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As each year passes, it has become clearer that Israeli statehood includes permanent control of the West Bank and the continued seizure of Gaza. For decades Israeli politicians have posed the question 'one state or two states?' whilst forcibly annexing more territory each passing year and simultaneously placing Israeli citizens into illegal settlements within private Palestinian territories in violation of international law. This demonstrates the impossibility the Israeli government poses against the existence of a viable Palestinian state.

Israel has redefined Palestinian statehood to include ever less territory and ever less sovereignty. Each year as the Palestinian population increases, Palestinian land size decreases. It is now estimated that 40% of Israeli settlements are built on Private Palestinian land. The age old 'two-state' solution no longer offers a legitimate alternative to Israels current path.

In May last year, the Israeli government announced it's plans to annex 280km squared of private Palestinian land in the West Bank and Jordan Valley. That is a total land size greater than Paris, Athens, Copenhagen and Porto together. As a result of the illegal and sustained annexation of Palestinians land, Al Gharib is eager to announce it's second release 'Palestine', a 35 track compilation seeking to raise awareness towards Israel's illegal annexation of private Palestinian land.

ALL the funds generated from the 'Palestine' CD & Bandcamp sales will be distributed to our friends at Olive Kids who are an Australian registered volunteer only organisation dedicated to improving the lives of Palestinian children in Palestine and in refugee camps within neighbouring countries through financial support, education and medical assistance.

Olive Kids are partnered with Al-Amal Institute for Hope, an orphanage based in Gaza advancing lifesaving support to Palestinian orphans. A large portion of the funds will be distributed by Olive Kids to Al-Amal Institute to sponsor orphans at their orphanage. These funds will be used to cover a bed for residence at the orphanage, food and water for the child, educational classes for the year, medicine and psychiatric support, clothing, stationary and transport to the orphanage. The remaining funds will be directed towards Olive Kids' 'Gaza Emergency Appeal', a project seeking to purchase 6000 hygiene packages, 600 food packages, 2,000 COVID-19 tests and fuel for hospital generators.

You can support the project through the Al Gharib bandcamp page or the olive kids website.

https://alllgharibbb.bandcamp.com/album/palestine

https://olivekids.org.au/donate/

Omrann - As We Prosper

Slaloming between stations since early 2022, traverse is the Amsterdam-based radio series and music platform pushing a hypnotising collage of elastic bass and pulsating rhythms that slide through genre descriptions with abandon.

Now expanding into a label and experimental home for producers to explore their own versatility, traverse presents its debut compilation: traversée. An eight-track VA of moods and grooves that skips between styles and bpms through a collection of atmospheric pieces designed directly for the dancefloor.

Encouraging artists to explore creative avenues that they would have otherwise passed by, traverse is a space to share new ideas and personal reflections that aren’t tied to any one convention or formula.

Populated by producers from all corners of the world, from Brazil to Japan via Mexico and the Czech Republic, traversée 001 is a unifying body of work that truly reflects the ethos behind Lolo Batten’s traverse platform.

Pura Pura & Hyas: "This track is all around the sample, which comes from Piero Piccioni - an Italian composer that we love. I (Pura Pura) started working on a loop without going further. I knew Hyas would transform it in a Juke banger. The blend between this soft voice and the crazy bass makes it a perfect for the club, a bit melancholic and makes you want to give everything on the dancefloor."

Socials Pura Pura:
SC: @pura_pura
IG: @purapurapurapura

Socials Hyas: 
SC: @hyaser
IG: @_hyas

Pura Pura & Hyas - Karena 74 [trv01]

From the album "What Stays In Vegas" out 22 November.

A chance meeting in Bucharest two summers ago saw Ratty Slay Johnson and Soopie reunite. It has been a much discussed topic amongst art and music circles as to how and why Rat Section abruptly fell into obscurity in the late 90s and up to this point their sudden disappearance remains a mystery.

Their sparse back catalogue seems inaccessible now. A dedicated collecting community known as ‘Club Rodentia’ sought to preserve their tape and vinyl output, amassing releases from Ratty Slay Johnnie’s sophomore release ‘Tails from Estonia’ to Soopi and Slay John’s last known excursion ‘Tashkent Knights’.

An unfortunate occurrence led to the destruction of this archive in 2005. Member of Club Rodentia Carlos Moscato was quoted in an article of NME magazine saying “In the dark of night, a fire emerged, I was responsible at the time for the care of the archive, as standard Rodentia protocol we would move the collection every 3 months, for both preservation and for local access to Rat Sections catalogue. On the final night of my duty I heard footsteps, a crash, and before my eyes years of hard work erupted in flames. Since this incident I haven’t found even a crumb of Rat Sections body of work and people say we will never see them again." Carlos Moscato was correct, until now.

Rat Section have been active for the last two years with appearances in London, Berlin, Malmö, Melbourne, Paris and Los Angeles, it looks like we are finally going to hear Rat Section again. They have found a home for their debut album on Halcyon Veil.

Rat Section are back in the spotlight.

