'Tinji' is an engaging musical exploration by Hmenou released on Rubricate Records, a two-track Drum and Bass EP that harmoniously weaves the pulsating rhythms of the genre with the vibrant tapestry of Tunisian cultural heritage. The EP draws its inspiration from 'Sidi Tinji street' in the Medina of Tunis, a place rich in memories and traditions passed down through generations. With its unique fusion of bass music and cultural nostalgia, 'Tinji' is more than just a musical release; it's a heartfelt homage to Hmenou's roots and the stories that have shaped his identity.

The EP's tracks are equally compelling: 
'Howa', the opening track, ventures into the realm of subtle political commentary with a twist of humor. It samples the voice of the former Tunisian dictator, transforming it into the whimsical sound of a folkloric Tunisian wedding singer. Meanwhile, 'Ahla & Sahla' nostalgically samples Arab cartoons and vintage Tunisian TV and radio shows, invoking nostalgia and a sense of cultural familiarity.
Accompanied by Hmenou's artwork, inspired by his own tattoo style, 'Tinji' is set to be released on Rubricate Records in late October
yea In addition to the music, Hmenou's artistic talents extend to the EP's artwork. Designed in his graphic tattoo style, it captures the essence of Tunisian streets. 


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Hmenou - Tinji [Rubricate Records]

Bab Hwita marks Hmenou's second journey into the intersection of drum and bass and cultural memory, this time through a portal that's both literal and metaphorical.
This three-track EP showcases Hmenou's evolving sound palette, from cross-Mediterranean collaboration to melodic experimentation.

The opening track, 'Studio 22,' brings together the pulsating energy of drum and bass with the raw poetry of Elos Byuri, a rap artist from Ramallah, creating a sonic bridge between Tunis and Palestine forged in shared rhythm and resistance.

'Zaretna el Barka' ventures into uncharted melodic territory, weaving together layers of Tunisian radio archives and political speeches around the haunting voice of Habiba Msika, the legendary 1920s singer whose strength and artistry continue to resonate through time. It's a delicate yet powerful homage to Tunisia's cultural giants, filtered through contemporary production.

The EP closes with 'TU722,' a minimal yet massive statement named after the chronically delayed Tunis-Paris flight that embodies the reality of living split between places. With crushing basslines that transform frustration into catharsis, it's both personal memoir and universal anthem—turning the exhaustion of living between places into cathartic sound.

Through 'Bab Hwita,' Hmenou continues his exploration of identity and belonging, proving that doors aren't just points of passage but spaces where cultures, memories, and frustrations can be transformed into something entirely new.

Hmenou - Bab Hwita [MOSHTRQ]

I finally uploaded the DJ set I played for Resurrection 2021, I hope you guys enjoy it.

Hmenou [Full DJ Set] @ RESSURECTION 2021

Because I'm a creature of the habit, it took me five months to upload a set.
So here's the set I played for WARP 2022 in Paris.
Thanks again to Studio and Kosmo for having me on the line-up.

@wearestudio

Hmenou [Full DJ set] @ WARP 2022 by Studio

Next up on Rubricate Records is Paris-based producer Hmenou with 'Howa'.

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Hmenou 'Ahla & Sahla' [Rubricate Records]

The full DJ set I played for VISION recordings X Studio in Paris on 13.10.2023 at Petit Bain.
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Hmenou - VISION recordings X Studio [Full DJ Set]

Just dropped my flip of Cheb Khaled's "Wahran Wahran" and honestly... this one hits different for me.

This song has been with me forever - pure nostalgia wrapped in those iconic melodies. Had to give it the D&B treatment it deserves, keeping all that emotional weight but letting it move through 174bpm.

Sometimes you just gotta pay respect to the tracks that shaped you. From the underground of the 80s/90s rai scene to today's underground bass culture - the roots never change, the music just evolves

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For our second EP of the year, MOSHTRQ is proud to present ‘Bab Hwita’ from Paris-based Tunisian Drum n’ Bass purist Hmenou, who we were blessed to link with during his residency in Cairo earlier this year

Bab Hwita marks Hmenou's second journey into the intersection of drum and bass and cultural memory, this time through a portal that's both literal and metaphorical. This three-track EP showcases Hmenou's evolving sound palette, from cross-Mediterranean collaboration to melodic experimentation.

