The Spy From Cairo aka Zeb is the kind of musician that fits perfectly in with the downtown NYC music scene – Italian by birth, Gypsy by heritage, and Brooklynite by residence, he has been closely associated with the Turntables on the Hudson scene for close to 12 years – producing dozens of albums as Zeb, the Spy From Cairo and the Organic Grooves project, as well as remixing for everyone from Baba Maal to Tosca to Billie Holliday to Novalima, steadily garnering a worldwide collective of fans and followers

The Spy’s new album, Arabadub is perhaps his most realized vision of deep Middle Eastern and Jamaican sounds coalescing into something that sounds right and natural – because it was conceived and produced in just that natural way. There are no samples used on the album, and Zeb has programmed everything, as well as playing traditional Middle Eastern stringed instruments called the Oud, Chifteli and the Saz himself.

This 12" sampler showcases the sounds and vibes of the full Arabadub album. Check the deepness that is “Taksim Square”, complete with swirling, psychedelic accordion and the hard-hitting Oud-driven "Haboob" with it's soaring female vocal chants. On the flip, "Marselles Noir" is a rolling piece of Middle Eastern one-drop dub, while "Thicker Than Hookah Smoke" pulses things out with it's chugging 4/4 kick and big strings - sounding like 3AM Kingston wrapped in a Bedouin Tent!