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

‘Samak’, stylised on the EP as ‘samak <*)))>{ سمك’, will receive its first public screening on stage at Rumman Music Festival on September 5, before being released on YouTube the following day

Tamara Qaddoumi is depicted as a monochrome Roman bust in the video for ‘Seasons’, one of the tracks from her 2025 album ‘The Murmur’

Set in southern Morocco, the film follows a father searching for his missing daughter within a desert rave community

Listener response grew early with the release of the album singles ‘New Day’ and ‘Can’t Wait To See You’ in 2025

The accompanying official video moves through chaos while the release explores dark electronic and cinematic hip-hop

The video features Farsi subtitles and carries strong Arabian driftcore and Tumblr-era aesthetics

The single marks the first chapter of a two-part project and arrives with a video directed by Mohsen Sherif

Lilya Mandre teams up with VXSION on the track she describes as her love letter to Casablanca

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

Titled ‘Pum Pum’, the collaboration blends Loreen’s vocals with a 170 BPM backdrop

Etaf reflects on gender, body image and cultural identity in their latest track

Alok soundtracks Ronaldo’s in-game journey with a high-impact big-room track

The Kuwaiti DJ showcases original productions from the world’s largest wooden boat

The mixtape and short film serve as an audio-visual companion to her acclaimed debut novel Keeping the House