As soon as those first bass notes bounce off the opening track, you know you’re in for a special, immersive experience. On their debut album, Bes, Cairo’s The Dwarfs of East Agouza journey across the cycling chord bends of “Baka of the Future”, the spellbinding percussion at the heart of “Clean Shahin” and the tribal beats and chorus-drenched guitar on the three-part opus, “Museum of Stranglers”. Their bold venture into North African percussive psychedelia turns out to be both enlightening and rewarding.