Middle East Essentials - Vocals

The Middle East Essentials series by Gio Israel sets the goal of capturing the most diverse, high-quality, and unique musical material. Making ancient music, sounds and instruments accessible through state-of-the-art sound sampling.

For this pack we recorded both male and female singers from the region. From Lebanese descendant Tamar Shawki, to the Yemeni style singing of Shir Gadasi, Turkish influenced Maawal by Niri Sadeh, ancient Jewish Piyut by Dvir Hillel Cohen Eraki, to classic Arabic and Morrocon/Algerian singing by Yohai Cohen. Each of the singers brought their own unique style and touch, echoing back to the sounds of their musical and cultural roots.