Acid Arab - La Hafla feat. Sofiane Saidi

Crammed Discs are thrilled to announce the signing of mighty Parisian electronic music crew ACID ARAB, whose intoxicating blend of sharp Western electronic music with Eastern sounds & vocals has been putting European festival and club audiences under a spell for the last couple of years. As the band just took off for a string of dates in China and Japan, Thump/VICE premiered Acid Arab’s first single off their upcoming debut album.

La Hafla (“The Party”) features vocals by Algerian singer Sofiane Saidi, and was co-written with the band’s live keyboard player Kenzi Bourras.

“This song”, say Acid Arab, “is about a strong-minded girl who cherishes her freedom and won’t take orders from anyone, including the man who is desperately in love with her, and from whose viewpoint the story is told. Musically, the track epitomizes some of the directions we’re pursuing, with its North African vocals & keyboard stylings and laid-back yet dancefloor-oriented electronics”.

Meanwhile, the band will be performing at Sonar (ES), Melt (DE), Villette Sonique (FR), Nuits Botanique (BE).