https://soundcloud.com/msylma
https://soundcloud.com/thisisismael

The Tenets of Forgetting is the long-awaited follow-up to MSYLMA’s lauded 2019 debut, Dhil-un Taht Shajarat Al-Zaqum. This time he’s joined by fellow musician and producer ISMAEL for seven tracks, built around a lush palette of synths and MSYLMA’s singular voice.

Written and produced in Cairo between 2015 and 2020, The Tenets of Forgetting is the first collaboration between MSYLMA and ISMAEL. Like his first record, The Tenets of Forgetting finds MSYLMA singing in classical Arabic, and the musicians have enlisted Nariman Youssef to provide translations of the lyrics. This gesture of openness runs parallel to the themes of the record; romance and vulnerability; growth and change; pathos and passion. Listeners who aren’t familiar with pre-Islamic poetry or classical Arabic will find the lyrics just as rich and beautiful as the vocal melodies imply, telling a story of love, loss, self-doubt, and grave introspection.

Musically, the album moves in broad, painterly sweeps of 808 kicks, rich synthesizer chords, and MYSLMA’s soaring, plaintive voice. The English translations reveal a second world of mathematically sound rhythmic structures and poetry in the lyrics. The music pushes and pulls in both tempo and timbre, swirling both around and underneath MSYLMA’s voice but never losing a sense of self-contained narrative.

The album is rounded out by Jesse Osborne-Lanthier and Omar El-Sadek’s immersive, esoteric art, and features additional production on track 7 by Osborne-Lanthier, Pierre Guerineau, and Asaël Robitaille.

Produced, recorded and composed by MSYLMA & ISMAEL.
Instrumentation and production on "The Tenets of Forgetting" by Pierre Guerineau and Jesse Osborne-Lanthier.
Guitar in "The Tenets of Forgetting" by Asaël Robitaille.
Mastered by Jesse Osborne-Lanthier & Pierre Guerineau.
Artwork by Omar El-Sadek and Jesse Osborne-Lanthier.
Design and layout by Jesse Osborne-Lanthier.
Lyrics translated by Nariman Youssef.
Produced and distributed by La Rama Records in Montréal, Québec.

نھایة إلى الطین / Ending Unto Dust

From the album Super Stambeli: https://soundcloud.com/ssshouka/sets/ammar-808-super-stambeli

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Yarima - 3Phaz remix

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"Ons" is the first single from Aïchoucha, Khalil Epi’s immersive audiovisual film documentary about Tunisian musical traditions.

Inspired by Ons, a young singer from northwestern Tunisia who is reinventing ancestral songs passed down from her grandmother, the track captures a silent beauty: contained sorrow, dignified strength, an inner song.

Blending raw electronic textures with echoes from the past, the track takes us on an intimate journey—at the border between the visible and the invisible.

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Ons (Aïchoucha)

This prompt is a road trip to Egypt, where Cheb GPT finds himself swept into a mahraganat street rave. Under the influence of voodoo, he sheds his social anxiety and loses himself in a night of trance-fueled dancing.


Voodoo feat. El M3alim

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A-WA - HABIB GALBI (Deena Abdelwahed Remix)

I’m happy to introduce this new series of Moroccan reworks of Belgian rave classics, tributing ode to Belgian dance culture as well as Morocco’s rich musical culture.

Part 01: The Break Boys – My house is your house , released by US producer Frankie Bones on Belgian label Buzz.
https://www.discogs.com/Break-Boys-My-House-Is-Your-House/release/47034

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Jabo - My House Is Your House (Moroccan Rave Trip p1)

From curating landmark moments for Boiler Room in the Bass & Percs series, to starting a new all South Asian club-night, No ID, which recently took over three nights at the Dishoom stage at Lost Village Festival, to being featured in a Nike ad campaign - @ahadadream
has had a busy year. Although his edits (Rosalía, Unknown T, Shinichiro Yokota and more) have been ever present in the club, the Storm EP is a long awaited return to releasing original music.

The first track of the EP entitled ‘Dhol Part 2’ draws from Ahad’s Pakistani heritage, utilising dhol samples (as he did on his first EP “Movements”) and re-imagining wedding instruments into a club-ready weapon. ‘Buckshot’ is a dedication to Ahadadream’s love for dancehall rhythms and incorporates rave elements which drive the fierce instrumental throughout.

‘Full Moon In Scorpio’ is a collaboration with Australian-Lebanese producer, @1djplead who’s recent release on Nervous Horizon has been an immovable feature in Ahadadream’s DJ sets. It features DJ Plead’s signature middle eastern synth lines, expertly crafted to fit on top of a rolling drum track.

The Storm EP is surely the beginning of an extremely exciting period for both More Time Records and Ahadadream and starts off the Timewarp series with intent.

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Ahadadream - Full Moon in Scorpio Riddim (ft. DJ Plead)

Cairo-based producer @3Phaz joins the 100Copies (@100Copies-music) fold with his self-titled debut LP 'Three Phase'.

Across the nine album tracks 3Phaz offers a kind of @UIQmusic take on bass pressure and genre manipulation – his unique brand of 'post-shaabi', street level mahraganat material with all of its grime affiliations, UK club music connections and high energy levels wholly compelling.

The album is 3Phaz's first solo release and follows a feature on the 'Cairo Concepts' comp alongside the likes of DJ Plead and DJ Haram back in 2019.

100Copies will release 'Three Phase' on March 27. Tune into explosive A-side cut 'Exploit' now.

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Coming from the Tunisian alternative music scene, Khalil Hentati or Khalil EPI is a multi-instrumentalist and composer try to destroy barriers of the unique style. On electronic background, he draws his influences from various music around the world and the time, creating eclectic sounds.

He composes the music of several films and contemporary dance shows and multiplies the collaborations with several artists of hip-hop, trip-hop jazz and world music with remixes, albums and sometimes even on tour
 (Louis Teillet, Clement Barkatz, Aymta, Ghoula, Mawimbi, Imed Alibi, N3rdistan…) he is also a founding member of the duo DHAMMA.

Today Khalil Hentati, based in France is dedicated to different projects, between studio and live music production.

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