Albums to Support This Bandcamp Friday: XXL Edition

One of the few music platforms that consistently aims to give back to it’s users, Bandcamp started an initiative around the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis that waives their transaction fee for the first Friday of every month, till the end of the year. This practically means that any money you spend on the platform goes directly and only to the artists you support.

In anticipation of the last Bandcamp Friday of the year this upcoming December 4th, Scene Noise has compiled an extra-large list of our picks of some of the most exciting Middle Eastern/North African albums to drop over the past few months or so, from artists both at home and in diaspora.

House/Techno:

Mehdi M - Break The Juno

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Red Sea Records - Various Artists 001

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COUP - Yin Yang Part II V/A

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Hayek - Subtractor EP

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Bergsonist - 3e004b

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Adam Rahman - What’s On For Breakfast??

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Oun Jweinat - I’m Not Wearing Black

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Percussive Dance Music:

DJ Plead - Going For It EP

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NURI - IRUN

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Scuba Girl - Cargo Bay

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Guedra Guedra - When I Run (The Casablanca Dubplate)

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Breakbeats/Jungle/DnB:

Are You Alien - Energy Drink Vol. 1 V/A

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Dawan - Outbuilding

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TEDTEDTED - Cama

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Kamyar Khanzaei - Knockout EP

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Henkeman - Cyber Dream EP

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Hassan Abou Alam - Hope Amidst Despair

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Hip-Hop/Rap:

Kutmah - Isolation Tapes (Compilation)

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Tardast - Marwa

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El Rass - Bab Al Doukhoul

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Experimental:

Irsh - did you mean: irish? V/A

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E-Saggila - Corporate Cross

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Mediteranos - The Flood V/A

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Rojin Sharafi - Zangaar 

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Simo Cell & Abdullah Miniawy - Kill Me Or Negotiate

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Dakn - Too Low, Too Far

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System Revival - Beirut Will Rise Again

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Mazen El Sayed & Jawad Nawfal - Sessions 1

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Unexplained Sounds Group - Anthology of Persian Experimental Music Vol. II V/A

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Instrumental/Indie/Funk/Synth-pop:

Salar Ansari - Salar Trax Vol. 3

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Ilvy - China Girl

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Teen Idle - Seasons/Where Is The Sun?

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The Incompetents - Pretium Doloris

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Fadi Tabbal - Subject To Potential Errors And Distortions [Remixes]

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De.Ville - Atlantique

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Ruptured Records - Ruptured Sessions Volume 6: For Beirut V/A

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Classical/Folk:

Praed Orchestra! - Live In Sharjah

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Natik Awayez - Manbarani

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