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 Smadj & Mehdi from Duoud

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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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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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