Shuffle | May 14 - May 27

In this installment of SceneNoise’s bi-weekly playlist , Shuffle, we spotlight standout releases from across the region that landed over the past fortnight, spanning everything from Tarab-inspired ballads and dance-pop to house and leftfield electronica.

Palestinian artist Saint Levant takes a new musical turn on ‘Sabah El Ward’, reimagining the romance and instrumentation of classic Arab tarab through a contemporary lens, while Swiss-Moroccan rising star Sami Galbi joins forces with La Bava on the dance-pop leaning cut ‘Baby Volcano’. Elsewhere, Egyptian singer-songwriter Nourine Abouseada continues her recent exploration of Y2K-inspired pop on ‘Tab Eh?’.

The playlist also includes Khaled Ali with ‘Ezay Ba3eesh’, DAWI with house groover ‘Been Workin’, Ma-Beyn with an eerie, contemplative cut, ‘El7ala Wel7elm’, and Rolbac with a punchy, club-ready remix of Husa & Zeyada’s ‘Dawsha’.

TRACKLIST:

Khaled Ali - Ezay Ba3eesh

Saint Levant - Sabah El Ward

Sami Galbi - La Bava ft. Baby Volcano

Dog Plug - Hair Of The Dog

Nourine Abouseada - Tab Eh?

Jamila & The Other Heroes - Hijarna

Husa & Zeyada - Dawsha (ROLBAC Remix)

Kareem Rahma & Tiny Gun - That's So Boring

Anbaoui Ayoub - Majnoun

Bader - Libya On Speed (D3MOR Remix)

DAWI - Been Workin

ALKADIRA, L1NH - Hurrian Hymn MMXXVI

Ma-Beyn - El7ala Wel7elm