The opening track, 'Studio 22,' brings together the pulsating energy of drum and bass with the raw poetry of Elos Byuri, a rap artist from Ramallah, creating a sonic bridge between Tunis and Palestine forged in shared rhythm and resistance.

'Zaretna el Barka' ventures into uncharted melodic territory, weaving together layers of Tunisian radio archives and political speeches around the haunting voice of Habiba Msika, the legendary 1920s singer whose strength and artistry continue to resonate through time. It's a delicate yet powerful homage to Tunisia's cultural giants, filtered through contemporary production.

The EP closes with 'TU722,' a minimal yet massive statement named after the chronically delayed Tunis-Paris flight that embodies the reality of living split between places. With crushing basslines that transform frustration into catharsis, it's both a personal memoir and universal anthem—turning the exhaustion of living between places into cathartic sound.

Through 'Bab Hwita,' Hmenou continues his exploration of identity and belonging, proving that doors aren't just points of passage but spaces where cultures, memories, and frustrations can be transformed into something entirely new. 

Hmenou - Zaretna el Barka

Hmenou X Elos Byuri - Studio22

Hmenou - TU722

(GŒ018)
"Wings Over Wires"
Artists for Gaza
Compilation out dec. 12th 2025

-- The artist // @acidfinky
Acidfinky is a German/Kabyle-Algerian DJ and producer based in Berlin whose identity is deeply shaped by her Algerian roots and upbringing in France. (Her multicultural background informs her approach to music and community work alike, driving her to create spaces where diverse voices can be heard.)
A founding member of the feminist collective BLVSH, she is actively involved in supporting FLINTA* artists (through open decks, workshops, panel discussions, and multidisciplinary events.) She also uplifts underrepresented communities through her political, culturally attentive approach to DJing and cultural organizing.
In addition to her community work, she runs the independent label Twisting Knobs Records and remains an active part of Berlin’s alternative club scene, where her hybrid, bass-driven sound has made her a distinctive presence.

-- Profits
All profits and royalties from this compilation will be donated to the Ahmed & Gaza Birds fund. You can also send donations directly by following this link, which is managed by Ahmed himself :
www.gofundme.com/f/hello-peace-help-innocent-people-to-survive

-- Credits
Original recording by - Gaza Birds Singings
Artwork by - Studio Akakir
Composed by- Zaid Hilal
Master by - Cedric Oléon
(except track 1 by Lukas Turza, track 3 by @3xoj, track 11 by @cheb_gpt)
Co-Produced by - @ssshouka
Released on - @grosoeuvrerecords

7. Acidfinky - Mizmar el drone

(GŒ018)
"Wings Over Wires"
Artists for Gaza
Compilation out dec. 12th 2025

-- The artist // @3xoj
Having gained praise for his release Stasix on Nyege Nyege Tapes and EP Stork on Hakuna
Kulala, 3xOJ is a Meknes-raised, Casablanca-based electronic music DJ and producer. His
approach to music history and theory has brought him in contact with a wide range of styles and influences that he has learned to weave together with his love for contemporary club
culture.
In 2021, TripleOJ co-founded the Moroccan label @raghoulmusic

-- Profits
All profits and royalties from this compilation will be donated to the Ahmed & Gaza Birds fund. You can also send donations directly by following this link, which is managed by Ahmed himself :
www.gofundme.com/f/hello-peace-help-innocent-people-to-survive

-- Credits
Original recording by - Gaza Birds Singings
Artwork by - Studio Akakir
Composed by- Zaid Hilal
Master by - Cedric Oléon
(except track 1 by Lukas Turza, track 3 by @3xoj, track 11 by @cheb_gpt)
Co-Produced by - @ssshouka
Released on - @grosoeuvrerecords

