{"id":77336,"date":"2021-04-08T15:26:06","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T14:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/omaar-drum-temple\/"},"modified":"2021-04-08T17:27:10","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T16:27:10","slug":"omaar-drum-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/omaar-drum-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Omaar shakes up Mexican club culture on new album"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Mexican artist Omaar appropriates techno, dembow and gqom on the aptly named <em>Drum Temple<\/em>, a new album that confirms his uniqueness as a producer. Listen to the single, \u201cRitmo,\u201d with PAM. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>NAAFI is definitely a structure that can be counted on when it comes to advancing Mexican club culture and alternative music. Born in 2010 following a series of successful events, this DJ collective, led by Mexican Jihad and Tom\u00e1s Davo, has subsequently become a label in which jungle, techno, Mexican hip-hop and the sound of South Africa meet reggaeton, cumbia and other traditional Latin music types. Literally meaning &#8220;<em>No Ambition And Fuck-all Interest,<\/em>&#8221; the label breaks down the barriers of Mexican club culture to &#8220;<em>decolonize the dancefloor,<\/em>&#8221; like the compilation <em>NAAFI X<\/em>, which celebrated its ten year anniversary last year. <\/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-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Omaar - Ritmo\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K8UDokbGidA?feature=oembed&#038;autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Omaar &#8211; Ritmo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>With four releases to his credit, Omaar is one of the pillars of this movement. He follows excellent releases from Tygapaw and Dengue Dengue Dengue and, with <em>Drum Temple<\/em>, 7 percussive and introspective tracks reflect his dreams and experiences. Originally from Mexico City, Omar Su\u00e1rez was introduced to electronic music at a very young age and became obsessed with the sound of the London ghettos. He started his career as a producer in 2012, shaping his signature sound by mixing his drum&#8217;n bass, grime and UK garage with club and traditional sounds from Latin America and Africa. A true jack-of-all-trades, he attempts to synthesise his own vision of deep house, dembow, techno and even gqom styles on this new album \u2013 &#8220;Ritmo&#8221; marks a tribal and singular interpretation of the genre. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The album, which will be released on April 16, features remixes by Lao, Nick Le\u00f3n Remix and WRACK, three regulars of the label. Pre-order it <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"ici (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\" href=\"https:\/\/omaarmusic.bandcamp.com\/album\/drum-temple\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/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-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/6293b348-omaar-drum-temple.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/6293b348-omaar-drum-temple.jpg 800w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/6293b348-omaar-drum-temple-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/6293b348-omaar-drum-temple-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/6293b348-omaar-drum-temple-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/6293b348-omaar-drum-temple-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/6293b348-omaar-drum-temple-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/6293b348-omaar-drum-temple-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/6293b348-omaar-drum-temple-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/6293b348-omaar-drum-temple-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mexican artist Omaar appropriates techno, dembow and gqom on the aptly named Drum Temple, a new album that confirms his uniqueness as a producer. 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