Mystery Tiime

Mystery Tiime is the new musical project from Ayman Rostom aka The Maghreban. For the first time in his diverse musical career, we hear him sing. The song writing came first, he had initially intended for other people to sing his songs about death & love, but perhaps they were too personal. He had put down guide vocals for the demos and it soon became apparent that his raw and reflective voice was the only one that could tell these tales. “Some people said it sounded like Robert Wyatt. I had never really listened to his stuff before I started singing. It's a compliment. I mean he can’t sing either”. Musically he explores his post punk side, a musical thread in his life that started at 10 as he found the melancholy of The Cure speak to him. Bahaus, Tones On Tail dub mixes, Spk, The Creatures, Connie Plank Ultravox, Swamp Children and Au Pairs followed later on. The album is forthcoming on Vicious Charm Recordings. It's called "Maudlin Tales of Grief and Love". "The title speaks for itself. Maudlin means emotionally simplistic. Tales, these songs are stories to me, about different times. Grief - there is much sadness and darkness in it, and Love - there is some light there too, a bit of joy, to frame the shadow. Maudlin Tales of Grief and Love."