Tracklist :
Low Key- Proteus
Mars89- Magnetic Ghosts
Objekt- Secret Snake
Ossia- Hell Version
Glass- crY
Kinlaw and Franco Franco- Positivo
Nazar Ft. Citizen Boy- 2 African Sickos
J-Shadow- NXT1
Aagentah, Dread MC- Breathin' Space
LAS, Mikael- Key
Kercha- Jazz Symptoms
Headland- Grits
Kaiju- Wils Fault
Goth-Trad- Airbreaker VIP
Katatonic Silentio- Midnight train breaking through
ZULI- Bro! (Love it)
Ashrar- Unreleased 
Jay Glass Dubs- Angry Dub

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Karim Serry invites Ashrar - 21/04/2021

Retiring to pursue a new project, Al-Mutreb (The Singer, aka The Human Oyster, aka Ja7eem Hafezz) leaves us with the very best and last of what has jeopardized his health, sanity and a number of friendships.

An almost ten-year long journey traces some tracks like Ladyyyyy 2020 (produced by Amjad Shahrour [2017-2020] and appearing on HIZZ’s ‘Kombile 002’) morphing from a dreampop song to an apprehensive doom and gloom track overlaid with the sound of a hospital ventilator. Another track that fell under Al-Mutreb’s incessant urge to butcher is nar el ghera (fire of jealousy, produced by 1800s Internet [2020-2021] and appearing on a fundraiser comp for Gaza on Avon Terror Corps). Starting out with a song about a love ruined by jealousy, to then be devoured by Abul-Loul and 1800s Internet and spat out, mutilated beyond recognition, nar el ghera is inspired by an almost palpable hatred and a desire to self-destruct if it means taking down the enemy.

Al-Mutreb’s voice shapeshifts throughout the album; from self-indulgent romance (Sorry Habibti, produced by 1800s Internet, and appearing first on Bokeh Versions’ NTS show [April/2021]), to intimidation (nar el ghera), to provocation (Al-Mutreb [The Singer], the result of a chance encounter with Amaury [Ulan Bator,Faust] in Napoli, recorded Live at the Hermann Nitsch Museo [Sep/2021]) all the way to a slurred recitement (Uhrob Min El Hob, produced by jinjin [2022]) from two spotty livers in a cloud of tobacco smoke.

Following a long tradition of plagiarists, from Abdel Wahab and Fairouz to Serge Gainsbourg and Nick Cave, Al-Mutreb, borrowing the Mutreb status from the formers and the devil-may-care attitude from the latters, steals proudly, changing the language, context, music and -in most of them- the words to the point where if you were not reading it here you wouldn’t know.

Al Mutreb also repurposes some of his personal field recordings throughout the album; one of which in particular is the little girl we hear in the prelude, which, upon the Mutreb’s request back in 2012, sings about fear in a captivating performance following the humdrum attempts of her colleagues and mentors to do so.

The project of Al-Mutreb Abul-Loul (Abul-Loul, a nickname that translates to The Father/The King of Pearls) culminates in a bodily manifestation of a very real and very rare pearl; a case with hardly any medical literature; the development of a scrotal pearl, removed under general anesthesia, adding to the series of the many unfortunate and absurd occurrings that describe Abul-Loul’s life, and calling for the abortion of this project to make room for a new undertaking. 

Mastered by jinjin
Lyric reinterpretations by Shereen Amarin and Laith Demashqieh

The Very Best and Last of Al-Mutreb (2012 - 2022) Retirement LP

Al-Mutreb Abul-Loul - MARAD Prelude ft. 1800s Internet

JAGROMANCE

PROTEAN SELF

MoultingKICK_23652
Composed, arranged and produced by cen·​tum 
@23652
www.instagram.com/disturbing.cairo

DL: https://hizzme.bandcamp.com/album/moultingkick-23652

cen·​tum - 005 MKIK 23652 ZCQ3Z - SEKKJ [w. Bccording  DarkBar]

Tasalul is a collection of 14 one-shot recordings heavily sampled and processed through different methods to create a variety of soundtracks. The pieces range from calm to aggressive, emphasizing on texture, repetition, and decay. Tasalul, or the act of infiltration: a sonic mission of breaking into prohibited mental/physical zones imposed on us, in pursuit of a vision to overcome the state of siege.

Released December 5, 2022

Written & Produced by Abdel Hadi Hashem
Mastering : Victor Malvolti
Artwork : Maria Savykine

Dafsheh

In 2022 during the great plaque, work began compiling ‘Weld’ a 17 track chef-d'œuvre featuring 16 brand new MC and collaborators, a worldwide vocalist arsenal celebrating Kinlaw’s scope as a producer and a bedrock for multilingual messaging.

