Friday, 6 April

AMMAR 808 is Sofyann Ben Youssef, a Tunisian producer and self-proclaimed ‘North-African futurist’ who reworks traditional raï and chaabi arrangements using his Roland TR-808. Brimming with dense beats, twangy keys and compressed darbukas, his latest project sees him joined by Tunisian vocalist Cheb Hassen Tej, Gnawa musician Mehdi Nassouli and celebrated Algerian singer Sofian Saidi on an invigorating journey through the freshly united and proud Maghreb.