The multi-talented Shay Hazan fuses rubbery North African Gnawa grooves, with haunting jazz horns and hip hop on “Bob Dealer”, his forthcoming single via international groove artisans, Batov Records.  A special taste from his first LP for Batov, ‘Reclusive Rituals’.

Tel-Aviv based musician Shay Hazan is a composer, producer, bassist & bandleader. His versatile bass is frequently heard on national radio, providing the hits of tomorrow with a foundation in groove, and MIMS readers may have heard his bass lines propelling the grooves of Sandman Project’s breakthrough EP, ‘Royal Family’.  Recently, Hazan’s straight jazz project, the Shay Hazan Quintet has been making waves, particularly with the release of a 7” single on Jazzman Records.

Having commenced producing his new album during the first Covid lockdown, his creative process this time was a marked departure from previous projects. Whereas he would normally call and gather his band together to record his new compositions live, Hazan would come up with a groove first before sending the recording parts to a drummer in Berlin or a saxophonist in Tel Aviv to add a complementary rhythm or melody, and then finally editing the results himself. As Hazan puts it, “So technically I had the role of the composer and the producer as well as the guimbri player.”

“I made this album in order to satisfy the inner urge for simple grooves and the search for a different and new sound that draws inspiration from ancient places with great tradition but still corresponds with the world and the period in which I live and the way I express myself.”

Having already mastered the double and electric bass, Hazan learned how to play the three-stringed gimbri: a camel-skin-covered bass plucked lute used by the Gnawa people of North Africa, as heard on their hypnotic music.  Hazan repurposes the unique qualities of the instrument with a jazz approach, no doubt inspired somewhat by his introduction to the instrument: “The truth is that my first acquaintance with the Gimbri was by bassist William Parker, who is not a traditional Gnawan player, but an American musician, identified with jazz and improvised music. that I have been following for years.  Once I saw him play with this thing in a show and my mind exploded, I started researching where it came from and listening to music from Morocco and North Africa”. 

The album title, ‘Reclusive Rituals’, is inspired by a Jean-Michel Basquiat interview from 1985 where he discusses his reclusiveness and the public demand for gossip on well-known figures. In particular how advantageous it can be to stay out of the limelight, as the crowd’s very nature is to eventually turn on their idols. Hazan interpreted this to imply that personal behavioural patterns are significantly affected by the fear of negative responses, often leading them to non-action: “Basquiat's words have been resonating in my head for a long time. I see around me a lot of people who for fear of receiving negative criticism, do not initiate or create anything.

And in a certain place, I'm a little scared to be in this place myself and feel the need to keep searching and creating all the time without being influenced by criticism, for better or worse.”

 "Bob Dealer" sees full digital release on December 3rd, with the album dropping on December 10th, on both vinyl and digital. Pre-order available now.

Bob Dealer (Single)

Exclusive Premiere: Shay Hazan "Bob Dealer" (Forthcoming on Batov Records)

"Ghetto Hell" Nuggets For The Needy vol 1

Jon Lucien - Would You Believe in Me (Waxwork Edit)

Nicola Conte - Into The Light Of Love (feat. Myles Sanko)

01. Sy Smith-Slide
02.Erykah Badu-I Want You (KAYTRANADA Remix)
03.KAYTRAMINE-4EVA feat. Pharrell Williams
04.Billy Ocean-Nights (Feel Like Gettin' Down)
05.Nutty Nys-The Promise
06.Amp Fiddler-1960 What feat. London House Cats Choir
07.Jungle-Back On 74
08.Sade Adu x Donny Hathaway (Tall Black Guy)-I Love Luv You More
09.Falling-Preach Jacobs & Denz
10.Terrace Martin & Alex Isley-Honey
11.LAYA-Too Up (CRA Mix)
12.Kenneth Whalum-Hold My Hand
13.Bart Oatmeal-Boiled Water
14.J.PERIOD-Electric Breakadawn feat. De La Soul
15.Snoh Aalegra-DO 4 LOVE (Black Coffee Remix)
16.Sweatson Klank-Stuck Inside Your Love feat. Aummaah
17.Dabeull & Holybrune-Day & Night
18.Kreaem-Prototype (Intro)
19.CARRTOONS-Give It Up feat. Joanna Teters
20.Kokoroko-Ti-De

