47SOUL
annunciano
“BALFRON PROMISE”
il primo
album di studio in uscita il 2 febbraio
per Cooking
Vinyl/Edel
Tracklist:
1. Machina 2. Moved Around 3. Mo Light 4.
Gamar 5. Locked Up Shop 6. Sabah
7. Marked Safe 8. Ghazal (Promised Outro)
47SOUL
è il supergruppo electro-hip-hop arabo, un collettivo i cui componenti arrivano
dalla Palestina e dalla Giordania, terre di fuoco e di passione, terre di
conflitti e di anime in rivolta. La loro musica, chiara espressione del proprio
vissuto, è altamente emotiva e coinvolgente. Fautori dello Shamstep – un mix
hip-hop e pop, dabke palestinese e choubi iracheno, lingua araba ed inglese,
suoni della tradizione araba ed
elettronica pura – 47SOUL sono per The Guardian
tra
le band su cui puntare nel 2018.
Non
chiamatela world music.
Negli ultimi
due anni il collettivo ha vissuto a Londra, nella Balfron Tower, 26 edifici
residenziali nella zona East End di Londra che, negli anni, hanno fatto da
scenografia per video musicali di numerose band, tra cui Oasis, The Verve,
Wiley ed altri ancora. Nel corso negli anni, molto spesso, i proprietari di
questi spazi hanno più volte sfrattato gli abitanti di lunga data, fino allo
sfratto totale di tutti i residenti in seguito all’acquisizione della Balfron
Tower da parte di un ricco proprietario terriero. L’esperienza di vedere i
propri vicini sfrattati non è certamente passata inosservata agli occhi di 47SOUL, già da tempo familiari a queste
sensazioni per via della propria provenienza geografica e culturale. E da qui
nasce “Balfron Promise”, un album esplosivo.
Ad anticiparlo, il brano “Mo Light”, di cui è disponibile il
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90ofPQuvrZU
Attivi dal
2013, 47SOUL sono già noti nel
panorama musicale per essere i fautori del genere chiamato Shamstep, un mix tra hip-hop e pop, con brani cantati in lingua
araba ed inglese, ed accompagnati da suoni elettronici che fondono la
tradizione araba con suoni più rock, per un risultato di alto impatto emotivo.
The title BALFRON PROMISE is an intentional nod
to the Balfour Declaration – the centenary of which has just passed. The songs
expose the similarities between parts of the world we think of as distant,
war-torn lands, and the culture and class wars happening on our own doorstep.
It explores the idea that perhaps gentrification and occupation aren not as
different as we think.
47SOUL
have become renowned for inventing their own genre Shamstep (also the name of their debut EP), which fuses hip-hop and
pop lyrics in English and Arabic. The electronic creation, featuring elements
of Arab roots music have been kicked up a gear on Balfron Promise, with
cinematic soundscapes and menacing rock undertones creating an extra atmospheric
edge.
The quartet
have gained a cult following from gigs around the world, including at the likes
of Glastonbury and WOMAD in the UK.Their distinctive hooks and powerful
political lyrics resonate with their fans with the YouTube music video for
their debut single Intro to Shamstep
currently sitting on 5.4 million views.
They also
have a formidable reputation as a live act built on their energetic and
intoxicatingly otherworldly live shows. This is demonstrated by their most
recent sold-out live teaser performance of their new album at London’s Village
Underground.
Beyond their
musical influence, 47SOUL are
renowned as a voice on social issues – the band’s very name is an allusion to
the occupation of Palestine. Their lyrics often tell stories of oppression and
the efforts of normal people to combat it, not only in the Middle East but
around the world.
Balfron Promise will be released via Cooking Vinyl whose founder Martin Goldschmidt
is also a co-founder of the Palestine
Music Expo, which aims to revolutionise the music scene
in 47SOUL's homeland.
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ABOUT THE ALBUM:
Musically and lyrically, BALFRON PROMISE is a product of 47SOUL’s three year residency in London, a profoundly unique experience for the four members and their work. The album and themes are inspired both by modern-day London and the 100 year-old politics still influencing 47SOUL’s story to this day. Socially topical and lyrically astute, BALFRON PROMISE holds one promise, that their future will be written by no one but themselves.
ABOUT 47SOUL:
47SOUL is an Electro Arabic Dabke (Shamstep) band formed in Amman Jordan in 2013. The members are rooted in Bilad Al-Sham, spanning the divides from Amman to the Galilee to Ramallah and the rest of the Palestinian Diaspora. This new sound of 47SOUL has rapidly amassed fans in the Arab World, Europe, and around the globe by blasting the electric Arabic Dabke sound through alternative and street music scenes. On top of the beats that have been pumping in the Arab World for centuries, 47SOUL hypes it up with analog synthesizers, hypnotic guitar lines, group vocals, and melodic verses from the bands' singers. Every show ends in relentless dance and trance from all audiences involved. Their lyrics, mixing Arabic and English, call to celebrate and advance the struggle for freedom and equality, inside Bilad Al Sham and throughout the world.
47SOUL sono:
Walaa Sbait, vocals,
davul
Z The People, vocals,
keys, electronics
El Far3i, vocals/MC,
percussion
El Jehaz, vocals, guitar,
electronics
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