[EN] BLAST is a form, a language, a radical exhibition that exploits the conventions and schemes inherited from the imposed 'normality', developing a discourse that deconstructs the patriarchal binary myths of the “West”, the codes that format social and artistic genres.
BLAST’s approach attempts to transform war and displacement PTSD into dance, turning the sounds of combat into frenetic rhythms, converting the corporal and sound memory of conflict into a dance, transforming victimisation into a space of empowerment and vindication.
The electronics of Mad Monkey and the voice / performance of Queer Falafel merge in their own style, armed with industrial, dark, violent and danceable, sensual, and poetic sounds.
Textures and polyrhythms play a main role in their compositions, the broken cadences, the superposition of measures.
BLAST's sound defies genres, it is free, daring, without complexes.
[FR] BLAST est une forme, un langage, une exposition radicale qui exploite les conventions et schémas hérités de la 'normalité' imposée, développant un discours qui déconstruit les mythes binaires patriarcaux de l'Occident, les codes qui formatent les genres sociaux et artistiques.
L'approche de BLAST tente de transformer le trouble de stress post-traumatique lié à la guerre et à l'exode, en danse, transformant les bruits du combat en rythmes frénétiques, convertissant la mémoire corporelle et sonore du conflit en une danse, transformant la victimisation en un espace d'autonomisation et de revendication.
Les électroniques de Mad Monkey et la voix / performance de Queer Falafel fusionnent dans leur propre style, armés de sons industriels, sombres, violents et dansants, sensuels et poétiques.
Les textures et les polyrythmies jouent un rôle principal dans leurs compositions, les cadences brisées, la superposition des mesures.
Le son de BLAST défie les genres, il est libre, audacieux, sans complexes.
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BLAST/ بلاست is an electro-Arab music duo formed by Queer Falafel/Anthony Kmeid and Mad Monkey/Pako Serrano.
Industrial, harsh, dancy sounds / Anticolonial, queer, Arab performance.
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IMPERIÁLIKA إمبرياليكا is the first single of the album. It is loosely inspired by EBM and it is the only track in this work that is in the imperial English language.
This track talks about how colonizers romanticize the idea of the SWANA (South-West Asia North-Africa) region, by exoticing and fetishizing hairy bodies. The song confronts the hairless white man who perceives hairy, darker bodies as barbaric and inferior while at the same time desiring them.
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