Omar Souleyman joins forces with Four Tet for first-ever studio album, much like the unicorn and otter join forces to bring magic to the world

Some stories are just so magical that you expect unicorns holding hooves/fins with dolphins to come sliding down a rainbow made of candy canes and dreams when you read about them. The partnership between Syrian dabke legend Omar Souleyman and Four Tet is one of those stories. After meeting at a festival in Australia, Four Tet’s Kieran Hebden and Mr. Souleyman agreed to work together on what would become Souleyman’s first (!) studio album. That’s right; his previous releases have all been live recordings!

And so it was that Lucky Charms rained down from above as giant otters strolled hand-in-hand through the streets of New New York, leaving a trail of daisies and licorice sticks and single malt scotch behind them. And lo! Omar Souleyman and Four Tet laid down the tracks for the new album in like, four hours, according to Hebden. You can peep a preview of the track at the end of the below stream from a recent DJ set by Hebden and BBC Radio 6 DJ Gilles Peterson via Dazed. Ribbon Music will be releasing the album at an as-yet-unspecified date.

• Omar Souleyman: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Omar-Souleyman/116551741600
• Four Tet: http://www.fourtet.net
• Ribbon Music: http://www.ribbonmusic.com

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