3. 3xOJ - Iron Bird

(GŒ018)
"Wings Over Wires"
Artists for Gaza
Compilation out dec. 12th 2025

-- The artist // @omar-aloulou
Omar Aloulou, also known as FËLINE, is a tunisian electronic music artist and a film composer. He composed original scores such as Hedi (Berlinale 2016), Dear Son (Cannes 2018) and Black Medusa (Rotterdam 2021).
As a solo artist he released in 2020 the album « Olénine », a narrative musical electronic experience, adapted from Tolstoy’s novel « The Cossacks ».
He also composed and performed cine-concerts such as « Faust », « Tassili » and « The Seashell and the Clergyman » which he developed when he was a resident at The Cité Internationale des arts in Paris in 2024.

-- Profits
All profits and royalties from this compilation will be donated to the Ahmed & Gaza Birds fund. You can also send donations directly by following this link, which is managed by Ahmed himself :
www.gofundme.com/f/hello-peace-help-innocent-people-to-survive

-- Credits
Original recording by - Gaza Birds Singings
Artwork by - Studio Akakir
Composed by- Zaid Hilal
Master by - Cedric Oléon
(except track 1 by Lukas Turza, track 3 by @3xoj, track 11 by @cheb_gpt)
Co-Produced by - @ssshouka
Released on - @grosoeuvrerecords

12. Omar Aloulou - to the sea

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"Wings Over Wires"
Artists for Gaza
Compilation out dec. 12th 2025

In august 2025, a video went viral showing Ahmed Muin Abu Amsha, founder of Gaza Birds Singing, teaching displaced Palestinian children to harmonize with surveillance drone sounds. Tunisian producer Hmenou reached out to Ahmed directly. That conversation became the catalyst for this compilation.

The Project -
@hmenou invited 14 artists from across the swana region to reimagine Abu Amsha's original recording. Each artist approached the source material through their own sonic lens, creating interpretations that span bass music, electronic experimentation, and beyond. All proceeds from the compilation go directly to Gaza Birds Singing, supporting Ahmed's ongoing music education work with displaced children.

All profits and royalties from this compilation will be donated to the Ahmed & Gaza Birds fund. You can also send donations directly by following this link, which is managed by Ahmed himself :
www.gofundme.com/f/hello-peace-help-innocent-people-to-survive

-- Credits
Original recording by - Gaza Birds Singings
Artwork by - Studio Akakir
Composed by- Zaid Hilal
Master by - Cedric Oléon
(except track 1 by Lukas Turza, track 3 by @3xoj, track 11 by @cheb_gpt)
Co-Produced by - @ssshouka
Released on - @grosoeuvrerecords

www.grosoeuvrerecords.fr

10. Ramin - A Sheel for Hope

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"Wings Over Wires"
Artists for Gaza
Compilation out dec. 12th 2025

-- The artist // Syqlone - @gaurmiua-ildrygs
"I spent a long time thinking about how to pay tribute to Ahmed’s work and that of his students without distorting it or altering it too much. To me, it already felt complete on its own, which made the challenge difficult. I found a way to honor their work by using their full recording, like a prayer calling toward another horizon.
The track opens by letting the voices unfold, while the drone gradually transforms into a string orchestra. In the second part, the prayer is answered and opens onto a new sonic and geographic horizon, as if the singers’ voices were carrying higher and farther than any musical boundary or imposed geography.
The word “night” repeats like an echo across an immense sky, beyond anyone’s control.
And in the secrecy of the night, dreamers keep dreaming.
That is why I called the piece Noor. It is the name of a friend in Gaza, and it also means “dawn” or “divine light.”
The sun always rises, and there is something higher and greater than those who impose borders will ever know, something only dreamers can see."

