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MALKA 023EP
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Tapan present their first release since their debut album Europa (MALKA 002LP, 2018). They show their "dancier" side with two cuts: "The Beast" (featuring Serbian musician Jan Nemecek) and "Ghana". Perhaps industrial-inspired, tribal-trance is the closest description, and yet somehow after listening to the tracks it feels like trying to put it in "a box" just don't do justice. Both tracks are remixed by Russian duo Odopt who deliver an out-worldly IDM monster of a remix to "The Beast", and Italian-Belgian duo Front De Cadeaux make "Ghana" even slower, adding more percussive grooves.
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MALKA 002LP
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This double-LP, Europa, is dedicated to and inspired by events in 2015 and 2016, which saw the specter of global crisis come knocking at Europe's doorstep. During this time, more than a million migrants and refugees fled their homes in the Middle East, Northern Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, and other conflict ravaged areas in search of a better life. For many, hopes of a future for themselves and their families lay in continental Europe. As already said about the preceding 12" single with the same name (MALKA 014EP), one of the most well-trodden paths on this journey was the Balkan route, a trail leading through Turkey, Greece, and the former Yugoslavia. This route was not without its dangers, and the dreams of thousands upon thousands were dashed by impassible security fences and discordant EU politics, as one by one they were turned away at borders, or worse, forcibly returned to their countries of origin. Europa was recorded during long jam sessions in Belgrade as the media spotlight started to dim. The city became the purgatorial destination for a large number of migrants, whose journeys had been cut short. This double LP reflects the atmosphere of disillusionment and uncertainty about the future, which descended on the Serbian capital. Dark and melancholic saxophone playing on top of heavy kicks and Mediterranean percussions dominate the epic, 17-minute title track. The collaboration with Jerusalem In My Heart (Radwan Ghazi Moumneh) continues the melancholic atmosphere, adding JIMH's signature delayed bağlama sounds, to create a 12-minute emotional journey, tearing away abstract concepts of "longing" and "home" with ever growing tension and magnitude. Genre-less, illusive and not easy to categorize, Tapan's debut album on Malka Tuti is an original soundtrack of a fragment in time and space, capturing a moment and transcending it musically for the rest of the world to experience. The first LP is one-sided; side B is silkscreened. Comes in a black-on-black cover, including an insert riso-printed photo.
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MALKA 014EP
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This record, and the imminent full-length release, is dedicated to events in 2015 and 2016. During this time, more than a million migrants and refugees fled their homes in search of a better life. One of the most well-trodden paths on this journey was the Balkan route. This route was not without its dangers, and the dreams of many were dashed by impassible security fences and discordant EU politics. "Europa" is the first single that represents the seed of discontent. It was recorded during long jam sessions in Belgrade. Timothy J Fairplay provides a remix.
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