3Phaz - Ends Meet

SOUK

£20.32

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: SOUK011
Barcode: 5065004291361
Release Date: 24 Feb 2023
Genre: Chaabi / Egypt / Bass / Dance / Breakbeat

Souk is delighted to present the sophomore album from a true fixture in Cairo seething electronic scene who should, by now at least, remain anonymously famous behind the 3Phaz moniker. Both as a way to make focus on the music itself regardless of identity and to sever ties with past projects, 3Phaz acts like an entity in itself, a most suitable conjuration of sounds past and future gravitating on their own dimension. Though connections are inevitable and welcoming with home turf artists such as ZULI or Rozzma, the Souk catalogue or percussion obsessed travelers like DJ Plead or errorsmith, 3Phaz's dalliance with the traditional sounds of Shaabi and Mahraganat and possible intersections with Grime, Techno and Bass-heavy subcultures feel very much their own.
Stripping away some of the dankest & darkest layers that made his debut album - Three Phase - such a dystopic proposition, Ends Meet envisions a different kind of future, that while not necessarily utopian, feels less tense and more celebratory in the capture and release mastery of its syncopations. Through seven percussion workouts summoned from hard hitting kicks, flinty hand drums, darting rhythmic excursions and traditional flute-like synth melodies, 3Phaz creates a set of raw and ever-intriguing dj tools for adventurous dancefloors that escape the mere functionality associated with the term to bristle with a life of their own.

Tracklist
1. Sharayet
2. Phlutes
3. Labash
4. Shoulder Dance
5. Pivot (Msh Shayef Version)
6. 3P Type Beat
7. Shabber

Mastered by Kassian Troyer
Artwork and Original Photographs by: Malak El Sawi
Lettering by: Yazan El Zubi
Manufactured in Spain
3Phaz Bio

3Phaz is a Cairo based electronic producer mostly known for his debut album ‘Three Phase’, an album that presented a powerful and fresh new take on egyptian mahraganat/shaabi sound; the record was released on Egyptian label 100Copies in 2020. With further singles and remixes released on the likes of Rinse, Boomkat, Polaar, Nashazphone, and Irsh, 3Phaz quickly carved his way into the international club music scene allowing him to perform all around Europe.
‘Ends meet’ is his follow up to ‘Three Phase’ to be released Discrepant sister label, SOUK.