Acid Arab announces new album

Acid Arab, the mighty Parisian electronic music crew announce upcoming album with new video.

The video is for track Club DZ. “DZ” stands for "DjaZair”, and is the country code on Algerian license plates. A good hint at the direction taken by Acid Arab in this new LP, which sees them deepening the dialogue between the northern, southern and eastern shores of the Mediterranean, and taking club-oriented beats for a ride, from suburban warehouses to smoky basements of Oran & Istanbul to wide expanses of desert dunes.

Originally formed by DJs Guido Minisky and Hervé Carvalho, Acid Arab became a fully-fledged musical entity by teaming up with Pierrot Casanova, Nicolas Borne, and with sensational Algerian keyboard player Kenzi Bourras. Since the release of their debut album Musique de France in 2016, the band have been setting fire to clubs and festivals worldwide, performing over 260 shows in close to 50 countries on four continents.

FROM THE PRESS ON 'MUSIQUE DE FRANCE'

• Skilful blend of techno and Arabic music shows how diverse global sounds can be integrated into western music with both respect and dynamism. Classy stuff. (Uncut)
• In a world filled with monotony, it's refreshing to hear something like this Album of the Month 8/10 (Mixmag)
• One of the albums of the year (Gilles Peterson)
• Musique de France isn’t an indiscriminate smash and grab of appropriation, it’s a wonderfully organic and experimental and occasionally psychedelic record that will take you to interesting places if you’ll let it. (The Quietus)

The new album is entitled Jdid (meaning new in Arabic), and is set for release in October 2019.

Listen / look / share: "DZ" , the first unveiled track!