“Middle East NOW” is an annual international festival on cinema, art and culture of the Middle East and North Africa held in Florence since 2010.
Through our podcasts, we aim to spread and promote quality music produced by musicians who have ties to the Middle East and North Africa. Our main focus is on the independent music scene and young rising talents.

Tracklist:
01.(00:00) Arshid Azarine - SMEN intro 
02.(00:45) Arshid Azarine feat. Niaz Nawab - The Valley of Love 
03.(03:45) Marwan Asad - Le'Bnaya    
04.(07:45) Sasan Sarmadi - The King of Seasons 
05.(10:00) Odelly - Elle M'a Dit 
06.(12:45) Nova Norda - Bir Yol Buldum    
07.(16:30) Atoor feat. Roody - Pirooz    
08.(18:45) Shkoon - Fucked Up Two  
09.(23:00) Acid Arab feat Cem Yildiz - Ejma  
10.(28:00) Taraamoon - Mahaagh 
11.(31:15) Hamed Sinno - Mashaniq    

This session is mixed by @saeed-aman
Artwork picture by Tamara Abdul Hadi

Middle East Now - Podcast#028 Jul2021

Meet Me In The Lobby 100

Furkan Sert - Bodvár

🌑 THE NIGHT‑BORN CANTICLE
A small ritual for those who listen in the dark

In the hour when shadows forget their names,
a slow pulse rises from the sand —
a circle of four chords, turning like an old lantern,
calling the wanderer into the quiet ceremony.

Guitars whisper in tremolo,
threads of silver pulled through the night air.
A bassline coils beneath them,
warm, patient, ominous,
as if guarding a secret no one remembers.

Percussion appears only when the spirits allow it:
🥁 a palm on stretched skin,
🔨 a wooden click,
🌑 a low pulse echoing under the ribs.
Nothing marches. Everything breathes.

Above, the temple hums:
🕸️ organ‑drones like distant constellations,
🌫️ detuned harmonics bending like incense smoke,
📼 tape‑warps drifting in and out of time
— the sound of an ancient room exhaling.

And then the voice:
a wind‑carried murmur,
half‑chant, half‑shadow,
never asking to be understood,
only to be followed.

This is not a song.
It is a threshold.
A small door in the desert night.
A ritual that opens only for those who walk slowly.

Mario‑core.
Collettivo‑dark‑core.
A vibration carved in the dark.

ostacoli in frazioni sparse

Side

nature dance -Milad mokhtari

Soul Speech

Seventh Soul - Half Soul

Eyes / Open
Dark / Cold
Where / Who
Hands / Body
Stand / Up
First / Step
Touch / Walls
Wet / Drops
Faint / Breath
Urge / Climb
Atmo / Mystical
Path / Strenuous
Survive / Might
Fears / Fight
Warm / Light
DEEV / Out
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Mixed and Mastered by Milad Zen
Artwork: Mohammad Keyvan

REGENERATE

CAVE

from our new EP "Error"
available on Spotify, iTunes, Google Play, Youtube, Amazon and other digital platforms.