Masala is a band from Israel which deliberately blends many musical styles and cultures together. They describe their new album on their website this way:
The new album is a 3 years process that still goes on. Exploring cultures from all over the planet - Africa, Asia, America, Australia and Europe.
We have endless beauty in this world - A beauty far behind the eyes, Thru this beauty I discovered the similarity between us - Musical scales reveal it all - We are all smiling to the sound of a Major scale Ambira (Africa) and getting sensitive to the sound of minor scale Duduk (Armenia).
While I am not certain about the full instrumentation, I am fairly confident that it includes the following instruments:
- vocal
- suspended cymbal
- drum set
- various hand drums
- diggeridoo
- bass guitar
- pan flutes
- guitar
- brass (not sure if acoustic or electronic facsimile)
- shakers
- flutes
- hand claps
This is an excellent example of fusion. What is the origin of the band members themselves? I'd be interested to know what inspires their work.
ReplyDeleteHere is all I have been able to uncover so far:
ReplyDeleteRoy Smila - Kamancha & Lafta
Amos Aaronson - Bansuri
Hadar Sitar -Sitar & Lira
Tammy Ben Hadar - Vocal
Roy Aharon - Acoustic Guitar
Hadar Yaakov - Flamenco Guitar
Ofir J.Rock - Dzzy Flute, Duduk, Vertical Bamboo Flute, Irish whistle, and Electronic.
Mix & Mastering - Alex Resnic