Making of Shafiq Husayn’s “The Loop” LP

January 17, 2012 at 8:00 am

Shafiq En’ A-Free-Ka was my favorite record of 2009, hands down. I still play tracks from this record as if it were brand new, and can’t wait to hear this new project, called “The Loop.” Shafiq taps into the cosmos with this stuff, man. Lots of live instruments and great vocalists, but still what seems to be a very simple approach to beat making. I think that’s the beauty of the whole Sa-Ra movement, though. It sounds very stripped down, but, in my opinion, it could be an extremely complex production process.