Review: Rami Imam - Safara EP (Ponda Records)

If you've not heard the term, 'plunderphonics' yet or are after a definition, Rami Imam's 'Safara' is it!  Why should you care? Well... let me tell you.We've been more than impressed with the musical energy pouring out of Melbourne recently, whether it's The Pro-Teens 'tribute' to MF DOOM (see review HERE), La Sapes enmergent jazz (see HERE), Ella Thompson's take on R&B (see review HERE) and more but if you pick all this up, add big slabs...

Interview: Rami Imam - Safara EP (Part 1 of 2 - Side A) (Ponda Records)

Rami Imam's 'Safara EP' is due out in early February on Ponda Records, one of what seems to be endless supply of labels supporting musicians from the Melbourne conurbation.  YATM is rather excited by all this so we jumped at the chance to find out more about Rami and the tracks.   YATM: When you started Ponda Records back in 2020, "to develop cross-cultural sound explorations" your single on Street Tracks sounded miles away...