With so much good music being published and uploaded every month, we constantly find hard to keep up with all the releases. Luckily, “we get by with a little help from our friends”… We are more than thrilled to welcome and introduce you to Chamonix-based online radio, record label, DJs...
Tag Archives: Arabic
Bet you’ll hardly meet a more intriguing and original character than Edna Martinez. The Colombian artist and DJ grew up living and breathing Afro-Colombian and tropical sounds adding Arabic and Middle Eastern tunes to the mix. She eventually moved to Berlin, where today lives and runs a renowned series named...
Don’t turn up your nose at what the event title claims; that it’s truly the best Arabic electronic and underground music event in London. Not only have the organisers, MARSM UK, built a name as the most active promoters for Arabic and Middle Eastern music, they also know a thing...
At times, we are the first to lose track of how many exciting music events happen in London each month, so we have decided to offer you some sort of “public musical service”, meant for all the locals and passers-by, with the aim of suggesting where to listen to some...
Drop the curtain on your March with a Balkan, East European and Middle Eastern sound ingestion. On Sunday 31st, Tashkezar will set the Hootananny stage for a luscious feast of tasty notes caught from the Adriatic Sea to the Euphrates. Tunes of the Turkish, Greek, Balkan and Arabic traditions will...
To the eyes and ears of some, the most interesting acts tend to be the ones who have a sound that is not only at complete odds with their image or culture of origin but also still manages to be authentic. When two French DJs met at a festival in...
The Jazz Cafe frequently provides a space for dialogue, community and music. It is also relevant in the popularisation of minority music and thus its rise in appreciation from the larger music industry. Saturday 2nd March promises to be no exception, together with Arabic culture promoters Marsm, they will shine their lights...
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To understand and fully appreciate Out of Nations’ sound, you first need to have a look at their passports and read about their backgrounds. A 7-piece ensemble based in Berlin, with members coming from the US, Egypt, Greece, Belgium and Austria with experiences in Lebanon and Norway, and collaborating with...
View Edna Martinez bio here A musical selection by Edna Martinez related to her LatinArab project. “LatinArab is a DJ-set by Edna Martinez (Colombia) with live percussion by Romeo Natur (Germany / Palestina), both living in Berlin. This show is a melting pot of Oriental, Tropical, Afro-Caribbean, ancestral music and organic...
View Panda Palm bio here The Manchester-based duo Panda Palm takes you on an eclectic psychedelic and funky journey through different continents, times and atmospheres. Informed by the world music nights their collective Me Gusta has been putting on for the past two years and the new Me Gusta sister night...
