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Koomi Lach Song Of Songs by Pharaoh's Daughter

Biographie de l'artiste pour Pharaoh's Daughter

Blending A Psychedelic Sensibility And A Pan-Mediterranean Sensuality Basya Schechter Leads Her Band Pharaoh's Daughter Through Swirling Hasidic Chants Mizrachi And Sephardi Folk-Rock And Spiritual Stylings Filtered Through Percussion Flute Strings And Electronica. Her Sound Has Been Cultivated By Her Hasidic Music Background And A Series Of Trips To The Middle East Africa Israel Egypt Central Africa Turkey Kurdistan And Greece. Basya Began Retuning Her Guitar To Sound Like A Cross Between An Arabic Oud And A Turkish Saz With Harmonic Minor Melodies And Odd Time Signatures. She Has Recorded Four Albums With Many Collaborators Three With Pharaoh's Daughter And One Instrumental Exploration With Persian Santur Player Alan Kushan. PD Also Appears On Three Tzadik Label Compilations Voices In The Wilderness The 10 Year Of Anniversary Of Zorn's Masada Compositions A Collection Of Sasha Argov Music And A Brazilian Jewish Composer From Earlier In The 20th Century Jacob Do Bandolim Jacob Pick Bittencourt . Pharaoh's Daughter Has Toured Extensively Through America Eastern And Western Europe As Well As Greece And The UK. Pharaoh's Daughter Had The Honor Of Debuting At Central Park's Summer Stage Series In August 2004 And Has Played Such Prestigious Stages As Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park And Queen Elizabeth Hall In London. When She's Not Touring Or Performing Basya Plays Darbuka Riq And Frame Drum As Part Of New York's Congregation B'nai Jeshurun Music Ensemble That Accompanies Friday Night Services. Basya Has Received Numerous Compositional And Project Grants From NYSCA New York State Council Of The Arts American Composers Forum For Trance And Multilayered Sound And Video Installation Collaboration With Fillmaker Pearl Gluck And The American Music Center. She Hopes To Record Pharaoh's Daughter's Fifth Album Hagar Within The Next Year.

ACCUEIL PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER
POPULAIRES PISTES MIXES ALBUMS
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