Artist : Ayshay
Title : Warn-U
Genre : Electronic
Year : 2011
Date : 11/2011
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 04
Label : Tri Angle
Source : Vinyl
Encoder : Lame 3.98.4
Length : 22:22 min
Size : 38,6 MB
Tracklist:
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01.warn-u 02:49
02.shaytan 04:51
03.jemsheed 02:33
04.nguzunguzu megamix 12:09
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22:22 min
Without a doubt, Ayshay's 'WARN-U' is
one of the most original and
spellbinding singles of 2011, and an
artistic step-up for the already
formidable Tri Angle imprint. Ayshay,
meaning "whatever" in Arabic, is a
handle for Fatima Al Qadiri, a New York
City-based sonic sorceress born in
Senegal and raised in Kuwait, who also
writes a fantastic column on
contemporary world music for the bizarro
DIS magazine, sometimes accompanied by
her kaleidoscopic, 'net-foraging
mixtapes. These breathtaking tracks
comprise her first release, and although
we've become deeply familiar with their
youtube videos for over a year now, it's
a blessing to finally have them in the
physical realm for tactile
gratification. Each song is built
entirely from her own pitched and
layered vocals in a manner distinctly
reminiscent of Grouper's ethereal
harmonising, but more intriguingly
inspired by the Islamic religious songs
she's absorbed since childhood. Their
impact distinctly recalls the emotion-
enhancing autotune effect favoured by so
many North African and Middle Eastern
pop artists for its emphatic effect, but
is still seen as distasteful in certain
swathes of supposedly "forward thinking"
western ears. Yet in our opinion it
refracts a transcendent emotive clarity
which frightens us to be quite honest,
and keeps us returning to this trio of
songs more times than a sane person
possibly should. Furthermore, the
accompanying Nguzunguzu megamix gives
the tracks a crafty junglist context in
a lineage of Arabic pop/hardcore dating
back to the likes of Lennie De Ice
sampling Factory Records' obscure
Algerian Rai release 'N'Sel Fik' by
Cheba Fadela. Ultimately, for seekers of
mystical sublime frequencies from the
near future, this record is just beyond
essential.
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