Released on 06/04/1999
Label: Gut Records

An unusual offering which is stirring-up attention from all the right places, Arabesque is the brainchild of Mourad Mazouz, owner of London's hyper-fashionable MOMO restaurant.

Mourad, together with Francis Peyrat, DJ at the restaurant's Kemia Bar, have compiled a collection of Arabic music led by a strong line-up of contemporary producers such as the Stereo MCs and Tranquility Bass.

The stand-out amongst the electronic offerings is Hefner's powerful reworking of Omar Faruk Tabilek's Shashkin.

    by James Poletti