This kidnaps the body, soul and space. Can’t stop listening <3

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]

Untitled by Muqata'a (@muqataa) and Mazen Kerbaj (@mazenkerbaj). Taken from Mazen Kerbaj new album Sampler / Sampled, out February 25, 2022, via Morphine Records (@morphinerecords)

Read: https://bit.ly/3GbOaed

Sampler / Sampled is an album made of two interdependent parts rather than a double-album.

The first part of the project, Sampler, is a trumpet solo album that catalogues the unique sounds and extended techniques that Mazen Kerbaj developed for the instrument in the past 25 years; it consists of 318 pieces ranging from less than a second to forty seconds each, and presenting different sonic materials.

This catalogue of sounds works on various levels: first and foremost, it is a trumpet solo that could be played in its original order, or in random mode to create different pieces of music. But it is also a collection of samples that could be used for various applications (ringtones, phone sound effects, cinema) and, of course, to create new pieces of music based on sampling.

The second part of the project is the composition Sampled for a musician working with loops and/or samples. The composition has one instruction: create a piece of music using solely tracks from Sampler as your sound source (with the possibility to use all kinds of effects or treatment).

Each interpreter/musician becomes thus a co-composer who appropriates the piece and makes it their own. In this regard, the musicians that were commissioned to play Sampled were chosen from different geographical origins and musical genres to create highly different and personal pieces of music.

One important output of this project is putting in practice the overused idea of music as a universal language. This idea is very present in “free improvised music” where musicians from different origins can meet for the first time and make music together without the need to adapt to different musical traditions.

But here, the collective part of creating music in real time is not involved. It is rather the contrary: it starts with one middle-eastern musician creating a new language/vocabulary for his western instrument, to be later used by other musicians from around the globe who will appropriate this vocabulary and use it with their own language/grammar.

The final output of this double faceted album that was recorded during the Covid lockdown proved to be a very efficient new way to collaborate from a distance in times of world isolation, and ultimately put in practice the universality of music by breaking the boundaries of genres that are the most difficult to break.

Sampler / Sampled

Premiere: Muqata'a and Mazen Kerbaj - Untitled [Morphine Records]

Tor5y x Dua Saleh - Flavv SMUT

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

ZULI - Terminal (UIQLP003)

Pre-Order - https://bit.ly/2J0SsJs

Format - Double LP / Digital
Release date - November 02nd 2018
Mastered by Helmut Erler at Dubplates & Mastering
Design - Dave Gaskarth
Photography - Selim El Sadek
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Kollu l-Joloud — Lyrics by MSYLMA

و من جماجمنا سلما لمجدنا
و لعزة النفس؟ ملحمة آثمة
كل الجلود: سيان اذا اخترقت
هل أتت الساعة ام إقتربت؟
كل الذنوب قد إقترفت
أوراق صمودى قطفت 

و لعلى طريد من عفوك لكنى لا أعجز عن محاسبة نفسي على ما انتهكت
اهلكت نفسى بطغيانى بعقلى بيدى بفمى أبدمى طهرت؟

B3 — Kollu l-Joloud (ft. MSYLMA)

re 50 lc

"It seems these days the weaker ones survive." (Amber Rain-Coil 2005)

Ghalta

Jessika Khazrik - Ra2i7a رائحة لا تذهب

شَك شَكَّاك شَكَّ شَكَّك شكّ 
https://soundcloud.com/lilasaf
mastering: https://soundcloud.com/thisisismael

INSIN - SHOOK ft Lil Asaf

From the album Under The Ground, available: mediteranos.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-ground

Written, produced - @00970 
تحت الأرض - under the ground 00 (samples credits including by @stormtrap)

Release date:
15 June 2020

00970 Under The Ground (Asifeh Remix) | MEDS06

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”

Jessika Khazrik - Ra2i7a رائحة لا تذهب

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