Projects that fuse electronic and traditional music risk doing neither genre justice if they don’t get the basics – songwriting and production – correct. Electro Baghdad reaps the rewards of its two creators’ sustained, patient collaboration and attention to detail.
Shiran and Bakal self-released the joint EP Electro Hafla in 2023, in tribute to the Yemeni component of their respective heritages; on this full-length follow-up they do the same for their shared Iraqi ancestry, painting a triumphant tapestry of multiple identity and depth at the level both of text and sound. Bakal’s restrained and elegant use of a range of dance music styles (techno, reggaeton, breakbeats) lays the foundation for moments of real catharsis when Shiran’s Iraqi…

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