Don’t ask me where 55-56 is, forgot to upload them! Starts off with moogy balearic soundscapes, think the transition to Yeasayer works good, not sure about the next oriental jazz piece. I’m loving this Jackie Paris track, anyone has links to more songs? Next up is an electro bit, not this new shit though, proper [...]

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Just taking a break from stoner rock for a bit to announce the Yemenese oud master Abdulatif Yagoub is in town for a gig tonight. I’ve written about them a few times and I’ve also helped secure a show here, Yagoub is a true artist and it’d be a pleasure to watch him perform with [...]

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Live @ Tokyu Bunkamura Theater Cocoon (3rd Oct ‘06) by Smashing Mag
Another essential middle-eastern dub & electronic fusion album you’ve got to own is a joint project by DuOud & Abdulatif Yagoub. DuOud is an obvious play on “duo oud”, and consists of French Musicians Mehdi Habbab (Algeria) and Jean-Pierre Smadj (Tunisia) who [...]

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Brothers & Sisters, if there’s one name who’s constantly been rising on my last.fm charts for the past few months, it must be Fedayi Pacha. If you’ve been following us since 2005, you’ll remember that I loved his previous album as well, but this time it’s become a sweet addiction, even to the point of [...]

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Wadi Rum, Jordan
Melting. That’s how we feel in Istanbul right now. The weather’s supposed to go 5 degrees hotter in the coming days thanks to desert winds from Africa, combine it with Istanbul’s world renowned humidity and you get the inspiration for today’s middle eastern sounds with suitable instruments like kanun and oud.
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Big ups to our newest contributer, the Turkish dnb mafia Golem, who is one half of Flatliners and who has been involved in Istanbul music scene since day one. Let me add that he’s got a versatile taste although he plays dnb, I remember seeing him at a Moonspell concert back in the day and [...]

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