ABADIR – Pyrolysis

Mutate, the new album from Cairo producer ABADIR and the landmark 50th release from the taste-making, scene-stealing Shanghai imprint SVBKVLT, was born out sonic experimentation. “I was trying out Maqsoum loops at high BPM blended with jungle tracks during one of my DJ sets,” explains ABADIR. “I noticed that the Maqsoum rhythm complements the Amen Break in a refreshing way. The first time I actually tried integrating both in my productions using “call and response” was when Ice_Eyes asked me to remix one of their tracks. The result was the closest to what I had always imagined to be my own club sound. I set out to make an album using the same technique with some of my favorite club genres. My aim was to mutate those genres, collecting different types of Arabic rhythms and cooking them with Jungle, Jersey Club, Reggaeton, Footwork, etc.” A highlight from the album, ‘Pyrolysis,’ is a thrilling concoction of percussive workouts, intricate sound design and visceral samples, a lethal blend of two musical tradition