giovedì 14 aprile 2016

Bachar Mar-Khalifé بــشــار مــارســيــل خــلـيــفــة




Bachar Mar-Khalifé is a French Lebanese singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist born in the town of Beyrouth in 1983, 13 February.
He is the son of the legendary Eastern-Lute player Marcel Khalifé and of the  singer Yolla
Khalifé, Brother of Rami Khalifé (a member of the band Aufgang).


He grew up listening to the voice and Lebanese compositions of his father . After training with Abd Al Rahman El Bacha, he went on to the Boulogne Conservatoire, where he gradually gave form to his singular approach to piano and percussions, alongside fellow students Rami Khalifé of course (his brother, piano), but also Aymeric Westrich (drums, synths) and Alexander Angelov (bass, backing vocals), who all took part in the elaboration of his first album in 2010 titled  " Oil Slick ".


During his musical career worked with conductors Lorin Maazel, James Gaffigan as well as with the Orchestre national de France and the Ensemble intercontemporain. He has collaborated on many projects that fuse jazz, world music, electronic and hip-hop with artists as diverse as Bojan Z, Carl Craig, Francesco Tristano, Murcof or Kery James.

He’s composed soundtracks for various films such as Layla Fourie, directed by Pia Marais and praised in 2013 Berlinale as well as Fièvres by Hicham Ayouch praised in 2015 Fespaco.

Artistically, he is linked to the French electronic music label InFiné with which he created, besides the aforementioned " Oil Slick ", the albums " Who's Gonna Get The Ball From Behind The Wall Of The Garden Today ? " in the 2013 and " Ya balad " in the 2015, a projection of Bachar’s childhood memories and the paths of exile, mainly sung in Arabic as an open letter to Lebanon, his native country.









Bachar Mar-Khalifé بــشــار مــارســيــل خــلـيــفــة - Oil Slick بــقــعــة نــفــط




01 Progeria
02 Distance
03 Around the Lamp
04 Marée Noire
05 Democratia
06 NTFntf'

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Bachar Mar-Khalifé بــشــار مــارســيــل خــلـيــفــة  -  Who's Gonna Get The Ball From Behind The Wall Of The Garden Today ?




01 Memories

02 Ya Nas
03 Mirror Moon
04 Machins Choses (feat. Kid A)
05 Marea Negra
06 Xerîbî  
07 Progeria (Solo Version)
08 Requiem
09 K-Cinerea
10 Distance (Solo Version)

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Bachar Mar-Khalifé بــشــار مــارســيــل خــلـيــفــة - Ya Balad 




01 Kyrie Eleison

02 Balcoon
03 Lemon
04 Layla
05 Yalla Tnam Nada (feat. Golshifteh Farahani)
06 Wolf Pack
07 Ya Balad
08 Madonna
09 Laya Yabnaya
10 EII3
11 Dors mon gas(e)

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martedì 12 aprile 2016

Yolla Khalifé يولّا خليفة





Born in Jezzine (South of Lebanon). Her love for music and singing was known since childhood
Impressed by religious songs and popular celebrations in the village.
Pursued her studies in philosophy at the Lebanese University in Beirut, singing with a group of young people “Mouachahat” and heritage melodies.
Participated in the creation of the group “Al Mayadine “in Beirut in 1977 with Marcel Khalife (composer, musician and interpreter) with whom she founded a family and gave birth for 2 children Rami and Bachar.

From 1978 until 1980, Yolla was singing with the group in many festivals such as “The Democratic Youth Festival” in Cuba and Berlin, and “Carthage Festival” in Tunisia.

After 1980 Yolla took a distance from her artistic activity until she came back in 2000 with the same group.
From 2000 till 2013 she participated at many Arabic, European and American tours and also different Lebanese and international festivals Among which :


“Jarash” Festival in Jordan.
Tours in Tunisia, Morocco, Qatar, , United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Soudan and Syria.
“ Beit El Ddine” and Tyre Festivals ( Lebanon )
International Book Fair ( Frankfurt)
Bozar Theatre ( Brussels )
“Salle de L’Unesco” and Salle “Pleyel” ( Paris)
Opera House (Cairo- Egypt )
“ Arabesque” Festival ( Kennedy Center Washington )
“ Fez” Festival for sacred music ( Morocco )
“ Barbican “ theatre ( London )
“ World Trade Center “ ( Dubai )

At the same time of her activity with the group “Al Mayadine”, she developed her own taste and conception for art.

She combined the singing with the body expression, making the art the language of the soul ,which allowed her to go solo or with “Al Makedonia” group in:
“Centre du Marais”,” Cabaret Sauvage”

“Institute of Arab World”,” Centre Pompidou” ( Paris )
“La Fete de l’Humanite” ( La Courneuve )

“Les rencontres Culturelles du Riquet “( south of France )
Health International Film Festival in “ Odeum Kos island “ ( Greece )
“World Music Festival” in Bitola, Skopje Museum( Macedonia )
“Janackovy Hukvaldy Festival” ( Czech Republic )


Other musical and dance spectacles with “ Centre de Dances Orientales “ in Paris and the company “Danse Ma Joie”
In 2007-2008 Yolla participated at “Hey don’t forget the Cumin” with the director Hala Al Abdallah,who also directed a documentary about Yolla for “France Culture” & Deutschland” radios.

Yolla enriched her vocal experience with Selima Al Khalaf, Catherine Estourelle, Lesle Akl, Mary Mahfouz and the singer Aicha Redouane.


As a solo artist she has released three albums:

"Aah " (2011)

"Aah...aah " (2013)
"Hawak" (2015 )


She also participated at  the album of Marcel Khalife " Fall of the Moon ", singing with him in the song “Wassaya Houriya” .


(source : http://yollakhalife.com)







Yolla Khalifé يولّا خليفة – Aah آه




01 Sorrow 
02 Say It Is Love 
03 I Love the Night 
04 Ah ya zain 
05 Henna 
06 Praying for Him 
07 Sleep My Little One
08 Born Anew 
09 The Flower Wreath 
10 Pining 
11 I Cried Out in Passion 
12 Pines of Jezzine 


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Yolla Khalifé يولّا خليفة – Aah…aah آه وآه







01 Let Me Love You  دعني أحبك
02 When You Touch  حين تلمس
03 When I Love You  عندما أحبك 
04 We Are All From Clay كلنا من تراب 
05 Do Not Look  لاتنظر
06 O My Heart  ياقلبي 
07 When I am a Child  وأنا طفلة 
08 In my Wings  في جناحي 
09 Travel  ترحال  

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Yolla Khalife يولا خليفة - Hawak هواك





01 Ya habibi يا حبيب
02 Ya Mraata يا امرأ
03 Sawti صوتي
04 Anta أنت
05 Laka لك
06 Hawak هواك
07 Law لو 

08 Wassla
09 Lemon الليمون

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