Bes

"The Dwarfs of East Agouza channel Egyptian vibes into pulsing psych-folk jams ... The album has an endearingly hybrid quality, grabbing stuff from all sorts of folk traditions as well as the kosmische throb of underground rock. You'd expect this, I guess - all three of the Dwarfs (Dwarves?) have spent their careers mixing and merging traditional sounds with western sonic tropes ... And of course, Bishop co-curates the Sublime Frequencies label, among his other activities, an outfit that's been one of the prime movers in reimagining the previously maligned world music genre, opening western audiences to an atlas full of brain-flaying musical traditions ... The mighty, 35-minute Museum of Stranglers in particular has enough going on to constitute a release in its own right, its hazy opening section of buzzing horns and circling guitar motifs kicking off into a looping polyrhythmic rush, before breaking down in a squall of hooting drones. But that's only the first half ofthetrack - in the remaining quarter of an hour, the trio gradually bring the individual sonic shards back together, the pieces coalescing slowly into a deep, jazzy workout that push out from Egypt into deep space, bringing to mind the sci-fi clarion calls of Heliocentric Worlds-era Sun Ra ... It's tripped out, for sure, but Bes is also taut, hip-shakingly brilliant stuff".

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