafrawy
https://www.instagram.com/k_frawy/

Mastering by Marco Pellegrino

Released by Rakete

Premiere: Postdrone - Dawsha FM (feat. PostTawheed) [Rakete]

Tor5y x Dua Saleh - Flavv SMUT

By melting about 500 cuts from TV and radio archives, found footage, commercials, forgotten songs, movies, pop trends, internet culture, and other sources of sound that whisper or shout in listeners’ ears, “Melting” engages with the romanticized consumerist vision of the past as portrayed by big corporations, capitalist entities, and authoritarian regimes.

Melting was submitted as part of Rami Abadir's master’s thesis in “Digital Media” at the University of Arts Bremen. For more info check the website designed by Iulia Radu: abadir-melting.netlify.app/

ABADIR (Rami Abadir) is a music producer, sound designer, DJ and music critic born in Cairo, Egypt and based in Berlin, Germany.

Produced by Rami Abadir
Mastered by Rashad Becker
Artwork by Don Elektro

Special thanks to Amira Elmasry

Drowned By Locals 2023
DBL17CT

MELTING

ABADIR - sideA

Between May 2012 and August 2013 I shared a flat in Heliopolis with 3 of my best friends. Because we were all artists, it was naturally one of the most inspiring times of my life. 

Now, there are few things in life I hate more than doing the washing up, so I cut a deal with them where I'd be in charge of doing laundry for everyone, and in return, never have to do the dishes - ever. We had this 1970s Whirlpool washing machine that used to make the most interesting sounds. 

I was hanging out in the kitchen one day waiting for it to finish and the sounds coming out of it were so rhythmic, I decided to have a go at emulating them, and that's how "Pt A" happened; I threw in an Anne Peebles sample and it became a Swag Lee beat. Of course the next step was to sample the machine using my field recorder. So I did that and made "Pt B", "Pt C" and "Pt D" (the latter revolves around clicks from twisting the machine's main knob). 

Almost a year later, I realized I had 4 finished Doing Laundry tracks, 2 of which people have only heard in my live sets. So I put them together on an EP along with an Abyusif remix of "Pt B" and - for jokes - a couple of mash-ups of some old Egyptian detergent ads.


03. ZULI Vs Swag Lee - Doing Laundry Pt B

Watch the video for INF0:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaZ8YowH9_4&t=85s
Elvin Brandhi & Bashar Suleiman are INSIN.

After self-publishing their first EP, Welsh producer Elvin Brandhi and Cairo-based Bashar Suleiman return with INSINCERITY on Amen.

Cover art by Aleksandar Vucenovic.

BORN BACKWARDS

BEYA RIP EDIT

Saint Abdullah's 'Where do we go, now?' out now on cassette and digital edition via PTP.

All proceeds of this album go to the New York Immigration Coalition: 
www.nyic.org

“'Where do we go, now?' captures the sounds, stories, and full weight of what it feels like to live in a country, and broader political context, that considers one’s identity as the root of all its problems. We are are not in search of answers, or a path forward; we are in the mood to grieve, the only way we know how.”

A cavern of noise, dizzying loops, field recordings, and free jazz. Saint Abdullah is the sonic language of Iranian-Canadian brothers, Mohammad and Mehdi.

Written / Produced: Saint Abdullah
Arranged: Saint Abdullah & Geng
Mixed: Saint Abdullah
Mastered: Jesse Munro Johnson
Artwork: Richard R Ross || Cassette Design: Geng

Tracklist:
1. The carnal soul
2. Let's mourn together
3. Nocturnal vigilance
4. Poverty as pride feat. Travis Laplante 
5. Pluto's porn
6. Philosopher Kings
7. Mined for disturbances
8. Movin' out of Harlem feat. ARP 220
9. Eastoxication
10. Broke my heart in '52

Where do we go, now? (2020) [PTP2018]

BUY DIGI & CS

Saint Abdullah - Eastoxication (from 'Where do we go, now?' [PTP2018])

Lil Asaf - Sawa Sawa
APR126 | Out Now

Out Now: astralplanerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/sawa-sawa

Following January's "Msll777" single, we're proud to deliver Lil Asaf's Sawa Sawa. Produced by Beirut-born, Berlin-based artist Khadije, Sawa Sawa bundles fragmented sonics with Lil Asaf's devilish vocal performance. Air horns, chimes, blast beats and wheezing rhythmic arrangements make up Sawa Sawa's backing. The beats knock as much as they disarm, utilizing a capacious approach to empty space undergirded by a copious and pernicious drone.

Asaf, also known as Bashar Suleiman, has honed his hectic, dim lit approach to rap across previous releases for ANBA and HIZZ هز. Riding roughshod over his own and Khadije's production, Suleiman delivers line after line of scraped expression into the pitch dark spaces between beats. Dub effects and the flinty corners of broken kick patterns form walls to bounce off of, filled by repeated refrain and howling sub vocals.

Sawa Sawa means “together together,” a phrase Bashar’s grandfather would say to him and his brother when they fought as children. This spirit is embodied in the circumstances behind its recording, born from a chance meeting between the two artists and recorded in several impromptu sessions. Sawa Sawa is accompanied by a music video for “3wwe”, directed by Yusra Nazek.

Sawa Sawa [APR126]

Lil Asaf - Mbakal (prod. Bashar Suleiman)

OUT NOW// 
@ARRAKK new EP "Ma2ali"

stream/download music:
https://hizzme.bandcamp.com/album/ma2ali

stream video:
https://youtu.be/J7u66ASWEcc

MshSalma - vocals, production, cinematography
Adlir[Smiley] - production, mixing, mastering
ARRAKK - video direction
Dutch Saunders - cover graphics
“Chicago, IL”

ARRAKK - GANG27v2

I Was So by @thisisismael

Following the devastating explosion at the Port of Beirut on August 4, Ma3azef teamed up with New York-based mastering engineer Heba Kadry to curate a compilation by regional and international musicians to raise funds for the continuous relief work being done on the ground in Beirut to help those who have been failed by the Lebanese state.

Today, we're happy to announce two additional remixes to be added to the compilation: ZULI's Kiwii, remixed by El Kontessa; Deena Abdelwahed's Wein El Malayeen, remixed  by Ancient Methods.

The 19-track compilation includes contributions by the likes of Fatima Al Qadiri, Nicolás Jaar, ZULI, Slikback, and others. Bringing sounds together from the different crevices of electronic music, it is a humble attempt to galvanize musicians and listeners into supporting a city that has been integral in shaping the region’s contemporary music scene.

All proceeds from the sales of the compilation are going to local initiatives to provide assistance to those affected, they will be divided between Fundraising Campaign for the Arts and Culture Community in Beirut organized by AFAC; Beirut Musicians' Fund organized by Tunefork Studios, and Beit el Baraka.

All tracks mastered by Heba Kadry
Artwork by Studio Mooni

Ismael - I Was So

Blog since 2012
Label since 2016

http://dotheastralplane.com/

http://astralplanerecordings.com/

Lil Asaf - Mbakal (prod. Bashar Suleiman)

Astral Plane Recordings

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