Al-Qasar

Parisian psych-pop unit Al-Qasar emerged in 2018 with a dusty, multi-cultural acid rock style that they dubbed "Arabian Fuzz." Combining elements of punk, post-rock, Middle Eastern folk, garage rock, and desert blues with lyrics in classical Arabic, the band issued their wide-ranging debut long-player Who Are We? in 2022. Al-Qasar was founded by Paris-born, Los Angeles-based guitarist and oud player Thomas Attar Bellier as a love letter to '60s and '70s Turkish psychedelic pop legends like Selda and Erkin Koray. The group's 2020 debut EP, Miraj, recorded in Cairo, featured B...