Mitch DodgeFrench-born Amsterdam-based electronic duo Parallelle recently announced a ground-breaking project titled ‘A Day In’. The project will feature electronic music infused with cultural sounds from different countries and aims to preserve ancient learnings and cultural heritage for the future while shedding light on foreign cultures, communities, ethnicities, instruments, and rhythms.
The first EP ‘Essaouira’ is to be released on May 5th via their Klassified label, featuring the sounds of Essaouira, an 18th-century port city on Morocco’s Atlantic coast lined with stunning ramparts and historic brass cannons. During Moga Festivals edition of 2019, Parallelle, Maalem Omar Hayat and his crotales players performed a unique show combining Gnawa music infused with electronic music. It came about as an initiative from Moga Festival called Moga Creation. Parallelle took this chance to create a video ‘A Day in’ translating Gnawa and Essaouira into electronic music.
”Essaouira” is out 5/05!