SAHIRA - stories of heroic women
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Original World Music travel from the Mediterranean to Africa and India. Rome (Italy)+393206758026 info@karkumproject.it
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Sahira is an author's World Music record, a musical fusion between the Mediterranean, Africa and India. A multi-ethnic musical journey homage to the archetypal female, heroic and divine figure. Princesses, heroines, amazons, sirens and pirates guide the listener on an imaginary journey through sounds that reach different parts of the world from the Mediterranean.
“Sahira†is a mix of cultures and languages (Italian, regional dialects, Spanish, Kurdish, Arabic, Morì, Romanì, Ladin, Bulgarian and Hindi). The dominant thread is the musical contamination between instruments and sounds, between musical cultures and traditions, surrounded by elements of modernity and orchestral lyrics that tend to create an enveloping atmosphere full of charm and beauty.
Modal and microtonal sonorities of different Middle Eastern cultures blend with modern musical elements and fantastic stories. From the charm of the different gypsy ethnic groups to the depth of Ottoman fragments and ways, up to the strength and energy of tribal melodies with a Kurdish flavor. From persuasive Arabic melodies to Indian spirituality.
A distinctly world music work composed of completely unreleased songs by Claudio Merico and Giulia Tripoti, both in lyrics and in melodies, which has the Mediterranean as its starting point, "Mare Nostrum" from which the ship sets sail to reach distant lands such as West Africa and India.
Claudio Merico (Italy) – viella, violin, oud, Indian violin, sarod, dilruba, mandolin
Giulia Tripoti (Italy) – voice, flutes, saz, symphonia, percussion, ogur sazi
Susanna GarcĂa RubĂ (Italy) – cello
Andrea Pullone (Italy) – oud, saz, guitar
Giovanni Squillacioti (Italy) – Middle Eastern percussion, cajon, tablas, frame drums
Daniele Ercoli (Italy) – double bass, gaita
SPECIAL GUESTS:
MĂ¼bin DĂ¼nen (Kurdistan/TĂ¼rkiye) – santur, duduk, ney, voice
Manish Madankar (India) – tablas
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"SAHIRA" stories of heroic women, the album by Claudio Merico and Giulia Tripoti, produced by Karkum Project (March 2023).
Sahira is an original World Music record, a multi-ethnic musical journey homage to the archetypal female, heroic and divine figure.
Each song tells the deeds of real heroines, fairy tales and all-female stories, between reality and fantasy, princesses, heroines, amazons, sirens and pirates guide the listener on an imaginary journey between sounds that, from the Mediterranean, reach Africa and India .
It is a mix of cultures and languages (Italian, Italian regional dialects, Spanish, Kurdish, Arabic, Morì, Romanì, Ladin, Bulgarian and Hindi). The dominant thread is the musical contamination between instruments and sounds, between musical cultures and traditions, surrounded by elements of modernity and orchestral lyrics that tend to create an enveloping atmosphere full of charm and beauty.
Modal and microtonal sonorities of different Middle Eastern cultures blend with modern musical elements and fantastic stories. From the charm of the different gypsy ethnic groups to the depth of Ottoman fragments and ways, up to the strength and energy of tribal melodies with a Kurdish flavor. From persuasive Arabic melodies to Indian spirituality. A distinctly world music work composed of completely unreleased songs by Claudio Merico and Giulia Tripoti, both in lyrics and in melodies, which has the Mediterranean as its starting point, "Mare Nostrum" from which the ship sets sail to reach distant lands such as West Africa and India.
The name "Sahira" in Arabic means "Eternal Spring". It can symbolize the Earth, the Moon, rebirth, as well as the Sahira of the new Karkum Project record, which embodies all the feminine qualities, generates and sustains life, like a mother. The Mother Earth.
She can be imagined as a woman with a disenchanted expression and fatigued by the weight of the world that she has to support above her head. Thus was born a character who accompanies and encompasses all the recording work, also represented graphically with the beautiful illustration by the artist Marta Cavicchioni.
Musicians:
Claudio Merico – viella, violin, strings, symphonia, Turkish oud, Arabic oud, Indian violin, sarod, dilruba, ogur sazi, mandolin, electronics
Giulia Tripoti – voices, flutes, saz, cumbushsaz, guitar, symphonia, percussion, ogur sazi, electronics
Guests:
Francesca Turchetti (Spain) – flamenco guitar
Milena Jeliazkova (Bulgaria) – Bulgarian choirs
Manish Madankar (India) – tabla
Ousman Coulibalì GRIOT (Burkina Faso) – kora, moorì voice
Esharef Ali Mahagag (Libya) – Arabic voice
MĂ¼bin DĂ¼nen (Kurdistan – Turkey) – santur, ney, duduk, Kurdish voice
Lucio Graziano (Italy) – tamĂ
Conceived, arranged and produced by Karkum Project
Mixed and mastered by Giulia Tripoti and Giancarlo Grevi
LYRICS and HISTORIES
https://www.karkumproject.it/sahira-lyrics/
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Karkum Project is an "open project" that deals with research, study and revival of the different cultures of peoples.
In the field of cultural diffusion, it has been implementing various initiatives since 2017.
From 2018 to 2021 produced three documentaries ("Pizzica Pizzica: Franca Tarantino and the traditional Salento dance", "Mario Salvi: the discovery of the accordion and pizzica in the land of the trulli", "ArbĂ«resh: The musical traditions of the ancient Albanian communities in Italy") as well as collaborating with Enrico Scarinci on the research, recovery, study and re-proposition of the traditional songs of Central Italy (Sabina). During the pandemic they produced “Earth Mother†a music videoclip with musicians from different parts of the world (Italy, Spain, China, Iran) to raise awareness for a more conscious and respectful rebirth of our Mother Earth. In 2019 they organized the multicultural festival "Tufello World Music Festival" in the popular "Tufello" district of Rome.
In 2020 with the musical program "Sefarad" they promoted and re-proposed the ancient Sephardic songs. An important testimony of the multiculturalism of the whole Mediterranean. A first study by Claudio Merico and Giulia Tripoti, which will flow towards the development and representation of the different Iberian cultures that coexisted in Al Andalus (Arab Spain in the Middle Ages) in the Middle Ages. The material and the research carried out aim at the dissemination, cultural aspect (through the portal www.karkumproject.it) and the production of the first album of Karkum Project called "Aljama" (in Arabic "religious community") which will be followed by a Italian tour of presentations throughout 2022.In 2023 Karkum Project produced the album "Sahira - Stories of heroic women", an original work (lyrics and music) in the field of world music focused on the heroic and divine feminine in which international guests from the Mediterranean to India and Africa participate.
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