-- Profits
All profits and royalties from this compilation will be donated to the Ahmed & Gaza Birds fund. You can also send donations directly by following this link, which is managed by Ahmed himself :
www.gofundme.com/f/hello-peace-help-innocent-people-to-survive

-- Credits
Original recording by - Gaza Birds Singings
Artwork by - Studio Akakir
Composed by- Zaid Hilal
Master by - Cedric Oléon
(except track 1 by Lukas Turza, track 3 by @3xoj, track 11 by @cheb_gpt)
Co-Produced by - @ssshouka
Released on - @grosoeuvrerecords

5. Syqlone - Noor

(GŒ018)
"Wings Over Wires"
Artists for Gaza
Compilation out dec. 12th 2025

-- The artist // @prophan303
Prophän is a Paris-based Moroccan sound artist whose work merges ritual trance, industrial minimalism, and ancestral memory, summoning a sonic dialogue between body, faith, and apocalypse

-- Profits
All profits and royalties from this compilation will be donated to the Ahmed & Gaza Birds fund. You can also send donations directly by following this link, which is managed by Ahmed himself :
www.gofundme.com/f/hello-peace-help-innocent-people-to-survive

-- Credits
Original recording by - Gaza Birds Singings
Artwork by - Studio Akakir
Composed by- Zaid Hilal
Master by - Cedric Oléon
(except track 1 by Lukas Turza, track 3 by @3xoj, track 11 by @cheb_gpt)
Co-Produced by - @ssshouka
Released on - @grosoeuvrerecords

6. Prophän - Carry My Pain

1. Hmenou - Shala Yousheel

(GŒ018)
"Wings Over Wires"
Artists for Gaza
Compilation out dec. 12th 2025

-- The artist // GoodMostlyBad
A self-taught musician, GoodMostlyBad productions are a realm of intimate thoughts, discoveries, and experiences of a woman navigating life on her terms. Citing hip hop, Afrobeats, dancehall and grime as major influences, GoodMostlyBad's sound eschews definition but pulls from an array of contemporary club genres to create throbbing grooves and dark, intense atmospheres.

-- Profits
All profits and royalties from this compilation will be donated to the Ahmed & Gaza Birds fund. You can also send donations directly by following this link, which is managed by Ahmed himself :
www.gofundme.com/f/hello-peace-help-innocent-people-to-survive

-- Credits
Original recording by - Gaza Birds Singings
Artwork by - Studio Akakir
Composed by- Zaid Hilal
Master by - Cedric Oléon
(except track 1 by Lukas Turza, track 3 by @3xoj, track 11 by @cheb_gpt)
Co-Produced by - @ssshouka
Released on - @grosoeuvrerecords

4. GoodMostlyBad - Yaqeen

(GŒ018)
"Wings Over Wires"
Artists for Gaza
Compilation out dec. 12th 2025

-- The artist // @5amaseen
Tarek Reda is an Egypt-born producer/DJ whose sound draws inspiration from metal, bass music, and the musical traditions of his homeland. Built around pounding kicks, quick percussive syncopated patterns, distorted breaks, a touch of noise/glitch, heavily distorted guitar riffs, and odd time signatures, his music is also deeply influenced by mahraganat and folkloric styles from Egypt and the Arab world. Determined to transcend the tasteless “fusion” between the familiar and the “exotic,” he attempts to pay respect to the musical roots while giving them new form within a contemporaneous context. He is part of the Ghent-based collective Yalla Worldwide, where he performed alongside artists such as BADER, 3Phaz, Hassan Abou Alam, and ZULI.

-- Profits
All profits and royalties from this compilation will be donated to the Ahmed & Gaza Birds fund. You can also send donations directly by following this link, which is managed by Ahmed himself :
www.gofundme.com/f/hello-peace-help-innocent-people-to-survive

-- Credits
Original recording by - Gaza Birds Singings
Artwork by - Studio Akakir
Composed by- Zaid Hilal
Master by - Cedric Oléon
(except track 1 by Lukas Turza, track 3 by @3xoj, track 11 by @cheb_gpt)
Co-Produced by - @ssshouka
Released on - @grosoeuvrerecords

