ZIAD ZAZA
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Two years after his label debut, Hassan Abou Alam returns with a second release on Nerve Collect. His seven-track Insa EP features one cut with ZIAD ZAZA and Ismail Nosrat and is another menacing blend of futuristic sonic warfare. Egypt's Hassan Abou Alam has been carving his own unique path for almost two decades. From noise music to sub-heavy techno via charged-up breaks, he has a mutant sound that thrives on contrasts. It's a fusion of the natural and the otherworldly, the ritualistic and the contemporary and has made him a favourite on labels like Rhythm Section, Banoffee Pies and Casa Voyager. With this welcome label return, he remains impossible to pin and even harder to predict. The lurching 'Insa' opens with acrobatic drum patterns and freewheeling hits, all underpinned by buzzing sub bass. Vocal fragments and sinewy synths inject futurism into the full-bodied beats. 'La3ba (ft. ZIAD ZAZA, Ismail Nosrat)' rides a quick, thumping club rhythm, this time with grimy raps and trippy ad-libs that bring urban menace as synths spray across the mix. 'Mahzooz' is a spontaneous collage of restless synths and chopped-up words, imploding and exploding as bouncy low-end anchors the groove. 'Wiskha' showcases heavily syncopated drums and mind-melting synths, stretched, filtered, and drawn out into sweeping parabolas. The brain-tickling frequencies of 'Dilapidated Thoughts' sound like liquid metal shaped with digital precision and booming bass, while 'Doos' is another pressurised ascent with mad oscillations and pixel-thin sine waves. Closer 'Fahem' blends brutal drum patterns with the EPs most human and vulnerable synths for a breathless finish. Insa is club music in constant flux - volatile, visceral and impossible to contain.
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