Shuffle | Dec 11 - 24

Over the past fortnight, there has been an influx of new releases across all genres and styles, from shaabi and R&B to electronic, pop and hip-hop. In our latest instalment of Shuffle, bi-weekly playlist, the SceneNoise team has handpicked a selection of standouts, featuring picks from favourites like Ahmed Bahaa, and unexpected collaborations like Gorillaz, Omar Souleyman and Yasiin Bey.

London-based Kuwaiti-Palestinian artist, Etaf, build on the release of their latest album Don’t Call Me Baby with another cutting-edge Khaleeji-pop tune, ‘Ambeh’. Sharmoofers frontman, Ahmed Baha, goes solo with a collaborative single with Lege-Cy, ‘Sharan Belel’, while Lebanese-Egyptian songstress, Zeina, comes through with a tongue-in-cheek R&B tune, ‘Call Me Baby’. Meanwhile, iconic British band Gorillaz tap Syrian dabke legend Omar Souleyman and American hip-hop star Yasiin Bey for a joint single, ‘Damascus’.

The playlist also includes Akhres’ already chart-topping track ‘Ehlef’, Nayomi’s ‘Passenger Princess’ from her latest EP, XOXO, the trailblazing house duo, Husa & Zeyada with ‘Nothing Else’, and Palestinian collective ELFEKH with a punchy hip-hop cut, ‘GLOOL’.

TRACKLIST:

Gorillaz, Omar Souleyman, Yasiin Bey - Damascus

ZAD - Khesert Nafsy

Nourine Abouseada, Ismail Nosrat - Fein El Kalam?

Husa & Zeyada - Nothing Else

Aujiss - Maléfique, mais mn lkhir

Ahmed Bahaa, Lege-Cy - Sahran Belel

3ENBA - DARY ft. Black Theama

Beso - Heya El Donya Kda

Nayomi - Passenger Princess

Etaf - Ambeh

Ramez - Supernova

Zeina - Call Me Baby

Akhras - Ehlef

ELFKH - GLOOL