LennyTunes – Fata Organa
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LennyTunes Returns With Live-Recorded Organic House EP ‘Jaffa Cakes’, Out May 15th
Recorded in Jaffa, the ancient Mediterranean port city, Jaffa Cakes sees LennyTunes playfully nod to the iconic British biscuit while delivering six tracks of live-driven organic house.
Set for release on May 15th, the EP was recorded almost entirely live, drawing from a rich palette of acoustic instrumentation and analog synthesis. Bansuri and Bedouin ney flutes, Turkish and Arabic qanun, North African percussion, kalimba, balafon, Osmose, Prophet, and Minimoog synths, alongside a 1960 Fender guitar processed through vintage phasers and delays, all contribute to the record’s warm and physical sound. The project also features two violin taqsim (improvisations) by Bashir al Asadi.
Jaffa Cakes follows Fine Sands, the 1.4 million-stream release that established LennyTunes’ signature organic house language: warm, instrument-led, and rooted in live performance. While maintaining that identity, the new EP pushes further into club territory with deeper grooves, heavier percussion, and greater rhythmic weight.
Behind the LennyTunes project is more than two decades of cross-border studio work. Lenny Ben Basat previously scored Le Sens de la fête by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano, the filmmaking duo behind The Intouchables. He has also produced for Mediterranean jazz bassist Avishai Cohen, arranged music for French-Tunisian artist Riff Cohen on her acclaimed À Paris album, and co-wrote Miş Miş, a chart hit for Turkish pop artist Simge. His work has appeared through labels and studios including Sony, Universal, Gaumont, Kitty-Yo Berlin, and netd müzik.
His personal catalogue has remained closely tied to the dancefloor since 2019’s The Bellydance Superstars on Camel Rider, a lo-fi tribute to the Jaffa nightclubs of the 60s and 70s recorded entirely on vintage instruments. That journey continued through releases such as Nueva Beach, The Malfoof Collective, Fine Sands, and Jericho, with Jaffa Cakes representing the next chapter.
The EP opens with the title track ‘Jaffa Cakes’, built around bansuri, qanun, vintage Prophet synths, and African percussion. ‘Spring Tank’ brings the Minimoog forward alongside kalimba and a live violin taqsim from Bashir al Asadi, while ‘Fata Organa’ leans into hypnotic territory through Turkish qanun, guitars, and a vintage Roland SH1000.
At the center of the record sits ‘Tamtam’, its percussive peak: Moroccan and West African drums layered with kalimba, balafon, bansuri flute, and Osmose-Haken physical modeling synths. ‘Naima’ delivers the EP’s cinematic moment, pairing Bedouin ney flute and analog arpeggios with strings and another taqsim from al Asadi. Closing track ‘Desert Dweller’ drifts into dustier, psychedelic terrain, driven by a 1960 Fender Jazzmaster routed through vintage modulation effects and delays.
Rooted in Middle Eastern maqam scales, North African rhythms, live musicianship, and analog studio craftsmanship, Jaffa Cakes brings a distinctly human pulse to contemporary organic house — warm, percussive, and deeply musical.
LennyTunes – ‘Jaffa Cakes’ is out on May 15th.
Release date: May 15th, 2026.