About us

Founded in late 2016, Alt Orient was established to create a home for West Asian & African alternative electronic music. Covering a wide range of electronic sub-genres such as (Indie Electronica, House, Organic House, Downtempo, Techno, Avant Garde, Experimental & everything in between).

Over the years the imprint has released electronic music from artists stemming from Egypt, Tunis, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Palestine, Iran, Georgia, Morocco, Greece,& Albania.

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The imprint has since switched its focus to releasing music with artists who perform live electronic music, such as the pioneer Arab indie El Morabba3, breakthrough Georgian artist, singer-songwriter and producer; Tamada, sensational duo Santi & Tugce and Live Psy-Funk band Yalnayak & rising Turkish Producers Wapi & Netam.

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Notable Releases/remixes from Oceanvs Orientalis, Acid Pauli, El Buho, Adnan Joubran (Le Trio Joubran), Mercan Dede, Martin Roth, Trikk, Niklas Paschburg, Hello Psychallepo & Namito.

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Previously operating as Souq Records [2016-2021]