“Global noise-rap punktronics from a global guest cast of MCs and vocalists from Bristol to Togo, Uganda to Palestine - steeped in the mystery and folklore of a small town in Dorset, England. Weld is the defining statement of the Kinlaw universe“

Weld was assembled with 30 dubs, chats at the pub and a few emails. Some artist like Operation Egodeath, Robin Stewart (of Giant Swan infame), Dali de Saint Paul, Kelan, D Ham are confirmed members of the shadowy Avon Terror Corps shadowy, Ceramics alumni or Bristol underground friends like Birthmark or Danny Nedelko (of Heavy Lungs / IDLES infamy). At its core Weld is a celebration of this strong local scene - in Kinlaw’s world, local is global - through internet or psychic projection, we are all one. The link-up with Jordan’s premiere avant garde outlet Drowned By Locals is an important expression of this no-borders attitude - with them providing a jumping point to a wealth of vocal talent from the Middle East and beyond. 

Opening with Abdel Ja7eem Hafeth wrenching cover of Johnny Thunders -Society Makes me sad, sung in arabic. After the dust settles, things begin as they intend to go on with the belter Zazuka featuring Ugandan MC, Activist and Nyege Nyege hero Ecko Bazz. Effected Signaller features Togolese No Corner / Rwdfwd vocalist Yao Bobby. In the second part of WELD, Tunisian Toxic Club soldiers Flow Tha Key and Dryveins bring their respective mellow and doom performances in Kinchasa and Too Many Signals; followed later by Palestinian MC MrF13’s Strategically Demorphed, staving off total collapse in an isolated vault which is falling apart; a Sisyphean journey to madness. In ملوك الشغب , Kafr El Dauwar singer, composer and songwriter Ibrahim X brings the mixtape’s energy to an unexpected turn with his famous full blown Egyptian wedding aesthetics, only to be grounded towards the end by Elvin Brandhi’s Speech Plasticity.

Accompanying the album are a collection of cards, the origins, motive & gameplay is still unknown. Story has it they were originally discovered in the flooded basement of Castlemeadesque, Barclays House in Poole, Dorset. Described by one google user as “Mirroring Corfe Castle in Modern Brutalist style.” and also home to peregrine falcons.  The offices were abandoned two years ago, and the cards, in 3 sets of five, were recovered by one of the bank employees. Masterley restored for Weld by Winchester Picture Corps.

WELD

Kinlaw - Curtains ft Birthmark

For this new episode of our #AfricanStamp podcast we have the pleasure to share with you a musical selection of Rim Harrabi  #Tunisia 🇹🇳

Rim Harrabi is a cultural practitioner, visual artist, and filmmaker based in Tunisia. She discovered her passion for collaborative art projects with fellow artists and collectives, both in Tunisia and beyond. Currently, she is in post-production for her first feature documentary ‘PASSENGERS’, serves as a promoter and host for her monthly show, SARAB, on Radio Sygma, and holds a co-founding and co-managing position at TRANSMITTING STONES, a community platform for contemporary music that facilitates cultural exchange and creation between Tunisia, Algeria, and Switzerland.

This mix is an ode to the nightmare we’re going through collectively right now, an ode to the madness we’re witnessing bitterly, an ode to the fall of the Western Empire.
This sonic nightmare is accompanied with some excerpts from current archives from social media. 

This mix is a new archive element that tells of the suffering of our Palestinian sisters and brothers living under occupation and the inhabitants of Gaza, currently without food, water, electricity, shelter or medicine.

#FreePalestine 

Tracklist:

Hohner comet - No Name 5
Evitceles - Hydrogenic Koukh (Maltash tarab edit)
Nepa Los -Wwunzer (storyteller remix by Half a Moment)
Ingmar Bergman on demons [interview]
salat al janaza - FEM FM 
Dion Monti - Where are my boys
خطـ٣٠ - بودكاست من فيلم “فلسطين الصغرى”
Habib - Now-Here
natsuehitsuji - 手記
Maxwell Sterling - Exuding Latex
Backxwash – PURPOSE OF PAIN
Espectra Negra - The Horror House 
OOIOO - SOL
Ziúr - If The City Burns I Will Not Run 
The Body Lovers - 01
Shawnee Camu - Black Horse, Wading Through The Kura River
Cheb Terro vs DJ Die Soon - ABTAL AL DIGITAL
Sarla - و ازعجني
Film 2 - Europa
Atelier Oncléo - Taxi Dreamer
Anasisana - Celestial Drift
Laura Agnusdei – I Wake Up In The Morning While Gaza Is Being Bombed
UZHUR - AION
Sara Lehad - 001
Daniela Huerta – Seqvana
Abdullah Miniawy - عورة
Noun - ‘Haiku for a Palestinian child who walked from his ruined home to Japan to save a flower’

PROTEAN SELF

MAU

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