The second track on the debut solo album by Beggar Brahim.

Recorded live at Marananda Studio, The Hague in December 2015. 

Album release: April 30 2016.

Beggar Brahim - Man - 2: Gaahl

The first 2017 brew from the Maandrift cauldron - ritual acoustic live recordings during full moon nights. 

This track features Beggar Brahim on zither and drums, Jesse la Chiffre on cymbals and misc. percussion. 

A video recording made during this session by Bachtijar can be viewed here: https://vimeo.com/203021188

Maandrift 1701

The second 2017 brew from the Maandrift cauldron - ritual acoustic live recordings during full moon nights.

This track features Beggar Brahim on soprano saxophone and Jesse la Chiffre on clarinet. 

A video recording made during this session by Bachtijar can be viewed here: https://vimeo.com/207924531 

Extra kudos to these chaps because they have literally shivered and bled braving a snow storm during the recording session.

Maandrift 1702

The April 2017 brew from the Maandrift cauldron - ritual acoustic live recordings during full moon nights.

This track features Beggar Brahim on zither, Jesse LaChiffre on clarinet, Magical Dan on viola and Morgan Wels on cow bell. A video recording made during this session by Bachtijar will be released later.

Maandrift 1704

Beggar Brahim launches the first on a range of sprawling studio projects. Raptuur I is an installment that captures live recordings of Forty Dollar Baby (an experimental group whose live gigs Brahim has been thoroughly associated with throughout 2013-2016), with star vocalists Simon Mulder and Gerlov stealing the show. 

Act I: Flüg
Vocal samples by Gerlov topped with live improv bij Jesse laChiffre & Beggar Brahim;

Act II: Schreden
Vocal performance by Simon Mulder, improvising a live translation from a Dutch poem about snow into fake German.

Act III: Scheldwoord
An enhanced living room recording of Forty Dollar Baby, improvising. Additional beats, instruments and backing vocals by Beggar Brahim. 

Act IV: Theo
Contains soundscapes and poetry by Beggar Brahim and vocal performance by Gerlov, reciting two poems about cheese and Almere, respectively.

Raptuur I

- beggar brahim makes organic live ambient music and experimental soundscapes. 

- beggar brahim is co-founder of Processierusp and owns Marananda Studio.

- beggarbrahim produces and records musicians, organizes multi-media performances and actively collaborates with local artists.