{"id":20654,"date":"2023-09-02T14:35:54","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T13:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=20654"},"modified":"2023-09-02T14:35:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T13:35:54","slug":"azmari-tease-new-album-maelstrom-with-first-single-sheep-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=20654","title":{"rendered":"Azmari tease new album, <em>Maelstr\u00f6m<\/em>,  with first single &#8216;Sheep Party&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_20663\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20663\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20663\" src=\"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/AZMARI_\u00a9Monday-Jr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/AZMARI_\u00a9Monday-Jr.jpg 700w, https:\/\/castthedice.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/AZMARI_\u00a9Monday-Jr-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-20663\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photot: Monday Jr<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Belgian outfit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.azmari.be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azmari<\/a> conquered our ears with their mesmerising blend of ethiogroove, dub, psychfunk and eastern sounds. Following their outstanding debut album, <em>Sam\u0101\u2019\u012b<\/em>, they are gearing up to release a new record. Entitled <em>Maelstr\u00f6m<\/em>, it arrives on October 20th through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdbanrecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sdban Ultra<\/a> and saw the band enlist the help of sound engineer and producer Frederik Segers. As the press release describes,\u00a0 <em>Maelstr\u00f6m<\/em> is &#8220;an elevated soundscape that seamlessly integrates traditional instruments with a symphony of balanced pedal effects and enchanting amplification.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Azmari have let loose the first single from the record, the effervescent and exuberant &#8216;Sheep Party&#8217;, a track loaded with groove. &#8216;Sheep Party&#8217; will set us off with intoxicating headiness. Take a listen below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2052024450\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=de270f\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=3889966669\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/azmari.bandcamp.com\/album\/maelstr-m\">Maelstr\u00f6m de azmari<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belgian outfit Azmari conquered our ears with their mesmerising blend of ethiogroove, dub, psychfunk and eastern sounds. Following their outstanding debut album, Sam\u0101\u2019\u012b, they are gearing up to release a new record. Entitled Maelstr\u00f6m, it arrives on October 20th through Sdban Ultra and saw the band enlist the help of sound engineer and producer Frederik [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2451],"class_list":["post-20654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-azmari"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20654"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20666,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20654\/revisions\/20666"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}