AHL-i Nafs
fusion of electronica, live looping, sax, electric guitar, and ethnic world jazz, percussion, voices and stringed instruments
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sky dance (for dionne) sky dance (for dionne)
for dionne wish you were here a full band version of a Princes of Darkness composition. check out their page on soundclick!
Bismillah Bismillah
In the name of God, I will praise His/Her Creation with all my heart... and feet! A bit dancier than usual.
Throat, Sing the Praise of your Lord Throat, Sing the Praise of your Lord
This was the music created for Muladhara.
garden in rain garden in rain
David Farewell-- trumpet; Lido G--flute; Michael Chocolak-- percussion; Antony Bichon-- acoustic bass
Sea Full of Stars Sea Full of Stars
Dance. Hunt. Feed. Chill. I like to think of this as an alternative soundtrack to the opening scene of 'The Hunger' with Bowie and Catherine Deneuve.
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Music of the spirit from the people of the spirit (Ahl-i Nafs). Mixing electronica, jazz improvisation, and voices and instruments from all over the world to create a musical blend that feeds the mind and the body.Band/artist history
we came together through our mutual love of live looping and world musics-- we are all long time musicians making the music we've always heard in our heads for the first times. The last year has seen my son Lido become the band's chief soloist on saxes, celtic harp, piano, and accordian, as well as the recruitment of French Somali bassist Antony Bichon.Have you performed in front of an audience?Yes, clubs, cafes, concert halls, picnics, anywhere we can. Playing live is what it's all about.
Your musical influences
brian eno/david byrne "my life in the bush of ghosts"; bill laswell; jon hassell; 70s miles davis; toshinori kondo; don cherry; nils petter molvaer; jan garbarek; eivind aarset; bill frisell; michael brook; afro-celt sound system; deep forest; jah wobble; daniel lanois; banco de gaia; steve tibbetts; mercan dede; nusrat fateh ali khan; william s. burroughs; swans; ogun ekurWhat equipment do you use?
oud, saz, dumbek, daf, frame drum, guitars, bouzouki, pocket trumpet, log drum, balafon, laptop, synths, saxes, harp, piano, organsAnything else?
we do regular series presenting classic silent films with live improvised soundtracks all over the bay area and silicon valley. come see us at the brainwash cafe or stanford university.
check out our acoustic folk jazz side project- Princes of Darkness and my ambient/experimental page Farewell23Contact
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hello AHL-i Nafs, we are connected through Michael Chocholak. Glad to have been introduced to your music, which is now featured on my station:
P e r i p h e r a l V i s i o n s
http://www.soundclick.com/stations/stations.cfm?id=117476
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