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This physical space allows music enthusiasts to explore an extensive collection of vinyl records from various genres, including rare and hard-to-find releases. Whether you're an avid collector or simply looking for something new and exciting to listen to, Unrock offers an unparalleled selection of cutting-edge music.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"speaking-in-tongues-5","title":"Speaking In Tongues","description":"\u003cp\u003eDwarfs Of East Agouza are a leading force of improvised musical excitement and stand apart from wider parts of a lame ass underground of the 20ies. Founded in Cairo circa 2015 by Alan Bishop (ex-Sun City Girls) with Sam Shalabi (Land Of Kush, Karkhana) and Maurice Louca (Karkhana) the trio developed a unique but always recognizable sound, with many faces to show. Two very different ones are shown on their contribution to Unrock’s „Il Burro Sabe Mas Que Tu“ Singles Series. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpeaking in Tongues sounds like a nightmare coming straight out of hell, conducted by Bishops unique voice, while Organism 46-B shows them in a classical softer mode, touching nearly classical Free-Jazz issues. Mixed by Adham Zidhan. Mastered by Peter Koerfer at Ivory Tower. Photography by Hans van der Linden, realisation by Philip Lethen.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unrock","offers":[{"title":"7\"","offer_id":50490489078091,"sku":"2015627","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Dwarfs_Of_East_Agouza_-_Speaking_In_Tongues_Front_5ca501d9_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727663835"},{"product_id":"tsunami-2","title":"Tsunami. 2","description":"\u003cp\u003eEarly, yet mysterious collaboration between Sun City Girls and Life Garden reissued on Unrock. Recorded live on Sept. 22, 1991 and originally released by visionary operator Nick Schultz on Majora Records, \u003ci\u003eTsunami .2 \u003c\/i\u003ewas, still is, and will remain a mysterious album. Because the music didn’t represent or sound like either of the bands involved, they decided to call the group Square 9 and chose to leave everybody’s names off of it. No further information was given, only \"Recorded at Grand Theater, Buenos Aires, Argentina\". Until today, nobody knows exactly who was behind the record. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRumors came up that is was part of the Sun City Girls legacy, but the \"truth\" lingered in the dark. So unusual and experimental the approach to record this album was, so remarkable it finally turned out. By the time it was released back in 1992 only a few dedicated core followers were aware of its existence. Everybody played anything and everything on this recording, no specific instruments are assigned to players. Different instruments, various percussion instruments, a piano and other sound sources. Insiders maybe recognize the voices of Su Ling and Alan Bishop or a piano sounding like Richard Bishop playing it. Some of the live sounds have been treated and processed live by W. David Oliphant. It was an impromptu series of improvisations by Sun City Girls and members of Life Garden (W. David Oliphant‘s main working group after Maybe Mental) and probably the last recordings made by members of Sun City Girls before the band fully re-located to Seattle. In retrospect it is a belonging and relevant part of the history of both bands, which needs to be broadcasted to a wider audience. 30 years after the recordings were made, a remastered version of the album is made available through Unrock. While the original release was two side-long tracks, the remastered version is split into 6 separate tracks, remixed and mastered by W. 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It eventually morphed into a critical meditation on variations of Orientalism practiced by Arabs themselves, as well as those who were born and raised within the diaspora....Some of the tracks here refer to locations or sounds I grew up with in Tripoli, Lebanon during the 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The \u003ci\u003eArabic Room\u003c\/i\u003e of the title refers to the sitting room in my childhood home that was decked out in hyper orientalist exoticism, mashing together furniture, fixtures, paintings from all over the Arabic speaking world. The sitting room, or salon, is common in Lebanese homes made specifically to host and entertain guests. Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade and other western made Orientalist cultural artifacts not only had ubiquitous presence in our house, but also found their way onto tv shows and commercials. After moving to the US, my parents recreated this room in their home. Additionally, my father's generation was one that saw their country transform from a post-agrarian trading society after WWII to a center of banking and finance within the span of a few decades. The sense of some lost Eden-like era of the interwar years permeated much of the media that was available to me growing up there. This album is meant as neither ironic nor as a judgmental pronouncement, but more as a form of critical nostalgia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e All instruments are performed by myself, (drums, Egyptian rababa, Azeri kamancheh, circuit bent electronics, keyboards, hammered dulcimer, and vocals). 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