* PREORDER * MAI MAI MAI - Karakoz LP

* PREORDER * expected to arrive mid-late Feb

Previous Mai Mai Mai release was a stunning revalation so the hopes are high for this one!

This unique collection blends ambient field recordings, studio sessions, and performances with local artists, alongside archival material from the Palestinian Sound Archive of the Popular Art Center in Ramallah. Through a meticulous intertwining of traditional chants, environmental soundscapes, and urban echoes, Mai Mai Mai crafts an immersive sonic journey that encapsulates the tensions, resilience, and profound beauty of the region. More than just a musical experience, this album serves as a cultural bridge, an evocative exploration of memory, identity, and sound.

The album opens a new chapter for the Roma based artist, a deeply personal record where his traditional industrial miasma flows into a weeping vortex of spiritual hymns, Mediterranean hauntology and Middle Eastern chants of sorrow, carrying the despair of a battered population and matching the fighting hope with echoes of ambient bliss.

The record opens with ‘Grief’ sung by Maya Al Khaldi, whose haunting voice delivers a traditional grieving chant, weaving and layering in constant flux; Producer and electronic artist Julmud is featured on ‘Dawn Of The Cremisan Valley’, bringing his syncopated rhythms and unsettling textures. The album also incorporates recordings of the yarghul played by maestro Osama Abu Ali, percussions and bouzuq recorded in studio with Jihad Shouibi and Karam Fares in Ramallah. ‘Echoes of the Harvest’ features a special contribution by composer Alabaster DePlume, a beautiful Buchla & sax elegy, tear-shaking minimalism elevated by the haunting filtered voice of Hajja Badriya, a recording directly from the Ramallah Popular Art Center's Sound Archive. The connection with the British musician and activist stems from Sound Of Places, a residency in the Cremisan Valley amongst the olive trees and monastery protecting the last strip of land in the area.