Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Nes - Ahlam (by ziruh)

In Valencia on the Mediterranean, they met - Nesrine Belmokh, a French-Algerian singer and cellist, Matthieu Saglio, a French cellist, and David Gadea, a Spanish percussionist. Quickly they made music together and founded the band NES. Their first album, "Ahlam", shows the different experiences of the individual musicians. The album contains soulful as well as graceful songs in English, Arabic and French and mixes pop with jazz, soul and chanson with Arabic music.

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Gaye Su Akyol - İstikrarlı Hayal Hakikattir (Official Video)

Gaye Su Akyol is considered one of the most exciting young voices from Turkey. Her music includes psychedelic surf guitars as well as Middle Eastern string sounds. The new album "Istikrarlı Hayal Hakikattir" means translated: Constant fantasy is reality.

Monday, April 15, 2019

Adir Jan - Janakî Mou

Queer Kurdish psychedelic rock from Berlin-Kreuzberg: The music of Adir
Jan, who has now released his debut album "Leyla", is certainly not
commonplace. From a "melting pot of sounds and rhythms from the Middle
East and the Mediterranean, progressive rock, pop, psychedelic and a
Kurdish soul", he speaks of a "cosmopolitan, Kurdish touched music".
Which in turn should be understood as a "statement for a universal love."