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TARP

by Makam

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    a1. La Tuna
    a2. Static Shade
    a3. Clear Skies
    b1. Flying Birds
    b2. Looking Back
    b3. Lummel Spirit
    c1. Jackie B
    c2. Diagonal Rain
    c3. Dub In Loen
    d1. Madam Whoo Hoo
    d2. Good Bye Mai

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1.
Clear Skies 03:36
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2.
Static Shade 06:42
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3.
La Tuna 04:37
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4.
Forgive 03:09
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Looking Back 03:37
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Flying Birds 05:19
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Dub In Loen 06:06
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Lummel Spirit 03:02
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Madam Whoo Hoo 05:10
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Diagonal Rain 03:39
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Jackie B 05:10
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12.
Change Of Wind 02:32
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13.
Good Bye Mai 09:08
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about

Making a welcome return nine years on from his last outing on Dekmantel, Makam offers up a generous helping of wayward grooves that take his curious spirit even further into unmarked territory. With a strong dub sensibility grounding his rich tapestry of percussion and instrumentation, Guy Blanken follows his own path to arrive at an album that embodies house music as a launchpad for experimentation.

Blanken says himself he was determined to approach his first Makam productions in years from a place of total freedom — "It's not a single direction, but rather a landscape of sounds, moments, and textures. TARP feels like a new beginning, a free project that just had to happen naturally." The steady pulse of the club remains a guiding principle boldly manifested on heads down roller 'Static Shade', but even in the lilting organic loops and tumbling percussion of 'Forgive' there is a funkiness that's beholden to continuous movement.

At times the direct thump of 4/4 disco juts out as a call to dance, not least on 'Flying Birds' and 'La Tuna', but elsewhere the rhythms are more slippery. 'Dub In Loen' plots a delicate path through dub techno and 'Lummel Spirit' casts off into pattering Balearic bliss. The pervasive dub mood of the record comes to the fore on expertly crafted stepper 'Diagonal Rain' and crooked album opener 'Clear Skies'. 'Jackie B' lands as a love letter to quintessential deep house, and yet still there's a left-of-centre charm that gives the track a personality that is pure Makam.

Exuding warmth and imagination at every turn, TARP is the perfect example of how to make a groove-oriented album a rich home listening experience. There are ample moments primed for the spectacle of the dancefloor, but the mellow hue and broad sweep of approaches make Makam's welcome return utterly compelling from end to end.

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released February 20, 2026

Produced and mixed by Guy Blanken
Lummel Spirit co-produced by Steven Van Lummel & Wieger Hoogendorp
Mastering by Andreas Kauffelt @ Schnittstelle
Artwork by Jan Tomson
Words by Oli Warwick
Distribution by Rush Hour Amsterdam

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