Touching on the acoustics of Folk instruments, with a unique blend of the Ethno Guitar, the band's fusion music is influenced by the magical depth of Indian Ragas and ancient Mantras. The varied cultural and geographical influences of different lands, with oriental flavor and natural elements is finely amalgamated. Their music speaks about the inner emotions, environment, eternal bonding between a mother and her child, harmony among people, lifestyle of rural dwellers connected to the river, confiding to universal cosmic energy and the celebration of life.

GHARANA's musicians are from different lands of India, belonging to different religions, cultural influences and speaking different languages. And so their researched work has a diversified taste laden with Khamak-Flute combi, Bansuri-Cajon parts, Ocarina-Dizi-Ghungroo, Bass-Tabla, multi-rhythm patterns, unique fade-ins-outs, breathtaking Sawal-Jawabs (instrumental question-answer) and Jugalbandis (unison), with expressive classic Bandanas, Alaaps (intro), Bols (rhythm notes), Sargams (song notes) and multilingual vocals. The band's stage recitals are sometimes marked with a rare performance by their percussionist, when he demonstrates some unseen acts of amazing sound-production with his body and cheek beats, combined with some rare mini-bells tied on the lower part of his dress. All these majestic elements and activities, followed by the punchy bass, arpeggios-strums and emotional flute enthralls the audience and takes them to a transcendental journey, reflecting the true meaning of 'Music'.

GHARANA has given spectacular performances in different national concerts, festivals, cultural centers, cafes, colleges, communities, house concerts, corporate events, exhibitions, fundraisers, workshops etc., in various countries. Their music has received coverages by radios, TV and magazines worldwide.

Industrial Hard Rock Act, new CD ALIVE, billboards top 100 new releases, download on itunes or amazon and receive a signed postcard when you message us your mailing address! 
We love sharing our music with you, come experience our shows, meet the band and join our world!

Café de Anatolia // Madorasindahouse // Alt Orient // Buddha Bar // Medina Records // Ostowana 

Booking // Management:
contact@soundofmintmusic.com

Promo // Remix Inquiries:
fadel@soundofmintmusic.com


Electro-Ethnic Live Performance 

Sound of Mint is an electro-ethnic live act created by FADEL LAHLOU.
This original project is a new musical concept fusing electronic music and
atypical acoustic / analogic instruments from all over the world.
Sound of Mint has collaborated with renowned World Music musicians such as Samba Diabaté, Abou Diarra, Mbemba Diabaté, Sami Chaouki and Marta Lunares to name a few releasing numerous major original tracks on
some of the most prestigious international Afro-House & Electro-Ethnic record labels such as Buddha Bar Records (Paris, France), Madorasindahouse (Greece), AltOrient (Canada), Café De Anatolia (Worldwide), Medina Records (Morocco).

His mystical, captivating, traditional, avant-garde original compositions have
received remarkable support from the biggest names in the electronic music scene such as Black Coffee, Adam Port, Blond:ish, Laurent Garnier, Acid Pauli, Nick Warren, Sabo to name a few; allowing him to tour more than 800+ shows across France, Greece, Morocco, Mexico, the USA, Canada and Angola.

This vibrant & energetic musical project can be described as a colorfully
orchestrated electro- ethnic live performance with both surprising and
enchanting improvisations inspired by the cultures of the world.

Progressive Rock/Metal band Esprit d'Escalier (France) returns with Thresholds, a captivating 25-minute prequel EP that lays the foundations for a forthcoming album due in 2025. With much more assertive and poignant vocals, but also more coherent writing and composition than on the band's previous releases, this can clearly be called an EP of maturity for the French quartet! Already well established on their local underground scene, the band is looking forward to exporting to Europe and defending this EP on stage throughout the 2024 season, thanks in particular to the Hyper Tension Prod collective recently founded with other emerging bands from the French Prog scene (Synapse, Altesia, Hemeroplan).

24 year old singer and guitarist from Paris, I'm pleased to share my covers and originals.

Enjoy the Symphony !

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ENNEADE was born in 1996 of the reunion of musicians from varied musical horizonsand has since then built up a serious reputation as a cutting edge prog'rock combo with a lingering 70's aftertaste.

ENNEADE indeed offers a very elaborate music with alternating moments of peaceful bliss or sheer madness, where ever-changing syncopated rhythms and heady tunes intermingle to produce a coherent and inovative whole.

After their much acclaimed debut album "Remembrance", released in 2005, by Musea Records, ENNEADE strike back with "Teardrops in morning dew", a most ambitious concept album engineered by Neil CONTI (David Bowie, Mick Jagger, Annie Lennox...) and Gines Jimenez, mixed by Christophe Arnaud ((Uncommonmenfrommars, No good men) and mastered by Frank "Choko" Rivoire (High Tone, Le peuple de l'herbe, Têtes raides, Ez3kiel).

Its leading piece, "Teardrops in mourning due" - which takes the listener along 22 minute sonic storyboard exploration of the darkest depth of mourning, truly embodies ENNEADE's music which has moved another step forward in terms of musical maturity and originality, the perfect alchemy of virtuoso and emotion.

Since the day of their inception, ENNEADE took part of many concerts and festivals alongside prominent members of the genre, as their 1998 aftershow of DREAM THEATER in Lyon (Transbordeur, Feb 20th). And they're dead set on hitting the road again... 


DJ/PRODUCER, SINCE 2001, PARIS-CAIRO-IBIZA DJ-RESIDENCES, OLD SKOOL/ NU SKOOL FIZZ ) A PIONEER IN ELECTRO-EGYPTIAN MIXES AND LIVE REMIXES...IN HORUS FUNK WE TRUST.

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