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Dar Disku’s funky nostalgic journey with Middle East remixes David Light © Provided by Khaleej Times Dar Diskus funky nostalgic journey with Middle East remixes Growing up less than a mile apart in Bahrain with a shared fascination for discovering new music, the Dar Disku duo, a name which literally translates to the House of Disco, look to provide familiar sounds of the Middle East paired with a dichotomous retro yet modern feel. The pair, Mazen Almaskati and Vish Mhatre, ...

Last modified on Wed 20 Jan 2021 09.46 EST These weeks of locked-down working and living at home mean, for many, immersion in our housemates’ Zoom meetings through the walls, neighbours’ workouts shaking our ceilings, children’s cries for homework help, or – if you are lucky – the eerie silence of living alone. Whatever the scenario, our lives demand a soundtrack: something to drown out the surrounding noise or to fill the gaps usually punctuated by office murmurations and casual conv...

MANAMA: In these days of house, trip-hop, trance, and more house, you might not expect two young Gulf-based DJ-producers to be embracing Arabic disco from the 1970s. But the aptly named duo Dar Disku (which translates as ‘home of the disco’) — Bahraini Maz Almaskati and long-time Bahrain expat Vish Mhatre — are doing just that, with great aplomb. The two men, who are now in their late 20s, were school friends in Bahrain and shared a passion for music of many different genres. Mhatre rec...