Chalaban was founded in 1999 in Budapest by the Moroccan musician Saïd Tichiti, of Berber origin on his mother's side and black African on his father's side. The diversity of the group's sound is defined by the musician's Afro-Arab roots, with their lively, exuberant Moroccan music enhanced by elements of Carpathian Basin, Roma and Balkan music, all while singing in Arabic.
Being a melting pot of different nationalities, Chalaban aims to act as a vessel of the ancestral musical education Saïd had been acquiring since his childhood.
This music goes beyond folk vision to create a merger between instruments and melodies of south and north, east and west. The result is that each Chalaban concert is full of desert spirituality, melancholic melodies, ending with an air of trance.
Chalaban has played their captivating musical mixture to great acclaim not just in Hungary but throughout Europe, Morocco and elsewhere. Their music is featured in the 2018 documentary film "Échos du Sahara", which examines the 20-year career of the band's leader. The film sees Saïd return from Budapest to the Sahara Desert, where he draws inspiration from the spiritual Hassani culture and presents a fruitful encounter of diverse musical traditions.
Chalaban Line-up:
Saïd Tichiti: Lute, Guembri, percussion and lead, vocal
El Hassane Lahjari: Percussion, vocal
Izsák Vidákovich: Saxophone and flute
Dávid Torják: Bass guitar
Bálint Kovács: Guitar
Ferenc Golovics: Drum
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Being a melting pot of different nationalities, Chalaban aims to act as a vessel of the ancestral musical education Saïd had been acquiring since his childhood.
This music goes beyond folk vision to create a merger between instruments and melodies of south and north, east and west. The result is that each Chalaban concert is full of desert spirituality, melancholic melodies, ending with an air of trance.
Chalaban has played their captivating musical mixture to great acclaim not just in Hungary but throughout Europe, Morocco and elsewhere. Their music is featured in the 2018 documentary film "Échos du Sahara", which examines the 20-year career of the band's leader. The film sees Saïd return from Budapest to the Sahara Desert, where he draws inspiration from the spiritual Hassani culture and presents a fruitful encounter of diverse musical traditions.
Chalaban Line-up:
Saïd Tichiti: Lute, Guembri, percussion and lead, vocal
El Hassane Lahjari: Percussion, vocal
Izsák Vidákovich: Saxophone and flute
Dávid Torják: Bass guitar
Bálint Kovács: Guitar
Ferenc Golovics: Drum
Chalaban was founded in 1999 in Budapest by the Moroccan musician Saïd Tichiti, of Berber origin on his mother's side and black African on his father's side. The diversity of the group's sound is defined by the musician's Afro-Arab roots, with their lively, exuberant Moroccan music enhanced by elements of Carpathian Basin, Roma and Balkan music, all while singing in Arabic.
Being a melting pot of different nationalities, Chalaban aims to act as a vessel of the ancestral musical education Saïd had been acquiring since his childhood.
This music goes beyond folk vision to create a merger between instruments and melodies of south and north, east and west. The result is that each Chalaban concert is full of desert spirituality, melancholic melodies, ending with an air of trance.
Chalaban has played their captivating musical mixture to great acclaim not just in Hungary but throughout Europe, Morocco and elsewhere. Their music is featured in the 2018 documentary film "Échos du Sahara", which examines the 20-year career of the band's leader. The film sees Saïd return from Budapest to the Sahara Desert, where he draws inspiration from the spiritual Hassani culture and presents a fruitful encounter of diverse musical traditions.
Chalaban Line-up:
Saïd Tichiti: Lute, Guembri, percussion and lead, vocal
El Hassane Lahjari: Percussion, vocal
Izsák Vidákovich: Saxophone and flute
Dávid Torják: Bass guitar
Bálint Kovács: Guitar
Ferenc Golovics: Drum
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Being a melting pot of different nationalities, Chalaban aims to act as a vessel of the ancestral musical education Saïd had been acquiring since his childhood.
This music goes beyond folk vision to create a merger between instruments and melodies of south and north, east and west. The result is that each Chalaban concert is full of desert spirituality, melancholic melodies, ending with an air of trance.
Chalaban has played their captivating musical mixture to great acclaim not just in Hungary but throughout Europe, Morocco and elsewhere. Their music is featured in the 2018 documentary film "Échos du Sahara", which examines the 20-year career of the band's leader. The film sees Saïd return from Budapest to the Sahara Desert, where he draws inspiration from the spiritual Hassani culture and presents a fruitful encounter of diverse musical traditions.
Chalaban Line-up:
Saïd Tichiti: Lute, Guembri, percussion and lead, vocal
El Hassane Lahjari: Percussion, vocal
Izsák Vidákovich: Saxophone and flute
Dávid Torják: Bass guitar
Bálint Kovács: Guitar
Ferenc Golovics: Drum
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