Do We Try Beyond The Edge?

by Youniss

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The sleeves are the leftover textiles that were used to create the artwork for "White Space".
Silk screened by Malik Carael, made into sleeves by Rosie Broadhead.

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Do We Try Beyond The Edge? follows his 2023 album White Space, and for Youniss, serves as its “direct sequel.”

“Where White Space was the movement against the views of white society on a person of color,” Youniss explains, “Do We Try is the forever existential question of if existing in a capitalist hellscape is better than to go to non-western spaces that get exploited in the most horrific forms of aggression.”

In other words, where White Space is a reaction to the world at large and being misperceived as a Black man with an Arabic name living in Belgium, Do We Try Beyond The Edge? is a self-examination of Youniss’ capacity to continue to exist as he does, where he does. It’s about wondering how true to oneself an artist can be while living in the footprint of a colonial boot. Living in Belgium where the spoils of its robbery and murder of the Congolese provide for the wealth and relative peace of the country, it’s difficult not to see every facet of life as resultant of it, down to social interactions.

Do We Try Beyond The Edge? is a markedly more confrontational record with a visible hip-hop influence, Youniss’ vocal cadences are more specifically syncopated, the drum grooves are a little more straight-foward, and the vocals are shouted where they were once belted and crooned. While his lo-fi hip-hop influences have shone through from his first release, they come through on Do We Try Beyond The Edge? with a previously unexplored attitude. Given the previous post-punk styles of the songs on White Spaces and the increasing popularity of hip-hop and post-punk combining in the sounds of new artists, one could say Youniss is ahead of most with this approach.

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released April 19, 2024

Everything played, composed & produced by Youniss Ahamad
Mixed by Aram Santy
Mastered by Ryan Schwabe

Photos by Adel Setta
Artwork by Youniss Ahamad

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Youniss Antwerp, Belgium

As an exploration of identity and self expression, Youniss moves his way through the awkward, intrusive feelings that accompany performing as a black man with an Arabic name through the gaze of the western world.

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May 4

Le Botanique

Brussels, Belgium

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