------------------------ --????-????-??-----??--- -??----?-----??---??---- -????--?------??-??----- ----??-???-----???------ -----?-?------??-??----- -?--??-?-----??---??---- -????--?----??-----??--- ------------------------ ------------------------ -??????-?--??????-????-- -?------????-?--?-?----- -?????---??--???--????-- -----??--?---??------??- ------?--?---?-?------?- -??--??--?---?-??--??-?- --????---?---?--??--???- ---------?-------------- ------------------------ SFX 5 YRS, a collective release and sample pack in support of Palestine. SFX has been weaving interdisciplinary conspiracies since 2020. In 2025, it celebrates five years. This is the eleventh release. Curated and steered by Zoe Mc Pherson. 50\%\% of proceeds will go towards Network for Palestine, a grassroots network of Cairo mothers helping displaced Gazan families. Mastered by Nima Aghiani Artwork by Ludwig Wandinger Curated by Zoe Mc Pherson

Hassan Abou Alam is next to step up to the unconventional Nerve Collect label with six tracks of futuristic club-ready chaos. The finely crafted EP arrives in August and comes on 12 vinyl and via all digital platforms. Hassan Abou Alam has established himself as one of Egypts most innovative underground musicians over the last 10+ years. His music is a meeting of disparate worlds - organic and synthetic designs, digital and analogue tools, the traditional and the futuristic, and it has come on the likes of YUKU, Rhythm Section, Banoffee Pies and Casa Voyager. His versatile sound pulls apart existing genres and reconstructs them as something entirely new. Opener 3asabi is a stylish sonic assault with thumping rhythms and trippy oscillations that will get any dance floor bouncing. Its fun yet functional, serious yet seductive and Basha Ft. ZIAD ZAZA, Ismail Nosrat & Aly B is another kinetic fusion of hand claps and complex drum funk, Egyptian vocal gymnastics and punchy bass. Ghalat has lurching drums and plunging bass driving on beneath mangled synths, odd vocalisations and percussive splatters drawn from a unique sound palette. The drilling low ends of Khalsana Ft ZIAD ZAZA are offset by fluttering percussive details up top while spare but booming kicks shake every bone in your body and the bassline devastates. There is no let up on Mesh Mafhoom which is a ritualistic workout with moments of melancholic synth soul shining through the jumble of tin-pot percussion and crashing hits. Closer Zein is more body-popping brilliance that channels ancient spirits into warped synths and rhythms so complex they melt the mind. Hassan Abou Alams blurring of the lines between the real and the imagined is second to none on this EP. Its a sub-heavy mix of the human voice, machine-made sounds and inventive rhythms that make for something new, weird and wonderful.

"Shalfata" is an Arabic word that can roughly translate to many words depending on how it is used in a sentence. Shalfata can mean messy, splattered, and sloppy. This release marks my 5th EP out in the world, and I'm really happy with the outcome. The music on this EP comes from a special place - I hope you enjoy the Shalfata. —Hassan Abou Alam

Artist: Hassan Abou Alam Title: Fasla Catalogue Number: BP020 Genre: Techno / Broken Beat Release: March 2022 Tracklist: A1 Kesibt Ft. SHBL-LBSH A2 Fasla Ft. SHBL-LBSH B1 Mawkif B2 Hanshoof Banoffee Pies Records, in its eighth year of operating, hit the 20th release milestone in their Original Series. Joining the roster, Cairo based producer Hassan Abou Alam steps up with a 4 track solo EP entitled "Fasla". A decisive selection of attitude packed wormhole bass lines and dark basement jams. The A side was produced in a special collaboration with local artist SHBL-LBSH who's vocal works feature across "Kesibt" + "Fasla". The B side delivers a series of sharp and cutting synth lines in "Mawkif" and breakneck low end rumbles in "Hanshoof".After a series of works on the likes of Naive, Not For Profit and Rhythm Section, Hassan fittingly joins the Berlin based, Bristol born label with more boundless sounds that slice through the fabric of styles that BPR have fostered since inception. Tailored club music fromone of Egypts new wave of producers.Hold your hats and check your Bassbins. BPR. X

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