"The newest installment in Unrock’s ongoing Saraswati Series is the most rebellious and wildest to date. Again an intercontinental output. A dangerous, electric brew filled with exotic aroma from Cairo’s sound guerilla, Alan Bishop (Sun City Girls), Maurice Louca (Karkhana) and Sam Shalabi (Land of Kush, Karkhana). The always changing face of Dwarfs of East Agouza, shows them in a feverish mode and adrenalin rush. Massive eruptions fight genuine flow. Sultans of Unrock. Chris Corsano and Bill Orcutt manage to sound like a tonal cyclone consisting of 156 musicians, blowing heads and minds away. Out of the blue they suddenly manage to change mode and develop mild, calm and elegant, fragile melodies. Interplay between early Baker and Clapton in Cream’s looser frequencies seems sometimes just a stone’s throw away. 'Electric Smog' is meant to be a twin release to Sir Richard Bishop & David Oliphant / Karkhana with Nadah El Shazly 'Carte Blanche' LP. 140g black vinyl, one time pressing"
The Dwarfs of East Agouza – Abu Nour 23:36
Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt – Cyclone 1 7:18
Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt – Cyclone 2 4:34
Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt – Cyclone 3 7:29
Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt – Cyclone 4 4:38
The Dwarfs of East Agouza – Camel Toe
Side A: Recorded live at ZigZag Cairo, December 27th, 2017
Side B: Recorded January 31 & February 1, 2018 at Cyclone
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