🌚 New Release: LEVIOT - Sharav (LP/DL)
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Akuphone is proud to present the Jerusalem-based improvisational trio Leviot and its hypnotizing debut album. Leviot (Hebrew for “Lionesses”) is a brainchild of multi-faceted musician and composer Yael Lavie, who’s joined by classically trained percussionist and music teacher Cnaan Canetti, and synth enthusiast Yishay Seroussi. The project is a result of Lavie’s ongoing explorations beyond the restraints of classical kanun playing and fascination with electronic sound and modern composition. Initially started following her experience performing and recording with Spiritczualic Enhancement Center, in Leviot, Yael gives up rehearsed pieces in favour of improvised sets, based on virtuous interpretation by Cnaan and Yishay. The three have been active since 2019, playing their immersive shows in a wide variety of settings, venues and festivals.

The trio’s debut release is a live session, recorded in late 2020 at Mazkeka Studios (Jerusalem) for the lockdown edition of the annual Zikuk Festival. It’s a meditative improv piece in five parts that combines and melts boundaries between the traditional and the experimental, the primal and the futuristic. With setup as the foundation of the piece and Lavie’s graphic score as the road map, Leviot takes off on a cosmic journey between deep drones, whispering chimes, mesmerizing Arab melodies, pulsating rhythms and iridescent ambient patterns.

* Musicians:
- Yael Lavie: kanun and bells
- Yishay Seroussi: synthesizer
- Cnaan canetti: darbuka, congas ,bongos and bells

* Musical arrangement: Yael Lavie
* Recorded at Mazkeka Studios, Jerusalem on December 2020
* Sound engineer: Bar Zaken
* Mix: Aviad Sinemanes
* Mastering: Josh Stevenson at Otic Sound (Canada)
* Graphic design: Michael Cohen
* Biography: Markey Funk

Sharav

LEVIOT: Sharav - Garger (a Tribute To Mahammad Abdo Saleh)

شیوه بَربَط ‌نوازی | هُمایون . بیداد

در مُد هُمایون، با گذرهایی آرام از فضای بیداد
این اجرا بر پایه‌ی بداهه‌ پردازی شکل گرفته و بر توازن میان سکوت و صدا، مکث و حرکت استوار است.
جمله‌بندی‌ها اشاره‌هایی دارد به حافظه‌ی شنیداری موسیقی ایرانی، اما بیان کلی قطعه، کاملاً شخصی و مستقل است.

Style of Barbat Playing | Homayoun . Bidād

A solo oud piece, improvised within the Homayoun mode, subtly touching on the atmosphere of Bidād.
This performance explores the balance between silence and sound, stillness and motion.
While the phrasing nods to the memory of Persian classical music, the overall expression remains deeply personal and independent.

Recorded: 2015
Paris | France

شیوه بَربت نوازی - دستگاه همایون

نامه بی‌کلام به یک دوست
این قطعه، بداهه‌نوازی عودی است که در خلوتی شخصی شکل گرفت؛ شبیه به نامه‌ای بی‌کلام، که گفته نشد اما در صدا جاری شد. موسیقی‌اش ساده و صادقانه است و حس درونی را بی‌واسطه منتقل می‌کند.
این ترک به یاد دوستی ضبط شده که حضورش همیشه در سکوت حس می‌شد.
تقدیم به حمید قربانزاده، دوست عزیزم، که این ساز را برایم ساخت.

A Wordless Letter to a Friend
This piece is an improvised oud solo, shaped in a quiet personal moment — like a letter left unsent, expressed through sound. Its music is simple and honest, carrying a feeling without words.
It was recorded in memory of a friend whose presence was always felt in silence.
- Dedicated to my dear friend Hamid Ghorbanzadeh, who made this instrument for me.

A Wordless Letter to a Friend

By a quiet stream in the nature of Pai, Northern Thailand, I sat with my Rav Vast and dove inward.
“In & Out” is a live handpan journey, recorded in one take — wrapped in the wild soundscape of the jungle: flowing water, winds, birds, and a steady inner pulse.

Most of the time, my eyes were closed — no plan, just breath, presence, and surrender.
Through the music, I try to create a space to pause, to breathe, to reconnect, and to remember the light within.

I hope this moment brings you calm, softness, and a place to land — just as I needed when I played.

You’re welcome here.

🎥 Filmed & edited by Dor Friedrich
🎧 Sound mixed & mastered by Liran Pas Kehat

In & Out

Live Handpan in Pai

In & Out - Handpan Journey - Live in Pai, Thailand

IL VIAGGIO - excerpt

نوا / Navā
preamp neve 0173 
این بداهه نوازی عود مربوط به ۱۰ سال پیش است؛ زمانی که برای آزمایش پری‌امپی  که توسط ریموند موسیسان بی‌نظیر ساخته 
شده، ضبط شد—مدلی که همیشه همراهم بوده و متأسفانه حتی در آن زمان هم تولید محدودی داشت. به لطف راهنمایی و کمک کامیار بهبهانی عزیز، افتخار این را داشتم که یک رک چهار کاناله ۱۰۷۳ و ۱۰۷۴ توسط ریموند برای من هم ساخته بشه 
پری امپ خوب در وکال و صدای بم تازه خودش رو نشون میده از کیفیت و دقت و رنگ و صدا


موضوع ضبط و صدابرداری علاوه بر خود موسیقی اش ،  ریشه در سال‌ها مشاهده و شنیدن‌های مکرر در کنار پدرم دارد.

تصور کنید در فضایی تنها، جایی که همه‌چیز به مرور زمان و مطابق با سلیقه‌تان شکل گرفته، دکمه رکورد را می‌زنید. در حین نواختن، تمرکزتان بیشتر بر اصوات، دریافت آن ها و تحلیل آن است. فضایی مبتنی بر بداهه که قرار است تنها خودتان شنونده‌اش باشید—شاید یک یا دو نفر دیگر هم، یا شاید هم این لحظه، مانند بسیاری دیگر، پاک شود، فراموش شود، گم شود… این هم یکی از آن گمشده‌ها بود.
 

۲۰۱۴ -  کُلن 

سیستم ضبط:
DAW: Logic Pro
Interface: Universal Audio Twin
Mic: U 87 (Warm Audio)
Preamp: Neve 1073 (Raymond Movsessian )

و
سازگر دوست عزیزم کاوه قربانزاده

نوا / Navā Ray-1073

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