Follow Rat Section
@ratsection
https://www.instagram.com/rat.section/
https://ratsection.bandcamp.com/
https://ra.co/dj/ratsection

What Stays In Vegas

Bandcamp

Rat Section - Rat Lifestyle

Sinais (BJF Remix)

WRACK - BUZZBUZZ
NF071 NAAFI CDMX
https://wrack90.bandcamp.com/track/buzzbuzz

WRACK - BUZZBUZZ

El Chico Callado - Tehuacán
https://elchicocallado.bandcamp.com/track/tehuac-n

El Chico Callado - Tehuacán

Tatyana Jane - Elixyr
NAAFI 2024 NF074

Pre-order: https://tatyanajane.bandcamp.com/album/elixyr

Tatyana Jane - Mapanes

releases June 28, 2024 

Master: Imaabs 
Arte: Yeni Mao, fig 39.1 freemartin, 2024. 
Cortesía del artista y Make Room LA.

Pre-sale

OMAAR - Kings

Taken from SBKT065: ABADIR & Nahash - Marchadair مرشدير
Release date: 25th September 2024

Over the past few years, Nahash and ABADIR have been sharing food recipes, the same sense of humour, and their love for 90's rave, Beth Gibbons, Sun Ra, and grilled lamb. They met last summer for the first time and enjoyed a B2B together during a label showcase in Fano, Italy. Their memories of and appreciation for 90’s and early 00’s Arabic pop music inspired their first collaboration on SVBKVLT. Marchadair is the distillation of the meaty club sound by both producers; ABADIR’s micro-edited audio sampling and surgical chopped percussions mixed with Nahash’s lavish dub techniques and hefty bass, all serving as the main ingredients for these 4 heavyweight tracks. To close the menu, the EP features remixes by Ehua and Toumba.

The track titles play on a symbolic link between both artists and their native languages, using French words that have morphed into Egyptian slang. This Franco-Egyptian mixture echoes the hybrid sound of the EP.

Artwork by Dave Gaskarth
Mastered by Raphael Valensi

Preorder

ABADIR & Nahash - Tenterlé تنترليه

NF077
Released August 30, 2024 
Master: Imaabs

WOST X Pedro Da Linha - BADDDMANNN

ABADIR & Nahash - Alaga ألاجة

ABADIR & Nahash - Tenterlé (Ehua Remix) (تنترليه (ريمكس إيوا

Blck Mamba is a Brussels based artist of Nigerian descent who strives to bring a new vibe to nightlife with a mix of percussive club music influenced by sounds from the global south. In 2021 she debuted with two tracks on Jamz Supernova’s Future Bounce, followed in 2022 by the certified club banger ‘Rudeboy Ting’ included on Club Djembe’s latest compilation album. In 2024 she featured on Nathan Elias’ ‘HALLASAN’ track released on cloud shaper records. 

It’s a four track EP titled 'Fragments' loaded with bits Mamba created during the past two years and showcases her expanding sonic universe as a producer. Expect 4 uplifting tracks with excessive but surprising use of vocal shots, flutes, log drums, tons of percussion and energetic second drops. There’s also more room for melodic elements than before, creating a true sense of connection on the dancefloor.
credits
released October 4, 2024 

Art: Teresa Solar Abboud - Estadio sexual indiferenciado (2022) 
Foto: Roberto Ruiz. Cortesía de la artista, CA2M, MACBA y Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo. 

Master: Imaabs 
N.A.A.F.I 2024 CDMX

Get up and move

Abape

Dj Fucci & Jensen Interceptor - El Infierno
credits
releases November 15, 2024 

Arte: Tobias Dirty - Chismosas (2022) Cortesía del artista & Galería Agustina Ferreyra. 
Master: Imaabs 
N.A.A.F.I ® 2024 CDMX
license

Manita de Gato

444theGod - Hallucination

Axorst2k - Guan Cang Hai

Toby Davis - Dementors

望月真白 - One Step Forward, Third World Latin

Taken from SBKT066: Prettybwoy - Tokyo Ice Age
Release date: 5th February 2025

Our first release for 2025 is ‘Tokyo Ice Age’, a new EP from Prettybwoy. 5 warped club tracks, packaged with remixes from aya and Proc Fiskal, artwork by Downstate and mastered by Raphael Valensi.

‘An ice age is a cycle of roughly 100,000 years that Earth has been undergoing for at least the past million years. I’ve been reflecting on these cycles and the way life resets or disappears over time. When my grandmother passed away, I found old photographs and handwritten documents—faded pieces of history that offered me a brief glimpse into my family’s past. Ways of living, even since my own birth, are changing rapidly, and many things are being lost or disappearing forever.

The term "Ice Age" also refers to Japan’s Employment Ice Age, a period between the mid-90s and early 2000s, following the collapse of the country's 'Bubble Economy.' During this time, many young graduates and displaced workers struggled to find stable employment. The generation impacted by this era, known as the "Lost Decades," is often referred to as the ‘Lost Generation’ or ‘Ice Age Generation.’ I belong to this generation.’

Artwork by Downstate
Mastered by Raphael Valensi

Prettybwoy - Puff (Proc Fiskal Vapelung Remix)

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