Name: The Electronic Tapes
Brand: Ahmed Malek & Flako

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

l-HABIBI005

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2017-02-24

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Fatbeats

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

673790032973

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Artist

Ahmed Malek & Flako

Genre US

Rest of World

Label US

Habibi Funk

"Ostensibly sounding like some home-made new age excursion from late '70s Europe or North America, it's the recurring presence of authentically Arabic scales and percussive patterns which identify this set beyond some obscure cosmic library LP from Italy or France, and closer to the rare experiments with jazz and electronics - such as Dariush Dolat-Shahi, Salah Ragab, or Ilhan Mimaroglu - from Arabic North Africa and the Middle East that we're familiar with. Stretched across space and time and fleshed out with imagination, the 17 tracks are just crammed with charmingly wild and kinetic ideas, setting out with a squinted synth vision recalling The Godfather theme sent into orbit, before constantly mutating thru cinematic strokes to insectoid jazz scuttle, romantic downbeats, haywire astral synth jabs and whirligig dances by the album's close, with each allowing X amount of room for the original piece's experimental nature and fractious arrangements."

The Electronic Tapes

Music US