Review Summary: Tunisia is a small touristic country also recently known for being the birthplace of the Arab Spring. But it’s also the birthplace of a buzzing young musical scene, which intends to take distance from the arid conventions and artistic censorship.
Today I want to share with you a crush I had on behalf of various Facebook posts. I want you to discover this musical project, adroitly led by one person. And that you understand that rock music exist in Arabic nations.
Lucas Tools is a project consisting of Yasser Mahammedi Bouzina who held the double duties of front man and chief sound architect.
Lucas Tools music range from artists such as Cocteau Twins and Death In Vegas to genres such as ambient, Prog Rock, and electronic. Their first effort to date is called Ketsuban (a Japanese term formed of two "kanji" Ketsu (empty) and ban (number)), a self-produced 6 tracks EP, available on download free of charges on BANDCAMP.
Though predominantly electronically influenced and sounding, Lucas Tools still let his rockier leanings fuse into his sound with the occasional driven riff, giving an almost industrial stomp and some sparse and melodic guitar lines, helping add to the ambience and atmosphere laid down by the synths, & an tantric beats production.
I invite you to download this EP and give support to this one man band.
Download:
lucastoolssounds.bandcamp.com/album/ketsuban-ep