This merges into the laidback and shuffling groove of “Domyat 1331”, which is dominated by Adam Kinner’s sax, before again transforming into a chaotic caldron of sound. Sand Enigma opens with the giddy and disorientating “Aha”, which fuses avant-garde jazz sounds and tempos with El Shazly’s distinctive singing. Sand Enigma, however, is the band’s first album since 2013’s hymn to Cairo, The Big Mango, and again has an experimental yet distinctly Egyptian focus, with added guest vocals from the mesmerising Nadah El Shazly and electronic strangeness from Maurice Louca.
Led by Sam Shalabi of the trippy Dwarfs of East Agouza, as well as numerous other Arabic-leaning Montreal ensembles, they have been fusing jazzy sounds with modern classical music, Arabic Café and distinctly experimental grooves for over a decade.
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