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The Playlist: Middle Eastern and north African music | Musique Non Stop

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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

The Playlist: Middle Eastern and north African music

John Doran takes a look at the freshest Egyptian electro chaabi, Israeli anti-militarisation sound art, stoner beats from Istanbul and Algerian grime


Check out last month's playlist curated by John Doran


A big influence on beat makers across Turkey and Pakistan, young producer Dalt Wisney engineers smoke infused rhythms that call to mind J Dilla and Madlib as much as they do the aesthetic of Brainfeeder and WARP. He cut his teeth on goofy, stoner tracks while living in Karachi after discovering Fruity Loops and getting his hands on a Korg MS20 but since moving to Istanbul his sound has gone in a deeper, more psychedelic direction. And while we wait for his much anticipated new album, Wisney Land due out later this year (he claimed last November that he was whittling his way down from a potential 1,500 tracks) you can boggle your ears with his latest EP in the mean time.


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by John Doran via Electronic music | The Guardian

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