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Since the release of AMMAR 808’s debut »Maghreb United«(2018) – a rumbling pan-North African electronic classic – the Tunisian producer has been in the vanguard of artists navigating the intersection of traditional and contemporary sonics.

His deep-rooted, room-shaking 3rd album »Club Tounsi« isn’t just a powerful statement of his Tunisian identity. It’s also a joyous celebration of the dancefloor, blending Mezoued rhythms and instrumentation with an impossibly infectious blast of bass-heavy futurism.

MEZOUED REBORN . DANCE-FLOOR MADE IN TUNISIA . DARBOUKA RELOADED . EVERYTHING HAPPENS AFTER MIDNIGHT . BASS REVOLUTION .

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Denmark-based Tunisian producer Sofyann Ben Youssef has already created whole new worlds of sound. His startling debut as AMMAR 808 – 2018’s Maghreb United – fused thumping TR-808 drum machine rhythms and bone-rattling bass with traditional North African folk instrumentalists and vocalists from Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco, suggesting a pan-Maghreb science-fiction mash-up worthy of William Burroughs’ most fevered dreams.

For his follow-up – 2020’s Global Control / Invisible Invasion – he turned his attention to South Indian, collaborating with esteemed musicians and vocalists and imbuing the Carnatic and other south indian musical traditions with 21st century energy as he investigated the ancient tales of the Mahabharata.

Now, for his latest album – Club Tounsi – he sets his sights on home, with an album that investigates and explores the vibrant folk tradition of his native Tunisia. “It’s a particular genre of folk,” AMM.......
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