Deena Abdelwahed - Jbal Rrsas جبل الرصاص
A Tunisian producer and DJ, Deena Abdelwahed arrived in France at the age of 26 after earning her stripes on the Tunis scene.
Building off of the themes of identity, storytelling and experimentation on her critically acclaimed debut album, Khonnar (2018), Deena Abdelwahed’s upcoming album Jbal Rrsas is the next chapter of a reimagining of what Arabic club music. The album spans seven tracks of bass, techno, and experimental music all within the different frames that Arabic dance music can offer.
Jbal Rrsas opens with the seductively apocalyptic opener, The Key to the Exit, a twisted Egyptian mahraganat. Deena builds off a traditional drum beat, and warps the track into a deconstructed landscape, with lilting synths and familiar Arabic rhythms. This instrumental track offers a taste of the album, a reimagining and experimentation on Arabic post-club music.
All tracks composed, produced & mixed by Deena Abdelwahed
All lyrics written and performed by Deena Abdelwahed and recorded at Lobster Prod Studios in Tunis, Tunisia by Malek Bouzouita
Artwork by Niculin Barandun
Photography by Yassine Meddeb Hamrouni
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Deena Abdelwahed’s Jbal Rrsas جبل الرصاص
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DEENA ABDELWAHED // HOMOSAPIENS
[FLAGRANTI (OST), FEB 2023]
For the first time in Tunisia and in the Arab World, a play bluntly addresses the homosexuality taboo. Flagranti (in the act) is a queer fiction based on the LGBTQI+ community’s alarming reality in Tunisia. Written collectively under the initiative of the NGO Mawjoudin We Exist, it has been staged by Essia Jaibi and the music composed by Deena Abdelwahed.
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Khonnar خُنّـــــــار - the debut album from Tunisian DJ and producer Deena Abdelwahed
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Jbal Rrsas جبل الرصاص by Deena Abdelwahed
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Jbal Rrsas جبل الرصاص from Deena Abdelwahed
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deena abdelwahed -- the key to the exit
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mask worn by Deena Abdelwahed - made by Judas Companion 2018
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Deena Abdelwahed - The Key to the Exit
Wednesday there was a listening party for the new Deena Abdelwahed album and I got to hear it in full for the first time. That was amazing. It may not be for everyone, but if this opening track does something for you, listen to the whole album.
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Deena Abdelwahed, "Lila Fi Tounes"
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Premiere: Deena Abdelwahed ‘Fête’ by djmag https://ift.tt/loXuMJx
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Deena Abdelwahed’s Jbal Rrsas Remixes
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HYALURON
DEENA ABDELWAHED x BASILE3
[FREE RADICALS EP, JUN 2022]
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"If the people who invented house and techno were Arab, what would it sound like?" Tom Faber meets the artist who is trying to find out.
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Deena Abdelwahed - The Key To The Exit
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