EL Makina

Rock · 2012 · 10 tracks · 41m

EL Makina

Gritty Levantine rock pairing distorted guitars with Arabic melodic soul. High-energy anthems for navigating the social friction of modern Middle Eastern life.

It's like if Nirvana grew up in Amman and traded their flannel for Arabic scales.

A defiant and restless energy that captures the friction between personal freedom and social machinery.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks · 41m

01

Ghabeh B'Eed

4:59

02

Ana Bakhaf Min El Commitment

4:20

03

El Makina

3:52

04

Yum El Jum`a Dayman Ashwab

4:57

05

I`m In Love With Wala Bint

3:30

06

Fe Nabd Ana Has

3:54

07

Zad El Sheib

4:36

08

Bye Bye Azizi

4:00

09

Ma Raddatish

4:50

10

Hada Yakhud Makani

2:33

Moments Worth Waiting For

The heavy, mechanical guitar riff of the title track that mimics the grinding of industrial gears.

The transition from deadpan observational verses to the soaring, melodic release of the chorus in track 2.

The way the final track strips back the rock grandiosity for a more intimate, vulnerable closing statement.

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