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Egyptian Hip Hop 'Yoro Diallo' (R&S) New single - November 5th

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Last Edited by: Chris MUG5 Maguire September 19th, 2012.

Following on from the amazing response to ‘SYH’, the first track to be taken from the debut album ‘GOOD DONT SLEEP’, Egyptian Hip Hop release ‘Yoro Diallo’ on Monday 5th November.

‘Yoro Diallo’ takes cues from the polyrhythms of ‘Remain In Light’-era Talking Heads, heady psychedelia and the stargazing monosynths of Tangerine Dream but remaining in very much it’s own realm. A track that stands apart, but also forms an integral part of the ever-shifting puzzle of 'GOOD DONT SLEEP'.

The single is named after a Malian musician the band discovered through the Awesome Tapes From Africa blog, as Egyptian Hip Hop’s Alecsander Pierce explains:
“There’s something about the West African, and particularly Malian, use of rhythm that really gets me going. I'm not a dancer but it’s pretty hard not to get infected by some of the grooves that these musicians create: in particular, a Malian musician by the name of Yoro Diallo. His tracks tend to have a fluid rhythm, seeming both on-beat and off-beat. There is no four to the floor. Even if the track is in 4/4, it's also in 6/8 and someone else is playing 3/4 too. We wanted to create something with this fluid sense of pulse, that was still very danceable, and also poppy. People forget that this 'world' music is pop just as much as anything western and current.”
Listen to 'Yoro Diallo' HERE:



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  • 09/10 - Soup Kitchen, Manchester
  • 11/10 - Corsica Studios, London
Egyptian Hip Hop return triumphant with their debut album on R&S Records, released on Monday 22nd October.

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