Yemen Blues

Yemen Blues presenting the new album INSANIYA – HUMANITY produced by the legendary producer Bill Laswell.

The phenomenal visionary collaboration between Laswell and Yemen Blues focusing on hard groove, rich vocals, clarity and heavy sound, featuring one of the greatest voices of the Sahara Mariem Hassan, as well as the Yemenite star Tziyon Golan and One of the greatest rappers in France history Oxmo Puccino.

Named the #1 World Music ensemble by Montreal’s Le Devoir and the best album for 2011 by CVS Sweden, Yemen Blues, led by “ridiculously charismatic front man Ravid Kahalani” burst onto the world and contemporary music scenes in 2010 creating a world wide buzz that has only gotten louder and more intense since then.

One of the most unique percussion set ups of Rony Iwryn and Itamar Doari and extreme, highly polished rhythm section with Shanir Blumenkranz are the pulsating, danceable underpinning of this unique musical collaboration. Yemen Blues has created a sound that swirls with the Yemenite tradition of Muslims, Christians of Jews, with contemporary overlays of rock & roll, jazz & blues.

After touring the world with over 300 live show at the last 4 years Yemen Blues presents The new show
“INSANIYA” (Humanity) based on Laswell’s sound from the upcoming album. The full live show includes a collaboration with the talented Ori Ben-Shabat from the group of artists “Maria Kong” who created an original video art on 5 screens for each of the songs. The artist uses video footage including
live dance infused by original images inspired by the new sound of Yemen Blues.