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CMU Approved
Approved: Omaar – Heartbreak
By Andy Malt | Published on Monday 7 March 2016
Producer Omaar has been putting out tracks, mainly via SoundCloud, with a couple of releases on NAAFI, for the last few years. Not bound by genre, his sound shifts according to wherever his ideas take him and whatever sample – from car sounds to scavenged vocal clips – happens to take his fancy.
Recent track ‘Heartbreak’ is a standout among his collection. Helpfully flagged up by Jon Hillcock’s All Back No Front podcast last week, the track closes a compilation from new label Brace.
On it, Omaar takes a clip from an interview with Selena Gomez on Ryan Seacrest’s radio show. It’s a heartfelt, tender summary of where she sees her relationship with Justin Bieber today and, through the track he places underneath it, Omaar makes it sound terrifying.
Listen to ‘Heartbreak’ here:
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