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Kalashnik Love

Speed Caravan

If you've never regarded the oud - the fretless lute at the core of so much traditional Arabic music - as a rock'n'roll instrument, then you've clearly never heard Speed Caravan or the frenetic and joyous playing of Mehdi Haddab. Once part of Parisian-based global electronica trio Ekova and then half of the experimental oud duo DuOud with Jean-Pierre Smadja, to call Haddab the Jimi Hendrix of the electric oud would, of course, be a hopeless cliché. But it's not that far from the truth. Now working as Speed Caravan with bassist Pascal Teillet and former Ekova electronic beat mistress Hermione Frank, the Algerian-French trio create music that references The Cure and The Chemical Brothers alongside Algerian rai and other Arabic influences in a glorious collision of global sounds and styles. Their debut album Kalashnik Love features guest appearances by Rachid Taha and members of Asian Dub Foundation.

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  • imageAdd To Basketmore info£9.82Kalashnik Love (Special Edition) - CD
    playTaq On The BeatSpeed Caravan
    playKalashnik LoveSpeed Caravan
    playKilling An ArabSpeed Caravan
    playQat Market Speed Caravan
    playDubaiSpeed Caravan
    playGalvanizeSpeed Caravan
    playErotic Chiftetelli Speed Caravan
    playParov Yegar Siroon VarSpeed Caravan
    playIdemo Dalje Speed Caravan
    playDaddy Lolo Speed Caravan
    playHotel ZyannidesSpeed Caravan
    playAissa WahSpeed Caravan
    playDaddy Lolo Remix (Sidestepper)Speed Caravan
    playAissa Wah Remix (Mo DJ)Speed Caravan
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