Fresh beats: DJs bring past into present
China Daily | Updated: 2019-02-28 07:16
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories - A mixing desk at her fingertips, the artist known as Sarouna coaxed a haunting refrain from the bass track - music both about the past and the present.
Like other popular names on the Palestinian electro scene, the 23-year-old, wearing a hoodie emblazoned with "Made in Palestine" in Arabic, creates songs by drawing on local folk music.
"Why would I go for European styles, which I don't really feel attached to?" she said, in her bedroom studio overlooking the hills around Ramallah.
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