Rainbow Arabia
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Rainbow Arabia marry electro-acoustic dance sounds and world music with the youthful energy of punk using an array of Lebanese synthesizers and drum machines, serpentine guitar lines, live percussion, and Siouxsie-esque vocals that are at times war calls while beautifully spectral at others.
UK label Merok (Crystal Castles, The Teenagers, and Klaxons) released their EP “the Basta” in fall 2008, while Manimal Vinyl (Bat For Lashes, Hecuba) released it in the US. In their brief existence, the two have toured the US with Gang Gang Dance and Gangi mesmerizing crowds with their psychedelic, tribal live show.
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Rainbow Arabia is a mix of influences derived from modern underground sound to past influences like Tuxedo Moon, Talking Heads, Kraftwerk combined with different styles derived from Middle Eastern Music. Instrumentation consists of keyboards, percussion, Guitar and vocals. The beats are generated from arabic style keyboards which also consist a variety of eastern instruments sounds that can be adjusted to 1/4 note tuning. Other keyboards sounds come from a 70s synth and a casio-like mini keyboard. The mixture of the electronic, yet ethnic sound, along with edgy guitar and vocals, give Rainbow Arabia a sound of it's own.
