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NP 044LP
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A central iconic figure in the ever-thickening Cairo underground electronic scene, ZULI has crossed borders years ago with a relentless international touring schedule and releases on Lee Gamble's UIQ as well as Haunter Records, now considered as flagship works. His meticulously crafted sound, located at the crossroads of IDM, hip-hop, jungle, and more has never stopped developing. It is characterized by power, precision, and very elaborate arrangements. Digla Dive - Live is an additional step further in his extended quest where studio compositions are constructed in a live setup spirit. "Alteration Jump" features Elvin Brandhi and Karim El Ghazoly. Edition of 300.
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SPCTR 010EP
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Zuli's new offering Trigger Finger is a game of shadows, bass weight, and outworked tension. A kind of extremization of Zuli's own roots as a beatmaker for the Cairo rap scene, tinged with the urbanism of grime and darkside jungle. But the dark and crusty sonic palette does not limit the possibility for the tracks to display various layers of emotional content. It is Zuli's most cohesive, complex and original work to date, exhibiting his constant growth as an artist.
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UIQ 009EP
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Egyptian producer Ahmed El Ghazoly makes a stunning second mark on Lee Gamble's UIQ label with Numbers. The six tracks experiment with tessellating dry and fluid textures. The dusty, humid London-via-Cairo swerve of "Bow" goes into the metastable techno momentum of "CommProto". "She's Hearing Voices" feels like a smoking area between rooms, heard in a queasy but spangled state. The chromatic trance warp of "What You Do" convulses into action, followed by its grubbing Autechrian inversion, "Tongue Chomper", only to slide off the page into the melted dancehall of "Foam Home".
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UIQ 002EP
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Lee Gamble's UIQ label presents the debut EP by Cairo multi-instrumentalist, producer, and sound artist Ahmed El Ghazoly aka ZULI. "Robotic Handshake in 4D" syncs neck-snap sub knocks with shimmering gamelan tones and gremlin voices like a lost Dabrye bomb, before the creamed microtonal timbre of "Compactpact" and the Beneath-style bleep-and-bass pressure of "131001G." "Robotic Jabs in 4D" sparks its lush, fluid synth swell with desiccated 2-step jungle patterns before the decelerated thump and STL-style dub house triplets of "Ahmed ?" Closer "Dr. Beckett" convulses like a Gantz riddim during an ayahuasca ceremony. RIYL Lee Gamble, Coil, Urban Tribe, Beneath.
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