You'll need to do a little research to find the story of Abu Hasan...there is apparently an opera with a story of Abu Hasan but we were thinking of the very different story in the collection A Thousand Nights and A Night, also known as the Arabian Nights.
This tune is at 130 bpm and for you musicians, it uses an Arabian mode/scale called Maqam Hijaz which we probably use in too many tracks. We just like it!
26 August 2020: We just changed the cover art and added the video - because we could!
Pulp science fiction, 1001 nights, a mysterious Orient that never was, dub, dubstep, drum'n'bass, Middle Eastern culture, Croydon bass electronica. Genre-busting music from Broken Drum Records. Thousand Yard Prayer
Mala returns with a new single that’s colored by hushed tones and sedate tempos, topped with a spoken-word piece designed to empower. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 11, 2019
Thumping bass from FurmigaDub backs the rich voice of Escurinho on this collaboration from the northeastern Brazilian state of Paraíba. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 22, 2016