Tag: Big Cairo

The sense of space and rich tonality of the beat on Big Cairo’s track “Mesh Rage3” is what impresses immediately. That and how expertly the Auto-Tune is employed in processing the vocals like a tightly controlled pitch shifting that augments rather than really transforms the quality of the vocals. It lends it a more hypnotic quality even if, like this reviewer, you don’t know much if any Arabic. The rhythms and sound palette are largely Middle Eastern in flavor but the production methods feel more in line with a trap beat. But with the instrumentation and percussion choices it just hits as more interesting and robust. With production by George Masri the phrasings take on a dramatic dimension that meshes hip-hop and the aesthetics of Arabic dance music. Listen to “Mesh Rage3” on Spotify and follow Big Cairo there and on Soundcloud.