The track is a mix of prepared Electric Bass and modulations of these sounds produced by the preparation through a set of pedals.

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Dirge

DIRGE

MOURTAFA3 1000
Tony Elieh/Ali Hout/Abed Kobeissi/Sharif Sehnaoui

Mourtafa3 1000 is a combination of two of Beirut’s most prolific musical couples: Abed Kobeissy & Ali Hout (Two or the Dragon, The Great Departed, Asil…) Sharif Sehnaoui & Tony Elieh (Karkhana, Calamita, Wormholes Electric). The four musicians had already worked together in various projects and the idea of a quartet soon became self-evident. It was finally launched in September 2019 during Mannheim’s Planet Ears Festival.
The band aims to explore how various musical genres and aesthetics can co-exist to form a unified field. They draw on a vast and eclectic array of backgrounds to create the plateaus that give life to the music: from traditional to rock, experimental to electronic, noise to free improvisation. Despite an attachment to their respective instruments, the quartet opens up its sonic spectrum by a heavy use of electronics, effects, samplers as well as extended techniques.

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Mourtafa3 1000 at Planet Ears Festival @ Alte Feuerwache, Mannheim, Germany

Spirit Weather is an electric bass and drums duo, formed in May 2020, initially, to
 present a performance for the opening of the Akademie der Kunste Berlin festival,
 Memories in Music. The piece was to be an offering, a ritual, a joyful noise and celebration
 in rhythm and sound. The duo set out to explore the merging of both eastern and
 western musical models, drawing on shared experience and influences ranging from improvisation, rock, minimalism and noise.
 This project was inspired as a means to develop further and expand upon the materials and unique style developed for this piece. Utilizing multiple influences from oriental tonalities to sophisticated electronic sounds, playing with texture, volume, dynamics and space, Spirit Weather wish to research and develop richer and more varied options within the group.

Spirit Weather 1.

ZONE NULL
Tony Elieh - bass guitar, live-electronics
Burkhard Beins - bass guitar, live-electronics

The Berlin-based duo ZONE NULL unites Tony Elieh and Burkhard Beins for an unusal encounter of two bass guitars and a variety of analog and digital live-electronics. While for Elieh the bass guitar has always been a main focus of his musical activities, as an improviser and namely with the Lebanese indie rock band Scrambled Eggs, Beins only recently expanded his already wide range of extended percussion, experimental electronics and sound art by co-founding the Krautrock-Noise band Slurge as their bass player. The sonic fiction of ZONE NULL evolves and florishes on the broad musical horizon these two gentlemen have in common, ranging from musique concréte and contemporary composition via improvised and experimental music to electronic, post-punk and avantgarde rock.

Disquiet

Duo With Eliad Wagner

Solo album released on Al Maslakh Record Label.

04 It's Good To Die Every Now And Then (part 4)

03 It's Good To Die Every Now And Then (part 3)

02 It's Good To Die Every Now And Then (part 2)

01 It's Good To Die Every Now And Then (part 1)

Recorded at Ziad's Moukarzel"s Studio, for Unexplained Sound Label.

The Dark That Matters

THE DARK THAT MATTERS

This track was recorded at home during the quarantine of 2020.
Mastered by Ziad Moukarzel (aka MOUKA)

A Lying Instrument

Tony Elieh is a pioneering Lebanese musician and bassist known for his dynamic presence in the experimental and alternative music scenes. Originally a founding member of Lebanon's first post-rock band, Scrambled Eggs, Elieh expanded his artistry into experimental improvisation, blending elements of noise, rock, and electronic music. His versatile approach to the bass guitar often incorporates unconventional techniques, creating layered soundscapes and textures that push sonic boundaries.

Elieh has collaborated with numerous artists across disciplines, from visual art to contemporary composition, and his work often explores themes of memory, identity, and the interplay between sound and space. Performing both as a solo artist and with various ensembles, he has showcased his music at prominent international festivals, including Irtijal in Beirut and Kontakt Festival in Berlin, cementing his reputation as an innovative force in the global experimental music community.

Tony Elieh

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