SABABA 5 – Ca Va Ca Va – LP – Vinyl [FEB 20]

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LP – Standard Edition Black Vinyl.

With four albums already behind them, Sababa 5 have earned global support, from Songlines magazine and BBC Radio 6 Music tastemakers including Gilles Peterson, Jamz Supernova and Iggy Pop to Frances FIP Radio and Radio Nova, for their unique blend of traditional Middle Eastern celebration music with psychedelic grooves, funk, jazz, rock, and international vocal collaborations spanning Japan to India. The Paris-based group have taken this sound to stages across Europe, including Reeperbahn Festival and Dresdens Super Fest.

a Va a Va is the bands hafla album a return to the wedding and event celebration music that first shaped Sababa 5. Recorded in Paris, it draws directly from the sounds of hafla the joyful, communal music heard at Middle Eastern weddings, parties and festive gatherings with a sprinkling of influences from the wider Mediterranean. The group utilise their classic combination of electric guitar, bass, drums, organ, and synths to transform these ideas into vibrant melodies, dance-ready rhythms, and a spirit of abundance and togetherness.

Opening track Bienvenue sets the tone with a mysterious, longing guitar solo before bursting into an irresistible rhythm and jubilant guitar motif. It flows seamlessly into All, straight into wedding-riot territory a fast-rising instrumental that showers the dancefloor with energy as it builds around a hypnotic, arpeggio-driven riff. The album is almost entirely original material, with two key exceptions: Yprcho (I Exist), a beautiful instrumental journey inspired by a classic Greek song traditionally performed by Stelios Kazantzidis, and Asunsan, an instrumental flip of the much-loved Sababa 5 collaboration Nasnusa with Yurika Hanashima. Another impressive step in the Sababa 5 story, a Va a Va captures both joy and longing the unmistakable warmth of Eastern Mediterranean celebration and the bands surf-rock edge sounding more confident, spirited and deeply rooted than ever.

Tracklist:

Side A
1. Bienvenue
2. Allo
3. Ca va, Ca va
4. Yparcho

Side B
1. Bon Ben Bon
2. Asunsan
3. Dodo
4. Hop
5. Pouf

Ilan Smilan – Guitar
Eitan Drabkin – Kyes
Amir Sadot – Bass
Itamar Weinstein – Drums

Art Adelina Kulmakhanova
mix Amir Sadot
Master Doug Krebs
Recorded in Paris, April 2024

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