9. 5amaseen - G2TM

(GŒ018)
"Wings Over Wires"
Artists for Gaza
Compilation out dec. 12th 2025

-- The artists
--- @metttani
Metttani draws from a broad musical lineage—90s Big Beat and Death Metal, 00s Breakcore and IDM—while bending electronic music into untempered tunings, ecstatic polyrhythms and trance-like animist rituals. His work swings between feral intensity and contemplative stillness, occasionally retreating into luminous ambient terrains, as heard in his collaboration with Roscius and Badiaa Bouhrizi.
--- @rosciusmusic
Niche percussionist, film composer, diy producer and nomadic recordings founder “roscius” gathers fields recordings and rare, handmade, unique and customised music instruments from around the globe, reimagining sounds through harmonisation and polyrhythms. 
“ when Metttani sent me that vocal harmonisation of sheel sheel, I froze. Couldn’t stop listening to it. We worked hand in hand to try to reframe it with unexpected colours, emotions and invisible rhythm textures, hoping to give an alternative spark to this already magnificent and enchanting choral piece”
--- @neysatu
Badiâa Bouhrizi (Neysatu) is a Tunisian vocalist and composer weaving fus’ha Arabic with African and Mediterranean traditions, infused with electronic, jazz and neo-soul currents. With a voice both gentle and commanding, she crafts songs of freedom and resistance, dissolving boundaries between heritage and futurism.

-- Profits
All profits and royalties from this compilation will be donated to the Ahmed & Gaza Birds fund. You can also send donations directly by following this link, which is managed by Ahmed himself :
www.gofundme.com/f/hello-peace-help-innocent-people-to-survive

-- Credits
Original recording by - Gaza Birds Singings
Artwork by - Studio Akakir
Composed by- Zaid Hilal
Master by - Cedric Oléon
(except track 1 by Lukas Turza, track 3 by @3xoj, track 11 by @cheb_gpt)
Co-Produced by - @ssshouka
Released on - @grosoeuvrerecords

2. Metttani & Roscius feat. Badiaa Bouhrizi - Sheel

(GŒ018)
"Wings Over Wires"
Artists for Gaza
Compilation out dec. 12th 2025

-- The artist // @kasbah-officiel
DJ and producer, KasbaH co founded Musiques de Fête alongside the record label Nowadays Records. The Musique de Fëte collective is all about putting the spotlight on the electronic eastern scene with a series of mixtapes and parties in Europe and the Maghreb.
The collective also brought together KasbaH and the producer Bab, who released the rai & bass EP Mektoub 303 last June to pay tribute to KasbaH’s Algerian roots.

-- Profits
All profits and royalties from this compilation will be donated to the Ahmed & Gaza Birds fund. You can also send donations directly by following this link, which is managed by Ahmed himself :
www.gofundme.com/f/hello-peace-help-innocent-people-to-survive

-- Credits
Original recording by - Gaza Birds Singings
Artwork by - Studio Akakir
Composed by- Zaid Hilal
Master by - Cedric Oléon
(except track 1 by Lukas Turza, track 3 by @3xoj, track 11 by @cheb_gpt)
Co-Produced by - @ssshouka
Released on - @grosoeuvrerecords

8. Kasbah - Resilience

(GŒ018)
"Wings Over Wires"
Artists for Gaza
Compilation out dec. 12th 2025

-- The artist // @bader-sh-2 @cheb_gpt
Yalla Soundsystem is a music collective rooted in global electronic music culture and heritage.
Cheb GPT is the cloud based ghost producer of Yalla Soundsystem, producing genre-hybrid music that reflects both tradition and digital experimentation.

-- Profits
All profits and royalties from this compilation will be donated to the Ahmed & Gaza Birds fund. You can also send donations directly by following this link, which is managed by Ahmed himself :
www.gofundme.com/f/hello-peace-help-innocent-people-to-survive

-- Credits
Original recording by - Gaza Birds Singings
Artwork by - Studio Akakir
Composed by- Zaid Hilal
Master by - Cedric Oléon
(except track 1 by Lukas Turza, track 3 by @3xoj, track 11 by @cheb_gpt)
Co-Produced by - @ssshouka
Released on - @grosoeuvrerecords

11. Yalla Soundsystem X Cheb GPT - Transmission

North African (TN) Drum and Bass producer based in Marseille.
Resident on Subtle Radio London.

Releases on:
• Rubricate Records
• MOSHTRQ
• Gros Œuvre

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