Rosefinch, by Toumba

Rosefinch

by Toumba

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Svebbe Amman-based producer Toumba is a name to look out for this year. Amazing percussive-driven club anthems with nods both left and right to Jordanian folk music.

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1.	Multipack of Limes 05:03	buy track
2.	Sa7rawi 04:33	buy track
3.	Shurooq 04:44	buy track
4.	Lil Amam Sir 05:02	buy track
5.	Tidallal 04:27	buy track

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Amman-based Toumba announces Rosefinch, his first EP on wax, and the debut release from London-based record label Hypnic Jerks. The Jordanian DJ, producer and sound designer integrates elements from Jordanian and Levantine folk music into his left-leaning, low-end heavy club sounds. The EP is named after the national bird of Jordan.

Toumba is a curator at MNFA, a club and arts space in Jordan’s capital Amman. It has become a haven for the country’s artistic community in the face of a conservative establishment that often harbours a hostile attitude towards the types of cultural expression that MNFA champions.

A nationally respected artist, Toumba also holds a residency at the MMAG Foundation in Amman. The foundation works with a selection of the most gifted artists in the Levant (Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Palestine), providing a space for artistic research, production and critical discourse.

Multipack of Limes is a percussive workout dotted through with zesty keys, building up to a driving lead that recalls the keyboard players of Jordanian weddings. Shurooq and Sa7rawi are both representative of Jordan's beautiful pink-tinted deserts. Shurooq, meaning 'sunrise', is a slow burner, which builds anticipation through its synth and percussive elements before a huge weighty sub-bass ties the track together. Sa7rawi, an aggressive peak-time chugger, evocatively conveys the beauty and harsh ruggedness of the desert's terrain. Lil Amam Sir, a term used in the army meaning "march forward", is one for the DJs: a four to the flour banger complete with microtonal polyrhythm synth hits that are sure to get the crowd two-stepping like clockwork.

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released November 11, 2022

Written, produced and mixed by Yazan Zyadat
Mastered by Ten Eight Seven
Artwork by Hamad Al Mujeem & Luke Griffiths
Distributed by Kudos
Pressed by Deepgrooves

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Toumba Amman, Jordan

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For Palestine

Oct 2023
Janoob EP

Jun 2023
Petals EP

Feb 2023
Rosefinch

Nov 2022
Ard Jaw

Oct 2022
115

Jan 2022
VIP Edits Vol.1

Dec 2021
Sabah Fakhri / Tidallal

Oct 2020

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