Rainbow Arabia has trouble juggling influences on Boys and Diamonds

On paper Rainbow Arabia sounds just fascinating. They’re a U.S. art/electronica/dance group with heavy Arabic and African music influences (apparently Syrian singer Omar Souleyman in particular). But in practice, the band is maybe a little less than fascinating.

Rainbow Arabia has churned out a few decent singles across their two recordings so far, […]

March 2nd, 2011 | Tags: , , | Category: Album Reviews, New Albums | Comments are closed |

Rainbow Arabia video: “Omar K”

Remember when I said that music videos in 2009 are so good because maybe art does better in a recession blah blah? Well this new Rainbow Arabia video isn’t exactly what I meant, but it’s still really cool. Oh, also a little disturbing. But only a little. Join the party or die.

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April 3rd, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: MP3, Music Videos | Comments are closed |