Arabic dub is an age old sonic concept, whose sound echoes through time round sandstorm laden pyramids. Dubsahara practices this ancient form of Cameltronica in fine style. His recent set at Sonica Festival was a masterful excursion through the ultraworlds, navigating symphonic sinewaves in etheric motion. It was a study in fluid dynamics and inference patterns of fractal geometry skillfully fused with traditional arabic melodies.
Enjoy more sonic incense from the master of desert mashups:- Isotantric by dubsahara
The BBC’s coverage of Glastonbury Festival 2011 seemed to include only one “World Music” artist, Omar Souleyman from Syria. His set was a fantastic opportunity to embrace something of the spirit of the modern Syrian music format which was one guy on synths (playing both traditional melodic riffs and percussive fills) and a Setar player doubling up on the riffs, and Omar himself who was not so much the lead singer, but the charismatic front man who was the face of the music, occasionally giving shououts to himself or singing a little riff on the main melody line. Most of all he was looking cool in his shades and middle eastern attire .
The sonic spectrum of electronica that they were using are characterised by the basic and rawness that is typical of modern middle eastern popular music. Keyboards must be able to use Quarter tones in order to play the traditional melodic riffs and bigger synthesiser manufacturers like Korg, Roland & Yamaha do not market synths with quarter tone capability, so its down to smaller manufacturers like GEM to cater for the Specialist Middle Eastern / Arabic music markets. Our Moroccan musician friends have a special additional pad plugged into their GEM keyboard, that was used to shift tunings on the main keyboard, allowing them to reach all the notes they needed for each composition.
Of course, in many ways I would have preferred to hear these tunes played by a 15 piece Arabic Ensemble with Oud, Setar, Tar, Daf and Doumbak. But part of the raw charm of the music comes form being part of the typical sound of Arabic Pop.
This ambient classic has been obscured from view only by the clouds of cosmic dust that prevail afore the arrival of the Photon Belt. In such a space and time, a certain degree of chaos may reign. With the blessings of the Universal Resonance we may hear the infinite magic from the Temple of Stars.
This is an Omega.v1 release. This is raw music, direct from the producers intergalactic studio to you. Unmastered and still in development, this is a real opportunity to join in with the evolutionary flux and flow of modern music. If you like what you hear, donate and watch as we aim to develop it even further.
Taking electroacoustic music to a new level of sophistication, this ethereal delight is already something of a connoisseurs classic on the Global ambient electronica scene, having been toured around Europe in previous seasons. This is the Omega.v1 version of the album which may yet see another incarnation as the hyperspational mapping capabilities of this production team could yet be upgraded once we enter the Photon Belt. Each piece on this modern hyperspace-age recording tells an epic tale. There are no set-to-repeat digital diamoporhisms here, this is pure geometric isomorphism incontrovertibly elucidating on the nature of existence.
As a master craftsman of the Sonic arts, Greg Hunter‘s Metasurfing is one of the most eagerly awaited release of recent times. A mythical long player of granular tryptamine sonically inverse filtered journeys through the worlds of Dub, classical Hindustani, Electronica and Persian instrumental musics.
The fruits of his labour are finally shared in this peace missive for the countdown to 2012 (only 3 years to go!!!). At times challenging and often deeply mystifying, this album offers rich and sonically engaging worlds to explore and revel in as the boundaries of sound are pushed to the Edge and back again.
It gives uniquely delightful pleasure to announce this long player, available now for Download and Donate. Be sure to support the artist with your generous donation in support of this bold move, choosing to make new and futuristic music available through independent channels, directly from the Artist to the Listener.
UPDATE :: You may still be able to find the release somewhere in the Mystical web of wonder that is www.dubsahara.com. The layers of mystic cloudshapes that obscure the known from the unknown continue to revel in self-reflexive enigma. No doubt the universe has its own plan and shall manifest accordingly.
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