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Musique De France

Acid Arab

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Format: CD

Cat No: CRAM272

Release Date:  07 October 2016

Label:  Crammed Discs

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  876623007623

Genres:  Electronic  World Music  

Release Date:  14 October 2016

Label:  Crammed Discs

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  876623007630

Genres:  Electronic  World Music  

  • Description

    The debut album from the mighty Parisian electronic music crew Acid Arab, who have been putting European festival and club audiences under a spell for the last couple of years, with their intoxicating blend of sharp Western electronic music with Eastern sounds and vocals. Formed in 2012 by Parisian DJs Guido Minisky and Hervé Carvalho, their concept was to create a space for Arab culture in the world of contemporary electronic music. They laid down groundwork by releasing several EPs (the Collections series) on electronic music label Versatile, featuring collabs, remixes and tracks by other artists. No banging techno spiced up with darbouka samples here… no standard dance music with orientalist clichés: Acid Arab's music is sincere and deep. It's not a collage, not an appropriation, not even a "fusion". It originates from encounters on equal terms between different worlds. Between instruments, rhythms, melodic modes, musical technologies… and people. For 'Musique de France', Acid Arab have worked with a number of guests. To paint a complete picture, they needed voices, and some instruments: keyboards played by Kenzi Bourras and stellar Syrian musician Rizan Said. There's vocals and saz playing by Istanbul's Cem Yildiz (who wrote the famous song Kime ne for his band Insanlar), and vocals by Yemenite sister trio A-WA (who gained plenty of international kudos with the very first song they released, Habibi Galbi, which got remixed by Acid Arab). And collaborations with Paris-based luminaries of Franco-Arabic music such as rocker Rachid Taha, raï fusion pioneer Sofiane Saidi, as well as gnawa musician/singer Jawad El Garrouge. All these performances intimately mesh with the album's radically electronic structures and sounds, drawing from a palette of sub-genres (techno, acid house, disco, trap) while taking in unusual rhythms and colours.

    Description

    140g vinyl, deluxe packaging, download card included. The debut album from the mighty Parisian electronic music crew Acid Arab, who have been putting European festival and club audiences under a spell for the last couple of years, with their intoxicating blend of sharp Western electronic music with Eastern sounds and vocals. Formed in 2012 by Parisian DJs Guido Minisky and Hervé Carvalho, their concept was to create a space for Arab culture in the world of contemporary electronic music. They laid down groundwork by releasing several EPs (the Collections series) on electronic music label Versatile, featuring collabs, remixes and tracks by other artists. No banging techno spiced up with darbouka samples here… no standard dance music with orientalist clichés: Acid Arab's music is sincere and deep. It's not a collage, not an appropriation, not even a "fusion". It originates from encounters on equal terms between different worlds. Between instruments, rhythms, melodic modes, musical technologies… and people. For 'Musique de France', Acid Arab have worked with a number of guests. To paint a complete picture, they needed voices, and some instruments: keyboards played by Kenzi Bourras and stellar Syrian musician Rizan Said. There's vocals and saz playing by Istanbul's Cem Yildiz (who wrote the famous song Kime ne for his band Insanlar), and vocals by Yemenite sister trio A-WA (who gained plenty of international kudos with the very first song they released, Habibi Galbi, which got remixed by Acid Arab). And collaborations with Paris-based luminaries of Franco-Arabic music such as rocker Rachid Taha, raï fusion pioneer Sofiane Saidi, as well as gnawa musician/singer Jawad El Garrouge. All these performances intimately mesh with the album's radically electronic structures and sounds, drawing from a palette of sub-genres (techno, acid house, disco, trap) while taking in unusual rhythms and colours.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Buzq Blues
      • 2. La Hafla feat. Sofiane Saidi
      • 3. Medahat
      • 4. Le Disco feat.Rizan Said
      • 5. Gul l'Abi feat. A-WA
      • 6. Stil feat. Cem Yildiz
      • 7. A3ssifa feat.Rizan Said
      • 8. Houria feat. Rachid Taha
      • 9. Sayarat 303
      • 10. Tamuzica feat. Jawad El Garrouge

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Buzq Blues
      • 2. La Hafla feat. Sofiane Saidi
      • 3. Medahat
      • 4. Le Disco feat.Rizan Said
      • 5. Gul l'Abi feat. A-WA
      • 6. A3ssifa feat.Rizan Said
      • 7. Stil eat. Cem Yildiz
      • 8. Houria feat. Rachid Taha
      • 9. Sayarat 303
      • 10. Tamuzica feat. Jawad El Garrouge