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• Ambient / Downtempo / Electronica / Experimental / House / IDM / (Modern) Classical / OST
• Electro / Folk / Garage / Hip Hop / Indie / Jazz / Metal / Pop

Dubbed “Algeria’s answer to Ennio Morricone,” composer Ahmed Malek might not have the same level of name recognition as the Italian master, but he certainly matches him in terms of output. Malek worked as a film composer, and served as the conductor of the Algerian Television Orchestra for decades. Last year, the German imprint Habibi Funk released Musique Originale De Films, a collection of some of Malek’s soundtrack work.

It was during the creation of that compilation, while digging through Malek’s archive, that the label happened upon a cache of cassette tapes containing Malek’s experiments with a battery of early synthesizers, drum machines, and field recordings. Malek, who passed away in 2008, left little documentation about the purpose of these loose, exploratory pieces. There’s speculation that some of them might have been used for an avant-garde festival in Cuba that he traveled to in the early ‘80s, but there are no photos to reveal what keyboards he was using, or who else might be playing on them. Their origins will forever remain shrouded in mystery.

Cyclosa wrote:GAS - Narkopop

• Bibio - Beyond Serious (ep) - 2017-05-05 (electronica)
• Father John Misty - Pure Comedy (indie)
• Ryuichi Sakamoto - async (modern classical)

Mexicola wrote:The new Slowdive record is out today. How can a band have a 22 year gap and still sound so amazing? Wonderful.