Using the framework of modern electronica, the French act takes the sounds of north Africa into a new dimension.
Acid Arab consists of DJs Guido Minisky and Hervé Carvalho, whose mission is to take eastern music from North Africa, the middle east, Egypt, Turkey and India and blend it with modern electronic sound and purpose it for the dancefloor.
Previosuly a band like this might have been filed under 'world music' and have only found a small but dedicated audience, but the international appeal of electronic music catapults them into a much wider context.
Recently they even played Tel Aviv, showing that music really doesn't have any borders.
Their dabut album Acid Arab Collections was released earlier this month, and features songs by Omar Souleyman, pilooski, étienne Jaumet, Professor Genius, Renart and others.
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