This is one of my favorite tunes, and this version is just amazing!

The concept behind the joint-venture consisting of d.b.h and the two turntable wizards Chrisfader and Testa is quite simple: Take a specific genre of music, sample and flip it into danceable beats. 

In the case of their second EP "Dabkeh", named after a popular Mediterranean form of line-dancing, the subject of the musical explorations is the Arab world. The three guys from RLS spent quite some time mining old vinyl or cassettes to create the tracks on this EP, in the hopes of getting some wild Dabkeh moves started on dancefloors worldwide!

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Restless Leg Syndrome - Dabkeh - 06 Sharitt Casette

Ghoula: Gumbri/Piano/fx
Nuri: Drum/Percussion/Guitar
Xavier Descarpentries: Trumpet
Bornholm 2014

Ghoula ft Nuri- Le het le khoudh menni  لا هات لا خوذ منّي

قافلة

ZAFAROUD YEPS

There's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too clever, I only let him out
at night sometimes
when everybody's asleep.
I say, I know that you're there,
so don't be sad.
[Bukowski]

L'insoutenable lourdeur du Vide.

yasmin مرة في جنينة ( live edit)

Early Releases

Safar Barlik

PURCHASE EP

YEMEN BLUES first album cast is:

Vocals & Gimbri: Ravid Kahalani
Bass & Oud: Omer Avital
Violin: Galia Hai
Cello: Hilla Epstein
Flute: Hadar Noiberg
Trumpet: Itamar Borochov
Trombone: Avi Lebovich
Middle Eastern Percussion: Itamar Doari
Latin Percussion: Rony Iwryin

Music Produced by YEMEN BLUES


Special Thanks To:

God
Eli Inari Kahalani ,Jenni Leskinen, Yair Goren, Gilad Shmueli, Ari Kushnir, Oryan Yitzhak, Zvika Yemini, Dubi Lentz, Esti Dunietz, Tziyon Golan, Leo Leruz & Arthur Leruz , Kate Baldwin, Muhammed Jabali, Mark Kakon, Re Hagai , Barak Levi,  Idan Raichel, Shalom Mor, Mika Or, Yehuda Kohlani, Haim Laroz, Basma Fahum, Zohar Kaniel, Avi Nagar Halevi, Sara Hezi, Tomer Cohen.


Credits:

Music & Lyrics: Ravid Kahalani 
Musical Director & Arrangements: Omer Avital
Recorded by: Ariel Levinson & Noam Raz
Mixed by: Tamir Muskat
Mastered by: Alan Ward

Recorded in August 2010 - live in one room at Rony Iwryn's studio.

Artwork by: Naama Yuria
Jewelry: Yemenite Art

Management: mail@yemenblues.com

Booking: booking@yemenblues.com

the music was recorded in september 2009 and August 2010, live in one room.

9 Baraca

http://mict-international.bandcamp.com/album/la-tunisie-vote-musique-sera

Badiaa : guitar, bass, udu, voice.

Trèfle (feat Badiaa Bouhrizi)

Un remix de Touria (extrait de l'EP Bouchama) par le DJ Rafael Aragon aka Rafiralfiro.

Rafael Aragón aka Rafiralfiro (http://soundcloud.com/rafiralfiro) is a latin/arabic rooted french musician / dj / composer / producer. Born & raised in Paris, between downtown and suburbs, he grew up surrounded by different cultures that really built him, first as a human being and later as an artist. He worked on this remix of Jamal's tune after a meeting with Mehdi El Kindi in Paris. Touria has been produced with the help of "Collectif Sos Music" in 2010.
Jamal Nouman, a native of Morocco Larache, comes from a family where music and legacy of the Arab-Andalusian culture is very present.
Carried by the singing of his mother, who performs in many festivals and meetings, Jamal Nouman interested himself very young on vocals and guitar. He attended the music conservatory in his hometown and his passion for theater led him to the Higher Institute of Dramatic Art in Rabat. Nowadays he performs in a trio with Hicham Benabderrazik on guitars and Mehdi El Kindi on percussions.

"Jamal Nouman est à la fois le dépositaire d’une tradition musicale arabo-andalouse forte et l’héritier conscient d’un patrimoine africain profond. Entre mélodies du melhoun et rythmes gnaouis, Jamal puise son inspiration dans les musiques traditionnelles marocaines pour les magnifier à la lumière d’aujourd’hui. " -DABATEATR

Rafael Aragon vs Jamal Nouman - Cumbia Touria

Inspired by classic Egyptian music from the 50s/60s, particularly the Raqs Sharqi (Bellydance) music of Mohamed Abdel Wahab and Farid El Atrache

Hijaz Nashaz

In 2010, singer & composer Ravid Kahalani founded the rare combination of top musicians we now call Yemen Blues. From the start, Yemen Blues created an original sound that became a new language in contemporary music. The intense musicians hail from NYC, Uruguay & Tel Aviv. This includes the core members of creation: Rony Iwryn, Itamar Doari & Shanir Blumenkranz. Each member comes from a different background and brings their own sound and arrangements to Ravid's compositions. The result of this amazing group is a powerful energy that mixes Yemenite, West African & Jazz influences and what Ravid likes to call "New Age Culture Music". The mambo and North African rhythms create a joyful and deep foundation, while the vocals remind the listener of ancient Arabic chants mixed with funk & blues. For their first album, the group collaborated with the well-known maestro Omer Avital who served as a musical director & producer. Since then, Yemen Blues keeps magic alive with a constant stream of new songs and their world-renowned exciting live performances!!


Dubi Lenz, the well-known Israeli journalist, was the first to listen to Yemen Blues’ music. He immediately felt the power of the project while the band was still in its exploration phase. He helped to get Yemen Blues’ first who at the influential festival and expo - Babel Med - in Marseille, France. It was then that something truly incredible happened. The band received a hugely positive respond from people all over the world and the name “Yemen Blues” began to spread like wild fire. The band was hailed as the biggest success story of the festival by the well-known newspaper Liberation. Since then, Yemen Blues has been called “the most exiting and unique live show you can see” by several news outlets including National Geographic, Time Out Chicago, NPR and many more.
We were amazed and thankful when we started to tour and have performed over 150 shows from 2011-13! These performances have taken place all over the world on some of the biggest and well known stages including: Womex World Expo, Roskilde Festival Denmark, New York Central Park’s Summer Stage, Grand Performances Los Angeles, Millennium Park Chicago, Luminato Toronto Canada and many, many more. Top musicians from around the world are taking notice as well including Kronos Quartet, Oxmo Puccino, Matisyahu and more.. Yemen Blues first album was also named The Best “world music” album of 2011 at "Le Devoir" Canada, and the Best album of 2011 by Sweden’s SvD newspaper.

CURRENT BAND IS 

RAVID KAHALANI / SHANIR EZRA BLUMENKRNZ / RONY IWRYN / DAN MAYO

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