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Ava Rasti explores belonging, identity and displacement on new album

“I wanted to explore the tension between the desire to leave and the need to belong. Rather than offering answers, the album sits with these contradictions, tracing a search for home in a world where home can feel both deeply familiar and impossibly distant”

Saint Abdullah and Eomac release fifth collaborative album ‘When The Sandbox Has No Edge’

Iranian-born artist and architect Elham Goodarzi created the artwork for the release

Bana Haffar gives sonic form to ‘Ancient Future’

The nine-track album explores sample manipulation, modular synthesis and sonic transformation across densely layered compositions

Cinna Peyghamy among featured artists on O.M.Theorem’s upcoming ‘Lemma 3’ release

Cinna Peyghamy contributes tombak and modular synths across three tracks on ‘Lemma 3’

Fatima Al Qadiri releases new EP ‘3TWI’, named after Kuwaiti femme slang for “dirty old man”

Out now on Hyperdub, ‘3TWI’ pays tribute to West Asian folk dance music while exploring the region’s musical traditions from a queer perspective

Theo Alexander and Qow announce second collaborative album: ‘Happy Birthday’

Alongside the digital edition, the album will also receive a physical release on 12-inch black vinyl, limited to 300 copies and featuring a printed insert

Kawtar Sadik returns to Ostowana with ‘Halawah’

The new single follows her four-track ‘Mohal’ EP, released earlier this year

Roland Leesker reworks Soft House Company’s ‘What You Need’ and unveils new alias Mysterious Eastern Force

‘What You Need’ first appeared in 1990 as a release by Italian house project Soft House Company

Mikita Skye explores spiralling grooves on new track ‘Kavaal’

She previously appeared with ‘Jazz Asscit’ as the opening track on Peachpuff’s ‘Don’t Touch My Swing’ VA compilation this year

Does It Matter delivers emotion-led melodic house on ‘Don’t Give Up On Us’

The track marks Does It Matter’s third single of the year, following ‘How Does It Feel’ and ‘Cold’

Jast unveils remixes of Myriam Fares’ ‘Aman’ and EMEL’s ‘Holm’

Jast joins forces with Ahmed Romel on ‘Aman’ while taking on EMEL’s 'Holm' for a separate remix

Dave Angel releases ‘Apocalypse’ ahead of forthcoming album ‘A Time And Place’

‘A Time And Place’ lands via R&S Records on September 18, with ‘Apocalypse’ serving as the second preview of the forthcoming LP

12 Syrian rappers come together for seven-minute ‘Syrian Cypher 2 (963)’

Bilad El-Sham Collective brings established and emerging voices from Syria’s hip-hop scene together on the same track

Thoom frames new album around what she describes as “the immigrant mentality”

Executive-produced by 100 gecs’ Dylan Brady, ‘Everyday, Everything Is At Stake’ spans nine tracks and includes the previously released singles ‘December Forever’ and ‘Towards the Sky’

Previously unheard Nechazz album recorded in late-1980s Amman arrives via Habibi Funk

The archival album, titled ‘Pieces of a Dream’, showcases smooth harmonies, synthesisers and polished pop arrangements shaped by R&B, jazz and city pop influences

Jool and Jorg launch Unexpected Context with debut EP

The three-track release moves across house, techno, electro and broken rhythms while keeping its sound deliberately unpredictable

Lukas & Frank merge live sax, cello and Afro house into unique live experiences

The Berlin-based duo’s 2026 release run has included “Promiscuous”, “Fire” and the latest addition to their catalogue, “Beat It”

David Ramano returns to When Stars Align with ‘Pleasure’ EP

“I wanted each track to feel like a journey, balancing the energy of the dancefloor with something more personal and introspective”

Dr Koul & Inztrow extend their Palestinian solidarity project with ‘Gaza Orchestra’ EP

The four-track EP brings together Palestinian-rooted samples and guest contributions, with profits supporting The Sameer Project

ASLN, Tamar Reili and Hello Vera cover Nancy Ajram’s 2004 hit ‘Aah W Noss’

The trio revisit the title track from Nancy Ajram’s fourth studio album, originally written by Ayman Bahgat Amar and composed by Tarek Madkour

R3HAB channels his most introspective work yet on third studio album, ‘Dream inside a dream…’

The Dutch-Moroccan producer’s third studio album arrives after a staggered rollout that saw nine tracks released before the full record landed