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Jul 31, 2015There’s no need for conceptual nonsense that distracts from the entire point of this music: to make you move your body. On that level, Souleyman has triumphed; making music that is completely participatory in nature. If you’re not dancing or clapping while listening, you’re doing something wrong.
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Q MagazineJul 30, 2015Exuberant party-banging love songs. [Sep 2015, p.116]
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Jul 29, 2015If you are approaching Souleyman’s music from the Modeselektor direction then this is a great place to start. If you’ve followed his career for years you may feel the electronic dressing smooths off a few of the appealingly rougher edges of his and Sa’id’s sound--but if anything they show just how far ahead he remains stylistically.
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Jul 29, 2015You'd think that a tried and tested method of the same old thing would have a shelf life that its novelty would wear off. But when the buzzsaw, ear-piercing keyboards and thumps of the drum machine hit your eardrums, all rationale is rendered futile.
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Jul 23, 2015His formula may not have been reinvented, but it has been refined, and now is the time to listen.
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Jul 22, 2015The crisp production makes this more accessible to newbies, but it’s definitely still a Souleyman album, successfully capturing the raw, unbridled energy that’s fuelled his jump from the wedding party circuit to indie rock festivals.
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Jul 22, 2015This seven-track effort switches things up ever so slightly; subtle twists of pace, cadence and lyrical content reveal a more introspective endeavour.
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UncutJul 21, 2015It works because Souleyman has never been a purist, instead perfecting a kind of global fusion that is slamming and mesmeric rather than naff. [Aug 2015, p.80]
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Jul 21, 2015This record isn't really comparable to any of Monkeytown's output, but it still stands up alongside it--and not just as a novelty.
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MojoJul 21, 2015If it's not immediately obvious what such vaunted DJs see in Souleyman, Legowelt's remix of the title track spells out the floor-filling qualities. [Aug 2015, p.91]
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Jul 23, 2015For those who are familiar with Souleyman’s work, there may be nothing particularly new sonically on Bahdeni Nami. Regardless, it still remains a dizzying and exhilarating affair, preserving Souleyman’s power as an artist and performer.
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Jul 22, 2015Souleyman’s music won’t be accessible to everyone, but his passion makes itself evident in every part of this record.
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Aug 12, 2015It's a total weirdo crossover success, and perhaps Bahdeni Nami's standout if club fodder is what you're after.
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The WireAug 5, 2015The set concentrates on one style and tends to accentuate the crossover aspects of its kinship with house and techno. [Aug 2015, p.55]
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Jul 24, 2015Bahdeni Nami's greatest appeal will be to newer fans who may prefer more contemporary production to the gritty lo-fi dabke aesthetic. That said, despite various flourishes, these producers try hard to remain true to Souleyman's spirit and, with only one exception, succeed in spades.
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Aug 3, 2015On much of the album, repetition crosses into redundancy, especially true on the two Modeselektor-produced tracks, "Tawwalt El Gheba" and "Enssa El Aatab".