With ‘2025’, Sababa 5 shares a mesmerising glimpse into Nadir, their forthcoming full-length album. The album title, referring to the lowest celestial point, mirrors the music’s sense of descent into deeper emotional and sonic terrain. The track is a retro-futuristic fever dream, cinematic, psychedelic, and richly evocative. Known for their seamless blend of Middle Eastern scales and vintage funk textures, the Tel Aviv-based group delves into deeper, darker territory here, layering tight, syncopated rhythms with analogue synth flares and reverb-soaked guitar lines.

More than a groove, ‘2025’ feels like a journey, part sci-fi soundtrack, part desert road trip. It pulses with mystery and swagger, conjuring hazy visions of mirage cities and starlit highways. The instrumental storytelling is impeccable: everything from the shimmering guitar hooks to the restrained percussion evokes a time-warped atmosphere where past and future blur.

Premiering ahead of Nadir (out on July 4), ‘2025’ is a compelling preview of the record’s moody, magnetic core. Sababa 5 are carving their own path, one cosmic groove at a time.