{"id":102759,"date":"2022-03-28T09:59:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T08:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=102759"},"modified":"2022-03-28T09:59:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T08:59:53","slug":"mhamad-safa-ibtihalat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/mhamad-safa-ibtihalat\/","title":{"rendered":"Mhamad Safa\u2019s Ibtihalat, an electronic take on gnawa, amazigh and rai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>This new project will be released via Lee Gamble&#8217;s UIQ imprint with a first single, \u201cBel Abbes\u201d, already available.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Lee Gamble is on a mission to create the future of dance music. Constantly experimenting with all kinds of composition techniques, this go around Gamble is inviting Mhamad Safa, a musician, architect and researcher, based between London and Beirut to take his stab at it. Safa\u2019s work focuses on \u201c<em>multi-scalar spatial conditions and their sonic make-ups<\/em>\u201d, exploring their intersections with environments of conflict and violence, and cultural practices from North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. His music includes sound design, micro-sampling, algorithmic sound technology, psychoacoustics and field recordings, a fit concoction for Lee Gamble\u2019s UIQ imprint, known for its jungle, noise and techno projects.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1818113823\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uiqmusic.bandcamp.com\/album\/ibtihalat-uiqlp004\">Ibtihalat (UIQLP004) by Safa<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBel Abbes\u201d, Safa\u2019s new single, gives a precise taste of what\u2019s to come through this collaboration. Robotic, dark and metallic, the track is a deep dive into the composer\u2019s singular way of producing. Its futuristic feel is introduced through processes of musical synthesis and predictive algorithms, initiating rhythmic meters, accents and polyrhythms within beat-based compositions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This new piece is taken from <em>Ibtihalat<\/em>, Safa\u2019s upcoming EP. A \u201c<em>cyclical and boundless summoning of an otherworldly force in the face of geographic calamities and contingencies<\/em>\u201d, the project will invoke musical traditions of gnawa, amazigh and North African rai, and add electronic production to it. <em>Ibtihalat<\/em> will also be deeply inspired with an overall history of cultural exchanges, with influences from Laywa music, originally from East-Africa and exported to the Gulf, or from Taggagat in Saudi Arabia, female-led performances from the region\u2019s Afro-descendants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ibtihalat <\/em>by Mhamad Safa, out on April 29 via <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/uiqmusic.bandcamp.com\/album\/ibtihalat-uiqlp004\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/uiqmusic.bandcamp.com\/album\/ibtihalat-uiqlp004\" target=\"_blank\">UIQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"864\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/UIQLP004-Safa-Ibtihalat-Front-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-102760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/UIQLP004-Safa-Ibtihalat-Front-1.jpeg 864w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/UIQLP004-Safa-Ibtihalat-Front-1-759x759.jpeg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/UIQLP004-Safa-Ibtihalat-Front-1-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/UIQLP004-Safa-Ibtihalat-Front-1-661x661.jpeg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/UIQLP004-Safa-Ibtihalat-Front-1-465x465.jpeg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/UIQLP004-Safa-Ibtihalat-Front-1-375x375.jpeg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/UIQLP004-Safa-Ibtihalat-Front-1-200x200.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/UIQLP004-Safa-Ibtihalat-Front-1-85x85.jpeg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/UIQLP004-Safa-Ibtihalat-Front-1-73x73.jpeg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This new project will be released via Lee Gamble&#8217;s UIQ imprint with a first single, \u201cBel Abbes\u201d, already available.\u00a0 Lee Gamble is on a mission to create the future of dance music. 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