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Zanbor

by Tom Calvert

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manfrey the movie makes it even better Favorite track: Alert.
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f-ether 2.0 Start to finish, this beat tape is (fucking) sick. original and innovative in all the places that other beat tapes are lacking, imo, and not overly drawn out either, which really adds to that lofi type of feel. im so stoked to have found it, even if it wasnt until 5yrs after its release. Favorite track: Wasp.
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1.
Horizon 00:51
2.
Wasp 01:58
3.
Alone 01:48
4.
Wolves 02:03
5.
Uzi 01:43
6.
Son 02:39
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SUV 01:05
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Swarm 01:00
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Tarab 00:52
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Alert 01:25
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Zanbor 00:57
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Surrender 01:55
14.
Ghosts 01:24

about

Zanbor features 14 new beats that intersect electronic music and hip hop, influenced heavily by Iraqi folk music and Arabic instruments. ​The khishba (aka the zanbour - Arabic for wasp) is a hand drum that sounds like a machine gun and is peppered throughout this mixtape, most noticeably on ‘Wasp’ but has also been manipulated further on the hooks of ‘Uzi’ whilst overtly used throughout ‘Between The Cracks’.

Integral to Arabic music is the micro tonal system of pitch, which has notes in “between the cracks” of Western music’s twelve tone “equal temperament.” Therefore Arabic music can sound out of tune to Western ears. This idea was also a theme of the record, which Tom played with using a buzzy, waspy synth on ‘Horizon’, ‘Wasp’, ‘Alone’, and ‘Zanbor’, as well as atonal jams like ‘Uzi’ and ‘Between The Cracks’.

In Tom’s own words:

“I've tried to make this record as much a moment in time as possible, aiming to make a beat a day in December 2016 and resisting urges to edit. This was to avoid analysis paralysis, perfectionism, and give it a punk feel.

I also wanted the record to sound lo fi, as if it’s a dusty artifact found in the rubble. Much of the sounds were run through a space echo emulator and this gave it an atmosphere that felt relevant.”

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released October 27, 2017

All beats by Tom Calvert
Mastered by John Calvert

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