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Emerging Artists: Prophän

Written by on 8 February 2019

Prophän‘s record label, Rhadâb, can be translated from Arabic into “wrath”, which he describes as an “unspeakable animosity defined by an intense internal turmoil and an entropic emotional state.” Hailing from Morocco, where the physical landscape matches the political, the music on Rhadâb seeks to sonically display these tensions and encounters through the production of hypnotic rhythms […]

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Emerging Artists: Cee ElAssaad

Written by on 25 January 2019

Cee ElAssaad was one of two producers (along with FNX Omar) to represent Morocco in the top ten of Traxsource Top 100 Afro House Artists of 2018. Although he doesn’t believe in categorizing his sound, he says that it’s his tribal twist that has him put into the Afro House genre. He also describes his […]

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Emerging Artists: Mr ID / Omah EP Release

Written by on 18 January 2019

Mr ID is pouring his worldview of “what it means to be Moroccan” into the music that he produces and performs regularly throughout North Africa and into Europe. His music largely encompasses Moroccan folk culture, expressing parts of his own identity as well as other minority groups throughout the region, particularly the spiritual music of […]

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