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Acid Arab & Wael Alkak - Ya Mahla from the 2023 album \\u0663 (Trois) on Crammed Discs.

French-Algerian collective Acid Arab recently released their appropriately titled third record \\u0663 (Trois) (\\u0663 is the symbol for the figure three in Arabic and \\u201ctrois\\u201d means "three" in French) in February via Crammed Discs. The collective, composed of Guido Minisky, Herv\\xe9 Carvalho, Pierrot Casanova, Nicolas Borne and Kenzi Bourras, is known for their fusion of electronic and North African and Middle Eastern sounds and their latest record sees them bring in a bevy of guest vocalists from North Africa, Syria, and Turkey to add depth to their already-addictive club sounds.

Our Song of the Day, \\u201cYa Mahla,\\u201d features Syrian singer Wael Alkak, an accomplished musician and founder of the Neshama Popular Arts Association who has spent the past decade making a name for himself as an artist speaking out about the revolution while merging synthesizers and machines with bouzouk, traditional cha\\xe2bi rhythms, and popular songs from the Levant. It\\u2019s a dark and churning techno track that spends nearly seven minutes hammering away. Perhaps perfect for the inky recesses of a nightclub but when translating the lyrics, it\\u2019s an anthem for freedom, reading: \\u201cWhat a beautiful word, \\u2018Freedom\\u2019 / I salute the Arab people / What a beautiful word, \\u2018Freedom\\u2019 / I salute the Arab revolutionaries.\\u201d

Watch the visualizer for \\u201cYa Mahla" and read the full post at KEXP.org,

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