Guedra Guedra Releases New Single "Paradigm"

Guedra Guedra, the electronic music project of Moroccan producer Abdellah M. Hassak, will release MUTANT, his debut LP on Domino’s Smugglers Way imprint, on August 29, and today he shares his new single “Paradigm.” Inspired by the traditional chants of the Maasai tribes of Kenya and Tanzania, “Paradigm” mixes aquatic synth chords and 4/4 kicks with mesmerizing call-and-response voices. “Percussion plays a central role in Maasai music,” says Abdellah, “and in ‘Paradigm,’ it is recreated through body slaps and organic textures, evoking the communal dances and rituals of the Maasai people. This rhythmic foundation enhances the song’s nomadic and ancestral spirit while infusing it with a contemporary dynamic.” The track arrives today with a visualizer by Sophie Koko. 

“Paradigm” follows MUTANT’s previously released first single “Drift of Drummer,” hailed as “a cauldron of rhythms, humanized by snippets of speaking voices” by the New York Times and “a hard-driving blend of ecstatic percussion, bass-bound melody, and tasty samples” by KCRW. “It’s going to sound great on late summer nights when you’re trying to keep the season from slipping away,” wrote Stereogum.