Middle East Essentials - Vol. 2

Following the success of the Middle East Essentials series by Gio Israel, we decided to push the envelope and create a pack combining both traditional and ancient instruments with state-of-the-art production processing. We gathered unreleased recordings from the MEE series alongside new recordings made especially for this pack, and went on a 6 month journey to edit, process and polish the sounds, bringing together some of the most exciting young producers and musicians in the field.

From song starters to vibey lo-fi, organic percussion and drum beats, to world instruments and sound fx, in a range of scales, BPMs, and customized to various genres. This is a pack designed to add the Middle Eastern spice to your next track.

I hope you enjoy it as much as we did creating it! - Gio

The Middle East Essentials releases feature the following musicians:
Zafer Tawil - Oud, Qanun, Darbuka
Bashir Taha - Oud
Tamar Shawki- Vocals
Aviv Bahar - Kopuz & Oud
Niri Sade - Ney & Vocals
Yoni Sharon - Percussion
Yoni Ben-Dor - Dumbak & Dhol
Omri Zelig - Baglama & Guitar
Elad Kimchi - Keyboards
Yagel Haroush - Kamanche & Ney
Yochai Cohen - Percussion, Vocals & Moroccan Mandol
Shir Gadasi - Vocals & Oud
Gilad Hazan - Violin & Oud
Ohad Elkoubi - Musical production & Oud
Dvir Cohen Eraki - Vocals
Gilad Weiss - Strings
Muna B - Vocals

Contributing Producers:
Hayden Nóbrega
Ohad Elkouby
Umru Rothenberg
Guy Mozes
Devon Karpf