Oum Shatt

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    After much anticipation, 2016’s eponymous debut cemented Oum Shatt’s distinctive sound: distilled rock’n’roll, discreetly interwoven Arabic harmonies, hypnotic rhythms from various, partially self-crafted, percussive elements and a foggy and lush baritone on top. An analog, geometric dance-construct; modern and transparent in arrangement, but evocative of a past that never existed. Besides Phrygian scales and references to 70s Turkish psych and surf, the processed choirs and odd samples add an electronic element to counterpoint the lyrical themes: sex, politics, crisis, or their intersections. A series of tours and international festival appearances (SXSW, Transmusicales, Electric Picnic, Fusion) have further secured their place as Berlin’s go-to purveyors of laconic shamanism.

The band consists of founder and songwriter Jonas Poppe, Chris Imler, Rémi Letournelle and Richie Murphy. Undeterred by ever-closer bankruptcy after a series of questionable investments (obscure Rembetika singles, impenetrable analogue synthesizers, miniature humans), they are currently completing their sophomore album, to be released in early 2023.