Safar

Imed Alibi make world music. Modern world music. A world of rhythms, beats, melody, ideas, transformation, technology and passion. In a world where everything is fluid, they transcend all notions of time, space and musical genre. In short, they're the soundtrack for a new Arab vision of the 21st Century. The brainchild of percussion virtuoso, Imed, former member of the Boukakes, who's played with everyone from Mamdouh Bahri to Watcha Clan, theirs is a music built on the percussive foundations of Berber and Sufi rhythms, a violin surfing an orchestral wave, digital beats lapping at it's feet, a heavyweight bass line grounding it's race to the shore. The violin is Khaled and Sultana collaborator, Zied Zouri from Iraq; the beats are Ze Luis Nacimento, the Brazilian percussionist of choice to such as Titi Robin and Mayra Andrade; and the bass line is Speed Caravan's Pascal Teillet. From all corners of the world, this magical project fuses one progressive musical vision.