{"product_id":"krystian-shek-al-qahirah","title":"Krystian Shek: Al-qahirah  ( CD )","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eAl-qahirah\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eKrystian Shek\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eCarpe Sonum\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e708527180167\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eElectronic\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2018-03-09\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         2018 release. Krystian Shek released a number of superb and still underrated albums on Namlook's FAX imprint over the years; his first Carpe Sonum offering, 2014's Sometimes Not, was a bracing return to form, and al-Qahirah is the follow-up, and it's a dandy, a longform slice of far-flung ethnotronica that speaks within dub's mother tongue but jettisons the lockstep rhythmic underpinning. In so doing, Shek's augured quite a brilliant thing: digidub that is all languid pools of sound, froth, reverberation, and echo, plunging the listener into a vast abyssal chamber whose sounds mimic the detritus found in long-abandoned sensory deprivation tanks. Yet the whole experience is becalming, welcoming, and thoroughly non-isolationist: throughout the fifteen-minute excursion of the title track, we are treated to a rainbow coalition of thrillingly sculpted shimmers lighting up a desert night sky like some man-made aurora borealis. Shek's skill lies in his ability to showcase works of 'ambience' that are leagues removed from Eno's hoary old definition-this is a music of flares and fanfare, bursting with light, drunk on the absinthe of nature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Introducing the Ney Part I \u003cbr\u003e1.2 My Name Is Khaled (Ambient Mix) \u003cbr\u003e1.3 Into the Hammam Part I \u003cbr\u003e1.4 Introducing the Ney Part II \u003cbr\u003e1.5 Al-Qahirah \u003cbr\u003e1.6 Into the Hammam Part II \u003cbr\u003e1.7 Maleha \u003cbr\u003e1.8 The Poem of Antar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudio Sample:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n                                           \u003ci\u003eAll soundclips are provided by Tidal and are for illustrative purposes only. For some releases, the tracks listed may not accurately represent the tracks on the physical release.\u003c\/i\u003e\n                                           \u003cbr\u003e\n                                           \u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/embed.tidal.com\/albums\/84360397\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width:100%;height:700px\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Krystian Shek","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":60261649481809,"sku":"Cp1-71350889","price":5.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1034\/5778\/3889\/files\/3764713.jpg?v=1788199071","url":"https:\/\/vinylkingdom.com\/products\/krystian-shek-al-qahirah","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}