We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Bennu

by Sam Shalabi

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $9 CAD  or more

     

1.
2.

about

This album is a 'live ' electronic composition which was performed late in 2021 .There are no overdubs or editing on it -to record it ,i had to 'perform ' it a few times to get the best take ,which i feel is this released version. My intention was to do a kind of homage to John Coltrane ,whose late period music on Impulse! Records had a huge musical influence on this composition.The other huge influences were an asteroid that has one of the highest probabilities of any interstellar object to impact earth in the next century-and also the ancient Egyptian bird deity ,associated with the sun and death and rebirth(Bennu is the Egyptian deity that the Greek Phoenix is based on) -both called Bennu.The idea of birth,death and Resurrection seems to permeate Coltranes late period cosmic music and all these elements fed into the creation of this piece,But the main musical intention was to take those influences and filter them through African and Arabic dance and ritual music both old,folky and new and electronic.I feel Coltranes music is truly cosmic-it resonates in perfect harmony with the universe-it dances with it-and so this piece is meant not to emulate his music in a sonic way but to dance with it.

credits

released May 6, 2022

This piece was recorded live in my home studio.

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Sam Shalabi Montreal, Québec

contact / help

Contact Sam Shalabi

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Sam Shalabi, you may also like: