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Posted By : marmaduke0 | Date : 11 Jun 2010 23:00:41 | Comments : 3

Ensemble Bustan Abraham - Bustan Abraham (1992)
EAC (Img.Wv+LOG+Cue) + MP3 @ 224 kbps CBR | 44100Hz | Joint Stereo | Total Time: 60:32 min | 349 Mb + 120 Mb
Genre: World Fusion, Middle-Eastern Folk | Label: Nada Records | Catalog#: NADA-7

Bustan (Hebrew and Arabic meaning, "garden of fruits and essences," in this case the garden of Abraham, father of Isaac and Ishmail) was founded in 1991 by Avshalom Farjun. It comprises seven distinguished Israeli musicians, both Jews and Arabs, who have combined their musical experience as composers, soloists and heads of musical ensembles to create original music on a very high international level.
The musical backgrounds of Bustan Abraham's members are very rich and represent an astonishing variety of musical cultures including classical Arabic music, classical European music, jazz, Turkish, Persian and Indian music, flamenco and American folk music.
Posted By : marmaduke0 | Date : 11 Jun 2010 16:17:13 | Comments : 9

RockFour - The Wonderful World [Haolam Hamufla] (2010)
EAC (Img.Wv+LOG+Cue) + MP3 @ 320 kbps CBR | 44100Hz | Joint Stereo | Total Time: 54:02 min | 374 Mb + 123 Mb
Genre: Israeli-Rock / Alternative / Psychedelic-Rock | Label: Anova Records | Catalog#: AN-026

Widely regarded as Israel’s best rock export since Minimal Compact, Rockfour’s signature sound is a tightly knit mesh of guitar driven harmony that hints at Love, Grandadd, Byrds and Wilco. Rockfour burst onto the world scene in 2000 with the release of its first English-language record Supermarket (Earsay Records), an internationally acclaimed debut which was selected by Rolling Stone music critic Richie Unterberger as one of his ten favorite albums of that year.....This is the band's new album, consists of Hebrew songs, for the first time in 15 years.
Posted By : marmaduke0 | Date : 11 Jun 2010 02:57:26 | Comments : 2

Kobi Oz - Psalms for the Perplexed [Mizmory Nevohim] (2010)
EAC (Img.Wv+LOG+Cue) + MP3 @ 320 kbps CBR | 44100Hz | Joint Stereo | Total Time: 49:35 min | 321 Mb + 113 Mb
Genre: Israeli-Folk / Alternative | Label: Anana/Helicon | Catalog#: HL 02-8302

Kobi Oz's second solo album, Psalms for the Perplexed, includes new songs with a Jewish ambience in Oz's unique style. The album presents these songs as well as midrashim, ancient tales, and personal stories.
"In recent years I have steeped my soul in a warm marinade of Judaism, and the result is "Psalms for the Perplexed," an album of brand-new songs that fall somewhere in the hazy area between "religious" and "secular." It is not something naïve, spiritual, or kabbalistic-just Hebrew songs that send a smile in the direction of our brilliant Sages" (Kobi Oz).
Posted By : marmaduke0 | Date : 27 May 2010 19:23:55 | Comments : 3

Yael Deckelbaum - Ground Zero (2009)
MP3 @ 200 kbps VBR | 44100Hz | Joint Stereo | Total Time: 37:34 min | 55 Mb
Genre: Folk Rock / Alternative / Progressive | Label: Hatav Hashmini

Yael met Jonathan Levy the musical producer of ‘Ground Zero’ and the band’s bass player, at Zion Square – where Jerusalem youngsters hang out – when they were both 15 years old. They have been making music together ever since and dreaming about this collaborative album. Eleven years later, living in Tel Aviv and persuing their professional musical careers, they finally fulfilled their dream. "Ground Zero" is the result of six years of a musical journey and hard work. For this project, Yael was also joined by Shaul Eshet, keyboards, a fellow class mate at their Jerusalem high school, Dani Dromi, guitar, also from Jerusalem, and Nir Mantzur, drums. In the five years prior to the production of "Ground Zero", Yael has been performing solo and with the band all over Israel while recording and creating this, her first solo debut album...
---HIGHLY RECOMENDED!!!---
Posted By : marmaduke0 | Date : 02 May 2010 14:26:55 | Comments : 5

Ahmed Abdul Malik - Jazz Sounds of Africa (1962)
Jazz: Straightahead/Mainstream, Ethnic | LOSSLESS (Seperate Flacs+LOG+Cue) + Scans | 460 MB | Running Time : 1:09:09 | RS
Release: 1962 | Label: Prestige/New Jazz | Catalog#: PRCD-24279-2

