Picture this : a blade runner sent overseas is looking for replicants in Tunis, Tunisia. The manhunt ends in a sweltering basement club where a Roland TR-808 drum machine is pumping over gnawa trance music. The floor is packed with Pan-like creatures – part man, part goat. The target crawls through the crowd, before vanishing without a trace. Outside, street protests demanding the alien government step down are getting grim. This might be one of the scenes AMMAR 808 envisioned when producing his debut album, Maghreb United. Who knows? ” SUBBACULTCHA (Hannes Rooms)