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DanDana SPECIAL Ep 11 | Ammar 808

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English - February 06, 2020 14:07 - 54 minutes - 61 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
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Out of the drawer of history, we summoned out an interview that DanDana co-hosts Christina Hazboun and Yamen Mekdad conducted in December 2018 with the prolific producer Ammar 808 before is performance at Café Oto.

We spoke to Sofyan Ben Youssef about his work, production, electro-percussion and how the latest album Maghreb United with all its influences came into being. We also speak about cross border north African collaboration with Algerian Sofiane Saidi, Maroccan Mehdi Nassouli and Tunisian Cheb Hassen Tej

From piles of hay to isolate sound to electricity cuts and local music in west Tunisia, dive with us into the story of music from North Africa.