Recent Mixmag MENA cover stars Nicole Moudaber and Bedouin are among the keynote speakers

‘Moroccans From Outer Space With Lasers’ features samples from Said Rami’s ‘Twachi / تواشي’, taken from the 13-track album ‘Aalach Kalbek Nsrani’

Pleizel’s recent four-track EP ‘Primal Touch’ highlights her range from glitch textures to vocal fragments

The update arrives as Spotify faces boycott calls over CEO Daniel Ek’s €600 million defence tech investment

Berlin Beirut Express (BBX) invites submissions until September 18 from musicians across Lebanon

12 remastered songs from 1983 to 1993 feature on the compilation titled ‘Tehrangeles Vice (Iranian Diaspora Pop 1983-1993)’

The two-track EP is out via 8bit Records

The original version of ‘Devotion’, remixed by Boys’ Shorts, is among the tracks on Hot Chip’s anthology album ‘Joy In Repetition’, out September 5