Ahmed Abdul-Malik was a resourceful and versatile bassist capable of fitting in with the groups of Thelonious Monk, Herbie Mann, and others. On his few recordings as a leader, he dove head first into his fascination with African music, documented on the two early '60s sessions collected here on Jazz Sounds of Africa.
Posted By : marmaduke0 | Date : 02 May 2010 11:48:59 | Comments : 8

Ensemble Bustan Abraham - Complete Discography (1992-2004)
7 CD's Of Mp3 (192-320 KBPS) + 3 Lossless CD's | 1.6 GB @ RS
World Fusion, Middle-Eastern Folk | 1992-2004 | Label: Nada Records

Many attempts have been made by musicians to create a synthesis between Eastern and Western cultures. Generally the result is that either the Western or Eastern form dominates while the other is merely used for ornamentation. For the past several years Bustan Abraham has met this challenge and has succeeded in pioneering a unique form of instrumental music which combines elements of both these Eastern and Western forms without sacrificing the musical integrity of either...
Posted By : marmaduke0 | Date : 30 Apr 2010 13:27:00 | Comments : 3

Yair Dalal Discography (1994 - 2006)
11 CD'S Of Mp3 160-320 KBPS + 2 LOSSLESS CD'S | 1.5 GB @ RS
Middle-Eastern Folk, World Fusion | 1994-2006 | Labels: Al Sur / Fresh Sound / Magda

Yair Dalal, born in 1955; composer, violinist, oud player and singer; is probably the most prolific Israeli ethnic musician and plays an important role in shaping the global world music scene. Over the last decade he has put 11 albums, covering wide and varied cultural territory, and authentically representing Israel’s cultures and fusing them through music as whole.
Posted By : marmaduke0 | Date : 29 Apr 2010 23:55:39 | Comments : 9

Omer Avital Discography (1999 - 2009)
5 LOSSLESS CD'S + 17 CD'S Of Mp3 160-320 KBPS
Jazz, Post Bop, World Fusion | 1999-2009 |
3.7 GB @ RS | Labels: Smalls Records / Fresh Sound

Avishai Cohen is not the only Israeli-born bassist flexing his muscles on the United States Jazz Scene. Avital’s idea of jazz includes old and new definitions of swing and temperament, as if the stylistic and generational divisions never existed. Ornette Coleman's country hymns get in there, as do Woody Herman's close-harmony writing for saxophones, Charles Mingus' tetchiness and ensemble friction, Lennie Tristano's rambling counterpoint and the mesmerizing wail of Pharoah Sanders. this collection includes his solo projects and also playing with other such as: OAM Trio, Third world love, Rea Bar Ness, Amos Hoffman, Marlon Browden and Omri Mor.
Posted By : marmaduke0 | Date : 27 Apr 2010 19:23:00 | Comments : 5

Orphaned Land - Complete Discography (1993 - 2010)
5 LOSSLESS CD'S + 8 CD'S Of Mp3 @ 320 Kbps
Audio: 7 Official CD's (+2010 New CD + Live Bootleg)
Video: 1 DVDRip Documentary , 6 Full Video Clips.
Doom / Death / Middle Eastern Folk Metal | 1993-2010 |
3.4 GB (Audio) + 950 MB (Video) @ RS | Labels: Holy Records / Century Media

Orphaned Land was formed in 1991 under the moniker “Resurrection”.
In 1992, after a period of research and self-realization, the band decided to focus on the actual and cultural reality of the middle-east region and therefore changed its name to “Orphaned Land”.
Orphaned Land is an explorer of various musical styles and existing ideas/concepts worldwide. They combine philosophies and religious concepts in their diverse music, which is based on metal music, yet the sky is the limit when it comes to musical richness and Orphaned Land: they combine ancient folk instruments such as Saz, Kanoon, Oud, Bouzouki, 20 different percussion types, using 6 languages and singing styles from various cultures worldwide, while using and mixing the monotheistic religions,- Judaism, Islam and Christianity with a rainbow full of cultural elements.
Posted By : marmaduke0 | Date : 18 Apr 2010 21:02:51 | Comments : 0

Nash Didan - Idaylu (1998)
MP3 @ 320 kbps CBR | 44100Hz | Joint Stereo | Total Time: 64 min | 148 Mb
Genre: Electronic, Ethnic, Downtempo, Ambient | Label: Phonokol

"Nash' Didan is an ancient Jewish tribe that arrived thousands of years ago to settle on the border of Azarbeijan, Persia, Turkey & Russia"

"If Jesus returned to the Holy Land," wrote journalist Julian Borger in The Guardian in 1998, "probably one of the few places he would be understood in his mother tongue would be a basement beside the central bus station in Tel Aviv."
That basement houses the recording studio of music arranger A.B. Kazes, and often hosts successful musicians and singers. It was here that the Nash Didan band was born...
Posted By : marmaduke0 | Date : 17 Apr 2010 18:54:27 | Comments : 2

