Omar Souleyman - Wenu Wenu

Syrian artist Omar Souleyman (now residing in Turkey), first brought to wider acclaim via a series of releases and compilation appearances for Sublime Frequencies and Sham Palace, is now releasing a new album on Ribbon Music. The record, entirely produced by Four Tet in Brooklyn last year, is a heady whirl from start to finish.

Kicking off with the title track, Souleyman's trademark speedy BPMs and sharply delivered arabic vocals backed up by a frentic, slightly techno-fied version of his crisp, dizzy sound, the pace is largely kept quick. The deeper pulse of 'Nahy', the steady, snaking beat of 'Khattaba' provide more introspective moments and the end result is a unique record from a very special artist.

http://forum.watmm.com/topic/80138-omar-souleyman-wenu-wenu/

Whoops! Great minds think alike.

yeah, but your thread is more beautiful.

watmm seems to sleep on this release.

I do what I can.

Yess looking forward to this.

Reminds me a bit of ceephax's psychtapolis ep (lol jokes).

The drum beat and huh! huh! sample reminds me of the lost vikings though.

Really brilliant album. Very diverse and better than the compilations.

Also, here is a review (yes, this time even in English): http://www.hhv-mag.com/en/review/5775/omar-souleyman-wenu-wenu

sad watmm slept on this. was loads of fun from start to finish. a bit samey but you've gotta go in knowing that

wenu wenu will stick with me for a while

I went to a party at a loft in LA a few weeks ago; the house put this on after everyone was boozed up and it went over spectacular. Omar brought everyone to the dance floor

I love wenu wenu, I still have to listen to the whole album but its pretty impressive work by Four Tet.

Just for anyone techno inclined, I loved this:

this might be the only think four tet's ever done that i really really like...

Hipsters will be travelling by came soon !

Oh wait, here we go:

  On 1/10/2014 at 6:17 PM, dr lopez said:

this might be the only think four tet's ever done that i really really like...

There is another one coming up: Neneh Cherry's Blank Project, out end of February and produced by Four Tet. Pretty impressive work by the Neneh!

I'm just getting around to this now; 'tis a wicked release.