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CairoScene
4 days ago
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- CairoScene
Etyen Releases Second Album ‘My Goddess' on Thawra Records
Etyen drops a deeply personal LP reflecting love and loss, composed in the midst of Lebanon's political and economic turmoil. Jun 02, 2025 Lebanese producer Etyen has just released his second album, 'My Goddess', through his Beirut-based independent label Thawra Records. Released both digitally and on vinyl, the nine-track project is a deeply emotional, sonically expansive portrait of heartbreak, reflection, and survival. Written during Lebanon's ongoing political and economic turmoil, the album captures the dual weight of personal grief and collective trauma. 'It's about learning to let go, even when everything feels like it's slipping through your hands,' Etyen tells SceneNoise. The record is charged with layered textures, shifting from fragility to resilience, reflecting the artist's own emotional turbulence. Amongst the inspirations behind the album is the loss of his cat Lucy, a symbolic presence that threads through the record's narrative of mourning and rebirth. Etyen has spent over a decade crafting a distinct voice in electronic music. His work spans Netflix original soundtracks ('Jinn'), international festivals like Sonar Barcelona and MUTEK, and editorial nods from Bandcamp Daily, BBC Radio 6, and FBi Radio. Through Thawra Records, he continues to champion experimental artists from the Arab region, building a community rooted in sonic and political independence.
CairoScene
19-04-2025
- Entertainment
- CairoScene
Rust's ‘Masar' EP Melds Oud & Electronica into a Sonic Odyssey
Rust's 'Masar' EP Melds Oud & Electronica into a Sonic Odyssey Beirut-based label Thawra Records adds to its growing catalogue of experimental releases with 'Masar', a five-track EP by Rust that pushes Arabic musical traditions into uncharted territory. Rooted in the structure of Arabic poetry and instrumentation, the EP reframes classical elements like the oud and mawwal through a sharp lens of glitch, distortion, and layered electronic rhythms. Opening with 'Ashtar,' Rust sets the tone with a mawwal anchored in classical Arabic scales. But the track soon pivots—glitchy percussion and ambient distortion drag the melody into unfamiliar space before returning to its oud-driven emotional core. It's a pattern the EP returns to often, bridging the traditional with the synthetic without flattening either. 'Mawal', one of the more vocal-heavy tracks, begins with raw oud riffs before erupting into a gritty vocal performance laced with radio-static textures. The piece feels stripped down and fragmented—until suddenly it isn't. There's a deliberate roughness here, one that refuses to be smoothed out. 'Wujud' shifts focus toward rhythmic drive, building layers of electro percussion under floating verses. It pulses, spirals, and surges into heavier sonic textures that border on dissonant, creating an almost spiritual tension. 'Kharif' and the closing track 'Masar' reintroduce softness, without easing the sense of unease. The title track, in particular, slows the pace into something more atmospheric—ghostlike vocals hovering over ambient swells that feel part lament, part lullaby. 'Masar' doesn't aim for accessibility—it invites you into its own fractured world of sound, memory, and reinterpretation. And in doing so, Rust offers a powerful meditation on how music can hold both tradition and experimentation in the same breath.
CairoScene
27-03-2025
- Entertainment
- CairoScene
Etyen & Salwa Jaradat Channel Palestinian Resistance on Qoumi EP
Blending ancestral sounds with electronic production, Etyen and Salwa Jaradat use music as a tool of remembrance and resistance. Mar 27, 2025 Lebanese producer Etyen and Palestinian singer and researcher Salwa Jaradat return with Qoumi, a three-track EP released under Beirut's Thawra Records. Expanding on their 2022 collaboration Galah Waji, the duo continues to explore the intersection of heritage and resistance, reviving traditional Palestinian chants through a contemporary electronic lens. The EP reinterprets historic songs with layered production that blends haunting melodies, pulsing beats, and industrial soundscapes. Ya Tali'een opens with stripped-down acoustic rhythms before crashing into a powerful beat drop, while Meddi Dayyatik, a Palestinian wedding chant, carries coded messages of resistance beneath its celebratory tone. Hayyid An El Jeishi takes a more experimental approach, weaving themes of oppression and defiance into its sonic structure. By fusing ancestral sounds with modern production, Qoumi serves as both an act of remembrance and a statement of defiance—proving that as long as the struggle continues, so will the songs.
