Ali Omar - Hashish Hits (LP)Format : LP Label : Efficient Space Catalog # : ES041 Genre : Electronic Dub Efficient Space honours the memory of producer and MC Ali Omar with Hashish Hits, a posthumous selection from the dub rebels self released discography. One of ten children in working class Liverpool, Omar drew deep influence from his father's Arabic heritagea thread central to his identity and sample origins. After art school and a spell clubbing during Manchester's halcyon

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the original composers and lyricists of which are often unknown or forgotten

layered synths

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electric bass and drums

I would pick up an instrument

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