Raz Mesinai - Music for Shepherd Flute (2024) [Hi-Res]

Solo music for Shepherd flutes.

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.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Raz Mesinai - The First Commandment. (4:45)
1.02 - Raz Mesinai - As Serious as Setting Oneself on Fire (3:25)
1.03 - Raz Mesinai - Death, my Friend (2:17)
1.04 - Raz Mesinai - Shepherd Melody (1:11)
1.05 - Raz Mesinai - Wrath of the Mad Dervish (4:45)
1.06 - Raz Mesinai - The Runaway Bride (1:38)
1.07 - Raz Mesinai - A Dull Blade (1:07)
1.08 - Raz Mesinai - Tavern in Albania (3:12)
1.09 - Raz Mesinai - Snakeskin (1:47)
1.10 - Raz Mesinai - Code of Warriors (2:08)