Debka Fantasia - Debka Fantasia (2009)
A World Music fusion fantasy built on Bedouin roots
MP3 @ 228 kbps VBR | 44100Hz | Joint Stereo | Total Time: 74 min | 102 Mb
Genre: Ethnic, Folk, Jazz, Classical | Label: East West Music

Debka is an Arab folk dance from the Levant region. A community stomping ritual to compact the dirt roofs on stone homes, it evolved to include music sung and played by Bedouin tribes in Israel.
Debka also describes a musical style in Israel started in the 1920s. This was a time when European Jewish pioneers reconnected to their ancient “promised land” - and met their new Bedouin neighbors.
Fascinated by traditional Debka music and its fiery, desert-inspired Bedouin rhythms and Arabian scales, these open-minded pioneers soaked up what they heard to build an entirely new genre of music - the first of its kind in World Music - and a first for modern Israel. Israeli poets and Debka musicians back then were able to boldly, yet naturally fuse the sound of Arabia to musical harmonies and structures from the west.
Posted By : marmaduke0 | Date : 06 Mar 2010 20:33:26 | Comments : 4

The Freak Scene - Psychedilic Psoul & The Devil's Anvil - Hard Rock From The Middle East
Two Original LP's On One Compact Disc
Rock: 60's/melodic Psych/Progressive, Arab-Folk | LOSSLESS (Img.APE+LOG+Cue) | 401 MB | Running Time : 68:50 | RS
Release: 1967 (1998 RE-Issue)| Label: Collectables | Catalog#: 6001

Far out -- like wow, the colors.... Seriously, the Psychedelic Psoul portion of this two-LPs-on-one-CD package (the Freak Scene's album is paired on the same CD with Hard Rock from the Middle East by the Devil's Anvil) is a complete period piece -- it is also one of the spacier psychedelic records to come out of Columbia, a label that didn't exactly jump into the Summer of Love headfirst...
Posted By : marmaduke0 | Date : 27 Feb 2010 21:38:47 | Comments : 3

Shem Tov-Levy Ensemble - Live in Tel-aviv, Israel
DVDRip | XVID Mpeg4 1877 kbps | 704x528 | MP3 2.0 Stereo 48000Hz 224Kbps | 1.36 GB @ RS
Jazz, Fusion, Progressive Folk, Ethnic | Total Time: 01:32:49 | EVA Production TN

Shem Tov-Levy Ensemble in a Wonderful Live Concert at the Hotel 'David Intercontinental'.
Ethnic Jewish, Arab & Balkan themes are executed along with classical pieces (Bach).
Fans of ethno-jazz will not be disappointed.
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Posted By : marmaduke0 | Date : 21 Feb 2010 16:45:14 | Comments : 2

Petra Magoni & Ferruccio Spinetti - Musica Nuda Live at Paris
DVDRip | XVID Mpeg4 1933 kbps | 720x448 | Aspect Ratio : 45:28 | MP3 2.0 Stereo 48000Hz 128Kbps | 1.45 GB @ RS
Jazz, Vocal Jazz | Total Time: 01:38:14 | Release Date: 12/05/2006 | Label: Bonsai Music

Comprised of vocalist Petra Magoni and bassist Ferruccio Spinetti, Musica Nuda are an Italian vocal jazz-pop duo whose popularity carried over to neighboring countries, especially France, during the mid-2000s. Born in Pisa, Tuscany, on July 28, 1972, Magoni studied music at the Conservatory of Leghorn and at the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music in Milan. A versatile singer, she performed opera at the Teatro Verdi in Pisa early in her career while at the same time fronting a local rock group, Senza Freni.
Posted By : marmaduke0 | Date : 18 Feb 2010 23:43:48 | Comments : 7

No Blues - Ya Dunya (2007) + Bonus CD 'Black Cadillac EP'
Blues, Folk, World, & Country, Rock | LOSSLESS (Seperate FLAC+LOG+Cue) | 342 MB | Running Time : 37:44 + 18:01 | RS
Release: 2007 | Label: Rounder (Europe) | Catalog#: RRECD 20

Specializing in a unique worldbeat hybrid of American folk, blues, and the rhythmically unfixed Middle Eastern traditional style known as taqsim, Netherlands-based No Blues call what they play "Arabicana," and it's an apt term. Essentially a trio of American, Middle Eastern, and Dutch musicians, with ex-Deirdre and W.A.T. member Ad Van Meurs on guitar, Haytham Safia on oud, and former Marbletones member Anne-Maarten Van Heuvelen on bass, No Blues also featured percussionist Osama Maleegi, vocalist Ankie Keultjes, and drummer Eric Vanderlest on 2005's Farewell Shalabiye and 2007's Ya Dunya (which also included a prominent and active guest spot from Tracy Bonham on violin and vocals).