Music for Shepherd Flute, by Raz Mesinai

Music for Shepherd Flute

by Raz Mesinai

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	1.	The First Commandment 04:45
	2.	As Serious as Setting Oneself on Fire 03:25
	3.	Death, My Friend 02:17
	4.	Shepherd Melody 01:10
	5.	Wrath of the Mad Dervish 04:44
	6.	The Runaway Bride 01:37
	7.	A Dull Blade 01:06
	8.	Tavern in Albania 03:11
	9.	Snakeskin 01:46
	10.	Code of Warriors 02:08

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Solo music for Shepherd flute:

I first picked up the 'Shabbabeh' when I was seven years old, and combined it with vocal techniques that grew out of a dual upbringing, with influences from New York City's early Hip Hop renaissance in the 80s, the Albanian style "Fyell" that i picked up in the Bronx, the traditional Palestinian style of Shabbeh drone ornamentation from there. I used this instrument in many productions as Badawi, but never until now will you hear it alone. I was influenced as well by long sessions in Kingston, NY with pioneering psychoacoustic composer Maryanne Amacher, who had ideas on using these instruments and rhythms to create various ear tones, specifically for her work in Ottoacoustics, which we were not able to fully complete before her death. This album is one of several, focused entirely on the shepherd flute, and recorded now in the 6th month of the genocide of the people of Gaza.

All music composed March, 2024, recorded and produced April, 2024.

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released April 10, 2024

Raz Mesinai - Shepherd flutes (Palestinian Shebbabeh, Albanian Double kaval), voice.
All music written, produced by R.Mesinai BMI publ.

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Badawi New York, New York

“He professes a sound and vision unlike any other.” - All About Jazz

"From the artwork down thru every note and sound, this, to me is an important and essential collection." - Martin Rev (Suicide)

"Raz Mesinai is a musical Ibn Battuta, spanning continents and eras foreshadowing the future." - Hisham Aidi (author of 'Rebel Music: Race, Empire and the New Muslim Youth Culture') ... more

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