The Electronic Tapes (vinyl LP)

Incredible, previously unreleased early 1980's algerian synth electronic by Ahmed Malek, compiled by Flako. Remarkable discovery of late ‘70s/early ’80s avant ambient electronics from Arabic North Africa, originally conceived as demos or private studies by Ahmed Malek (1931-2008) - “Algeria’s answer to Ennio Morricone” - and now faithfully edited and buffed up for release by flako. Imagine dariush dolat-shahi turned into jazzy concrète mosaics by nww and you’ve almost got a grasp of this record’s slippery wonder. The electronic tapes follows Habibi Funk’s prized vinyl reissue of Malek’s musique originale de films with an unprecedented peek inside the boxes of malek’s master tapes that were recently discovered by his family in algiers during the soundtrack reissue process.