Ahead of the September 21, 2023 release of her new EP Electro Hafla (Hafla being the Arabic word for party), SHIRAN released a single from her 2022 record Fadaytak in “La La – لا لا.” It’s an especially representative example of the artist’s facility with bringing together traditional Arabic musical styles, tonalities and rhythms with modern electronic pop and dance music production in collaboration with her producer husband Ron Bakal. The song begins with the sound of a wind flute that expands into one more electronic before SHIRAN’s commanding vocals take center stage and then in a perfect interplay with the lively melodies. In the last third of the song the mood shifts to one more introspective and ethereal for lingering moments before we’re engaged again with the song’s strong rhythms and vibrant, percussive tones with elegantly placed string arrangements floating around SHIRAN’s voice and sitting a distance back in the mix like a memory haunting the present. It’s a futuristic sound that unites a classic sound palette with modern sensibilities and methods of composition with an emotional resonance and musical appeal that transcends any language or cultural barrier. Listen to “La La – لا لا” on Spotify where you can also find strikingly evocative dance pop of Electro Hafla. Connect with SHIRAN on Instagram.
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