The Maghreban has been making Dance music and related genres under various names since the mid 90s, spanning Jungle, Hip Hop, Rave, House and Techno; on labels like Versatile, Black Acre, Eglo Records, R&S Records and his own Zoot Records.

This is his second full length LP under this project and is a refinement on his first. He has worked with the jazz saxophonist Idris Rahman to craft something more cohesive perhaps and more rooted in Jazz and Techno as well as Eastern music. There are also vocal collaborations with Nah Eeto, Omar and Abdullah Miniawy.

Airplay from Benji B, Gilles Peterson and Tom Ravenscroft on BBC Radio. DJ and Radio Support from Ben UFO, Nina Kraviz, Mosca, Otik, Eclair Fifi, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaur, Martyn Bootyspoon, Appleblim, Krikor, Photonz, Gramrcy, and many more.

Favourable reviews so far in Uncut & DJ Magazine: "His most expansive statement so far..Innovative and Irresistable", Reveiws to come in Mixmag, The Wire and other publications.

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Slightly trackier, more boring efforts from The Maghreban here. There is no press release.
Please refer to the cover art.


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It has become a tradition for The Maghreban to make records commemorating the passing of cats he knew and loved. One of these tracks is for Martha.One of the tracks someone said sounded like "too many pots and pans". The other one he made using Elka X705 organ sounds. It's a shame that these tracks together make for such a tepid, middling, unremarkable record. Not his best work by any stretch. Perhaps there is different music around the corner.

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The Maghreban returns to more familiar territory on this next 12" for Zoot. "Dynamite" kind of sounds mid sixties jingles record. Radio Caroline. John Peel, Tony Blackburn. Mid Range. Pneumatic open hats like steam being expelled down in the hull. "Calypso Christmas" - maybe some african notes here. More Dutch wax resist. Hand clapping. Wow and flutter. The hypnotic sound of confusion

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The Maghreban has been making some noise with his latest release on Versatile 'Wonder Woman'. Rather than continuing along that Disco-ish path, he changes tack as he returns to Zoot with 3 tunes influenced by (but not identical to) different times from his teens. 'Now Easy' is informed by those c. '93 dark jungle 12s he knew and loved. The Dark Stranger. Don Bad Man. Presha III. The Capsule EP. The video is a tribute to those and other records. 'Not Good' is an innocent mess about with a Korg M1. 'Hi Top' is reminiscent of Kid 'n Play formation dancing. Outlaw Posse. Caveman. The Vinyl EP has a full colour reverse board picture sleeve. DJ Support from Call Super, radio play from Benji B and Moxie on BBC Radio 1 and Ben UFO on Rinse FM

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After the success of his Smack release on Versatile, Maghreban returns with 3 tracks for the label. All of them are quite different. I'm not gonna describe them all here… Here are some adjectives who will help you to catch the vibe : B-Boy house / rough / jackin / early Techno influenced / ESG / deep / k7. All i can say is that Ayman has a special approach to House music, probably influenced by his hip-hop roots as a producer. Lots of cuts, breaks and raw sounding for maximum floor effect.



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The Maghreban is new to House Music, and doesnt really listen to House Music, which isnt necessarily a bad thing. He has worked extensively in other genres under other names. Looking at House from these sideways perspectives perhaps gives him an interesting angle on it. This second release sees The Maghreban expand his sonic palette somewhat, taking in some african sounds but also continuing along the vintage theme of his first 12". Radio Play from Benji B (BBCR1), Thristian (NTS), support from Ben UFO (Rinse/Hessle), Brian Not Brian (Going Good/Kristina Records), Gatto Fritto (International Feel), Sasa (In Flagranti, NTS), Leri Ahel (Mutant Disco).




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“The Maghreban. I saw this name for the first time when Ayman sent me Afric, out on his own label Zoot. I really got into this raw, percussion heavy stuff. Asked him some new track for Versatile and here’s the result : Smack, with his “rave vs Chicago” vibe, and two deeper jams. More to come



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