Azu Tiwaline – Queen City Sounds and Art

Azu Tiwaline employs interlocking polyrhythms on her single “Omok.” The sound palate is that of Berberian and Saharan trance music with the use of traditional percussion texture and tonality but processed in a manner reminiscent of dub and IDM. Like Muslimgauze given a more modern treatment through the lens of techno. The song puts you in an alternative headspace as it is very grounding and hypnotic at once. It sounds both intimate and familiar yet exotic as your brain’s sense of time shifts across the duration of the song and nuances of feeling and consciousness reveal themselves to you. The music video for the song, too, is a journey from the personal to the more transcendent from everyday experiences to a journey on the path of dream fulfillment. Watch the video for “Omok” on YouTube and connect with Tunisian electronic music artist Azu Tiwaline at the links below.