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Erkin Koray – 1974 Humor me for a bit more. I’m digging through rare grooves. Mostly of musicians who charted their own course, creating genres not from the ether but through their own push to modernize older traditions. Another great artist in this vein is Istanbul-born Turk, Erkin Koray and his song “Hele Yar” from…
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Natacha Atlas – 2006 This here, is another rare groove track. For a time, Natacha Atlas, a Belgium-born artist from mixed Arabic and British descent, was mining some sorta, at times, dreadful Euro-influenced Mid-Eastern Cha’abi music. Cha’abi music is known for its heavy, almost drill-beat kind of sound, imagine the sounds of an automatic rifle…
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Ali Hassan Kuban droppin’ rhymes. Yesterday’s Thai Mor Lam groove was gotten through guitar trance induction, today’s trance groove is drum induced. Can you tell I’m diggin’ the crates for some new kind of groove? If, you’ve never heard the insanely funky African music of Egypt’s Godfather of Nubian music Ali Hassan Kuban, consider yourself…
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Thai Rockin’ If, anything, gets you in some sort of trance to ready yourself for a grueling day ahead its the insanely catchy droning music of Thailand. Vocals based on how many syllables you can say, rather than words you can stress, combine with a trademark descending bassline to create one of the most unstoppable…
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