Mo' Betta Soul Loft Sessions Ep. 14

En 1995, j'écoutais la mixtape "60 minutes of funk" de Funkmaster Flex, il enchaînait le refrain accapella de "Shook Ones " de Mobb Deep avec "Incarcarted Scarfaces" de Raekwon. J'ai voulu le faire avec toute la track.
Mon hommage à Prodigy
In 1995, I was listening to Funkmaster Flex's "60 minutes of funk mixtape", and he mixed Mobb Deep's "Shook Ones" with Raekwon's "Incarcarted Scarfaces". I wanted to do it with the whole track.
My kind of tribute to Prodigy

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Shooked Scarfaces

Release Title: Mother Nature
Label: Banoffee Pies Records
Artist: Clifford Brown & Jeen Bassa Ft. Ella Mae Sueref
Release Type:  EP Single
Genre: Latin / Hip Hop / Soul / Beats / World
Release Date: June 8th 2018

TRACK LIST:
1 - Que Seña 
2 - Mother Nature 
3 - Big Jamie 

Ahead of the new “Samba Del Sol” album from Clifford Brown & Jeen Bassa Ft. Ella Mae Sueref, Banoffee Pies Records present an early taste of the music within with this three track single "Mother Nature". 

With strong influences in Carnival and Latin sounds, culminated with Hip Hop drums and Soul roots - the duo meet in middle ground as an expression of their background, John’s heritage in Mauritius and Cliffords childhood in South America. Partnered with Ellas Spanish language fluency and soft Badhu acclaimed voice as previously heard on the single Stop Rewind, credited by the like of Gilles Peterson.

The release was recorded on Garageband by Clifford Brown and Jean Bassa with 2 Karaoke Microphones, mixed in Bath and later buried on a hard drive for over 6 years never to be heard again. Sliding into the forgotten darkness of lost tracks and rediscovered in 2017. The production, originally just an instrumental, was then found and reignited, revamped with a vocal insert from the wonderful Ella Mae Sueref. Living room jams made in smoke. Banoffee xx

Samba Del Sol

Mother Nature

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Mother Nature EP - Clifford Brown & Jeen Bassa Ft. Ella Mae Sueref (CLIPS)

Erykah Badu - Real Thang (Mark Wayward Remix)

Real Thang (Instrumental)

Favorite Recordings will release my first LP called « Sambadi » in early 2013. In the meantime a Limited 7 inch including a remix from Patchworks will be out within a few weeks.

Stay Tuned!!

- Composed by Lucas Arruda 
- All instruments by Lucas Arruda 
- Recorded & Mixed by Lucas Arruda 
- Mastering by Frank at Carvery Cuts

Released by: Favorite Recordings 
Release/catalogue number: FVR077 
ISRC: FR-7Z2-13-00048

Lucas Arruda - Sambadi (Radio Edit)

A funked-up cha-cha groove dedicated to the maestros, or masters, that have influenced Raúl Monsalve y los Forajidos, from Ray Barreto to Orlando Julius.

Check the Radio Gladys Palmera Premiere here: https://gladyspalmera.com/actualidad/los-forajidos-y-los-maestros/

Produced by Malcolm Catto, Raúl Monsalve & Edgar Bonilla
Mixed by Malcolm Catto at Quartermass Studio Lab, London

Raúl Monsalve: Bass and backing vocals
Rafael Mejias: backing vocals
Daniel Núñez: Guitar
Edgar Bonilla: FX
Nando Guerrero: Flute
Julien Matroz: Trumpet
Andres Vela: Tenor sax and percussion
Christine Roch: Baritone sax
Ernesto Marichales: Timbales
Yves Prud'homme: Congas and bongos
Dave De Rose: Drums

Bichos

Raúl Monsalve y los Forajidos - Pa’ los Maestros

Marie Madeleine en trio
http://soundcloud.com/mariemadeleine
herr 2003 en solo

Shooked Scarfaces

herr 2003

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