The Afropop Electro Chaabi Mix Competition

Contests June 19, 2013

In an exciting move, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/cairoliberationfront" target="_blank">Cairo Liberation Front</a>, the Dutch Electro Chaabi DJ group have just uploaded four gigs (yes, you read that right, 4 GIGS) of the Chaabi madness that they collected from Egypt.Which is obviously fantastic, because unless you've recently traveled to Egypt (or spend some serious time in the Arabic language sections of Youtube), a lot of this music has been pretty much inaccessible. As we've noted before, we're pretty big fans of Electro Chaabi, the post-revolutionary electronic music that's been tearing up Cairo for the past couple of years. Both a compelling expression of the political frustrations of Egyptian youth and a fun, brain-tickling recreation of traditional wedding music, we've featured it extensively on our <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/wp/1641/1641/">programs </a>and <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/wp/5908/electric-egypt-shabi-on-the-rise/">blog</a> ever since it's distressed square-waves first floated into our aural zone. In an attempt to infect everyone with the same enthusiasm that we have for Chaabi, we’re announcing The Afropop Electro Chaabi Mix Competition. <a href="https://www.copy.com/s/dVNJrcHJ2esf/Cairo%20Liberation%20Front%20uploaded%20lots%20of%20Electro%20Chaabi" target="_blank">Download</a>, <a href="https://www.copy.com/s/6Yhb7je4DaH2/Cairo%20Liberation%20Front%20Uploaded%20lots%20of%20Electro%20Chaabi%20tracks" target="_blank">explore</a>, and <a href="https://www.copy.com/s/CNuucRpxTW1R/All%20The%20Electro%20Chaabi%20ever" target="_blank">select</a> the best tunes from CLF’s mega-upload and assemble them into a top-flight mix, and we’ll post your mix on our site, mail you an AWPP shirt, and send a telepathic high-five your way. Do it for the glory. Do it for the t-shirt. But as always (and forever), do it for Georges Collinet.