Omar Souleyman returns with fourth LP, Shlon

  • Published
    Tue, Oct 15, 2019, 11:45
  • Share
  • The album arrives through Mad Decent on November 22nd.
  • Omar Souleyman returns with fourth LP, Shlon image
  • Omar Souleyman has announced a new album for Mad Decent. Out November 22nd, Shlon, meaning "how" or "which color" in Arabic, will feature six "techno-meets-dabke" tracks, with contributions from Syrian keyboardist Hasan Alo, saz player Azad Salih and lyricist Moussa Al Mardood. This is the wedding singer's second album for Diplo's label, following 2017's To Syria, With Love. Previously, Souleyman also released LPs through Monkeytown (2015's Bahdeni Nami) and Domino (2013's Wenu Wenu, produced by Four Tet). Listen to "Layle."
    Watch our 2015 RA Session with Omar Souleyman.
    Tracklist 01. Shlon 02. Shi Tridin 03. Mawwal 04. Abou Zilif 05. 3tini 7obba 06. Layle Mad Decent will release Shlon on November 22nd, 2019.
RA