Sametou Sawtan [LP] (180 Gram)

SANAM - Sametou Sawtan [LP] (180 Gram)

Sametou Sawtan (Arabic for I Heard a Voicea) is the second full-length album from SANAM, the Beirut-based sextet known for their raw fusion of Arabic song, free improvisation, and experimental rock. Building on the momentum of their 2023 debut, this record is a deeper, more expansive worka"where traditional poetry and folk melodies collide with distorted guitars, buzuq drones, and fractured electronics._x000B__x000B_Recorded between a medieval house in Byblos and La Frette Studios in Paris, and produced by Radwan Ghazi Moumneh (Jerusalem in My Heart), the album reflects on feelings of dislocation and inner unrest. Tracks like the looping, autotuned Tatayouma and the thunderous opener Harika explore obsessive states and emotional turbulence, while settings of texts by Omar Khayyam, Paul Shaoul, and Egyptian folk sources highlight the bandas use of language and sound as tools for navigating unstable realities._x000B__x000B_With its mix of intense live energy and deliberate studio craft, Sametou Sawtan is SANAMas clearest statement yeta"an arresting blend of tradition and experimentation grounded in the experience of cultural and personal upheaval.