The Big Mango by Land of Kush, released on Constellation in 2013.

Following several visits to the city over the years, Osama (Sam) Shalabi moved to Cairo in 2011, arriving at an apartment one block from Tahrir Square, in the midst of Egypt's 'Arab Spring'. Shalabi describes The Big Mango, his new and phenomenal work for his Land Of Kush big-band, as "a love letter to Cairo" framed by "the beautiful, surreal madness of the city…as joyous, horrific, historical events were unfolding".

... In combination with the peaking intensity and electricity of Shalabi's compositional vision, The Big Mango coheres, sparkles and soars: a distillation of the sonic trajectory Land Of Kush has been charting for the past five years.

https://landofkush.bandcamp.com/album/the-big-mango

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z88PSLYsSqE&list=OLAK5uy_nEVMQHQfYw-e-Q3j_aSr7Ia00PV9eh-8A&index=1

#landofkush #samshalabi #cairo #montreal #middleeasternpsych #jazz

Electric Esoterica
by Sunn Trio, released in 2020 on Twenty One Eighty Two Recording Company.

...Enter Sunn Trio. A punk trio that is influenced by Middle Eastern psych, free jazz, and improvisation..The group is built around Joel Robinson and has had as many as eight-to-ten members in recordings and live performances, but more recently has been focused on a trio that composes music that challenges every notion of what rock, punk, or psych can be; however, at the same time, the music is crafted with improvisational focus and middle eastern influence that should be the basis for this generation's new music. Robinson makes his melody maker sound like an oud, rabab, and even at times a gamelan when he isn't using these instruments to generate the lead lines to the compositions..Urgent music for urgent times... - Bandcamp

https://sunntrio.bandcamp.com/album/electric-esoterica

#sunntrio #improvisation #psych #punk #middleeasternpsych