ETHIOPIAN WEDDING

A Puerto Rican Jew and a Palestinian Muslim produced this Gospel joint together peacefully in 2020.

released May 28, 2020
WRITTEN BY Larry Adams (BMI)
PRODUCED BY Bless The Mad
CHOIR ARRANGEMENTS BY Arin Maya & Edson Sean
MIXED BY Matthew Rivera
MASTERED BY Steven Berson at Total Sonic Media
ARTWORK BY Ibrahem Hasan
RECORDED AT Boobytrap Studios, Brooklyn, NY

musicians:
EDSON SEAN- vocal soloist, electric bass, background vocals
MATTHEW RIVERA- electric piano, synthesizer, drums, finger snaps, background vocals
ARINMAYA- background vocals
IBRAHEM HASAN- finger snaps

BLESS THE MAD show me the way FEATURING EDSON SEAN (from STC-LP-001)

WRITTEN BY Matthew Rivera, Ibrahem Hasan & Jasmine Mitchell
WORDS BY David Andrew
PRODUCED BY Bless The Mad
MIXED BY Matthew Rivera & Gerald Trotman
MASTERED BY Steven Berson at Total Sonic Media
ARTWORK BY Ibrahem Hasan
RECORDED AT Boobytrap Studios, Brooklyn, NY

musicians:
MELODIOUSFLY- vocal soloist, background vocals, vocal chants
D.A.P.- vocal chants
MATTHEW RIVERA- baby grand piano, electric piano, RMI piano, synthesizer, drums, flute, percussion
IBRAHEM HASAN- percussion

BLESS THE MAD Mama's Land feat. Silka

Maxwell Street Flea Market, the famous open-air Chicago institution where the Chicago Blues was first heard, also, in no trivial way, gave birth to this:

BLESS THE MAD

Ibrahem Hasan and Matthew Rivera, Chicagoans through and through, a Palestinian and a Puerto Rican Jew, met there, during the market’s second iteration on Canal street, both digging furiously for records, books, and old recording gear.

Hailing from opposite ends of the city, they connected at its center, every Sunday, rain or shine, among the forgotten objects that washed up there. Max was church; a living museum of old Chicago from which to learn and draw inspiration. For the budding beat-makers participating in hip-hop’s golden age, the flea was an important 6th element.

BLESS THE MAD, the group’s self-titled debut, is an audio collage and musical tribute to those years in Chicago as they experienced them. It represents and connects all the dots, from their break-obsessed early years to their current roles as ambassadors of militant jazz, tough soul, and spiritual rap exotica. It is a loving homage to the past with an eye toward the future.

Dig the music or don’t, but you must BLESS THE MAD.


Bless The Mad = Ibrahem Hasan + Matthew Rivera

All tracks produced by Bless The Mad
Most tracks recorded at Boobytrap Studios, Brooklyn, NY
Mastered by Steven Berson at Total Sonic Media
Artwork by Ibrahem Hasan

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