Omar Souleyman Teams With Four Tet, Modeselektor, Black Lips for New Album Bahdeni Nami

Following 2013′s Wenu Wenu, Syrian singer Omar Souleyman has announced his latest album. Bahdeni Nami is out July 28 via Modeselektor‘s label Monkeytown. It features production from Four Tet (who produced Wenu Wenu), Gilles Peterson, and Modeselektor, plus a remix from Legowelt. (Another remix, by Black Lips’ Cole Alexander, will be released on a 7″ in August). Check out the Modeselektor-produced track “Enssa El Aatab” above.

Souleyman has also announced a world tour—find those dates below.

Modeselektor offered this statement on signing Souleyman to their label: “They say that we, Modeselektor, play at an awful lot of parties. Omar Souleyman has sung at a very, very large number of parties – wedding parties. We reckon that fits! The coolest man on the planet threw the wedding bouquet our way and we had no choice but to catch it. Welcome to the Monkeytown family!”

Omar Souleyman: 

03-26 Boise, ID – Treefort Music Festival
03-27 Athens, GA – Slingshot Festival
03-28 Knoxville, TN – Big Ears Festival
05-21 Halifax, Nova Scotia – Obey Convention 8
05-22 New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge
05-23 Los Angeles, CA – Jewels Catch One
05-30 Bristol, England – Colston Hall
06-06 Copenhagen, Denmark – Distortion Festival
06-12 Toronto, Ontario – Bestival Toronto
06-26 Beuningen, Netherlands – Down The Rabbit Hole
07-11 Trencin, Slovakia – Pohoda Festival
07-16 Dour, Belgium – Dour Festival 

Watch Souleyman perform “Mijwiz” at Pitchfork Music Festival Paris:

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