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Aquiles Navarro - trumpet, percussions, imagination, voice Tcheser Holmes - drums, percussions, imagination, voice Recorded October 30th & November 2nd, 2019, at S1 Studios, Brooklyn, NY.

Yurika Hanashima (vocal) Ilan Smilan (guitar) Gilad Levin (guitar) Amir Sadot (organ and synth) Guy Benami (drums) Lyrics by Yurika Hanashima Music by Ilan Smilan Founded by Amir Sadot and Ilan Smilan, Sababa 5 have been playing together for two years and have recently built their own recording studio on the street that connects Jaffa to Tel Aviv. “We just wanted a place to record our music where the whole band could fit together in the same room…so, we built the place ourselves! Yurika is a Japanese performer who was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. During her teenage years, she discovered belly dancing and fell in love with it. She then traveled the Middle East to discover more of this antique art.

Mohamed M. Kooshin was one of a rarified group in Somali music, a master of the kaban who followed in the footsteps of the legendary players of the kaban such as Qarshe, Hudeydi, and Omar Dhuule. Kooshin was the youngest member of Somalia's esteemed national music group Waaberi before leaving Somalia in the early 1990’s and moving to Toronto, Canada. In Canada Kooshin produced a string of releases for Waberi Studio and Arts, collaborating with Sahro Ahmed , writing and recorded out of his home studio. Kooshin passed away on December 27th 2018. Kooshin played the the kaban which has a special place in Somali music. It was a foreign instrument that, upon its arrival to Somalia in the 1940’s, became the centre of the immensely popular style of music known as qaraami. For many Somali music fans the sound of qaraami — poetic lyrics accompanied by the sparse sounds of the kaban and bongo drums — is the quintessential Somali sound.

Jharfa is an ever changing ensemble based in Tehran, Sezana and Toronto. Sina Momtahan: Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Flute, Bansuri, Alto Recorder, Mandolin, Baghlama, Tanbour & Oud Reza Soufi: Santour, Kamanche, Alto Kamanche, Violin, Setar, Daf & Tombak Andrej Pirjevec: Drums, Bass, Percussion & Keyboards

Maria Pomianowska – Bilgoray suka, Mielec suka, Plock fiddle Karolina Hulbój – cello, wspak Arad Emamgholi – daf Sebastian Wypych – double bass Wojciech Lubertowicz – frame drums guests: Sylwia Nadgrodkiewicz – tuning forks Shaheen Parvez – sarangi Ryszard Wojciul – processed sounds Recorded in June 2020 at Brzmi Dobrze in Piaseczno (Poland). Sukotherapy refers to the name of an obsolete Old Polish string instrument, the Bilgoray suka, which is the album’s main soloist. This fiddle is known mainly from late 19th-century references. Sukotherapy is a journey into the world of the sounds of instruments whose job it is to soothe our nerves, relax our bodies and minds. The melodies come from different corners of the world. Having heard them played on flutes, lutes or even sung, I translated them into the language of the Old Polish knee fiddle, the cello and the double bass, and wrote this down.

Andi Schnellmann electric bass Manuel Troller electric guitars David Meier drums & percussion Engineered and recorded in January 2020 by Manuel Egger at Suburban Sound

Four tracks on the Tascam Portastudio 414mkII thru the DarkWorld reverb (Chasebliss Audio pedal). Written and performed by Obed Márquez Electronic music project by Obed Márquez where he creates and develops sound experiments based on the analog sound of magnetic tape (tape loops), field recordings, and effects processing synthesizers to generate repetitive atmospheres.

Composition: Negar Bouban and Salim Ghazi Saeedi Oud: Negar Bouban Electric Guitar and Synthesizers: Salim Ghazi Saeedi Negar Bouban is an Iranian musician and Oud player. Holding a PhD in art studies focusing on Persian music theory. Negar is deeply involved with the art of improvisation, both in traditional Iranian music and free improvisation. Salim Ghazi Saeedi is an Iranian composer and guitarist. He is a self-taught musician in instrumental progressive rock genre with jazz fusion and experimental tendencies.

ZÖJ are: Gelareh Pour - Kamancheh/Voice Brian O'Dwyer - Drum kit Poem by Hushang Ebtehaj Recorded live at Honey in Sydney, Australia on 22/12/2019 Recorded with one microphone by Saeed Sourati

Enzo Favata | Sax & Clarinettes Marcello Peghin | Guitar Soheil Shayesteh | Violin & Loops Adib Ghorbani | Piano Omid Shayesteh | Bass Reza Banaeinia | Drums Composition by Adios pianist Adib Ghorbani Storytellers project , Live performance at Niavaran hall - June 18th,2015