Gio Israel Middle East Essentials Vol.2 [WAV, Ableton Live]

Following the success of the Middle East Essentials (AKA MEE) Series by Gio Israel, we have decided to push the envelope and create a pack that combines both traditional and ancient instruments with state of the art production process. We gathered unreleased recordings from the MEE series alongside new recordings made especially for this pack and went on a 6 months journey to edit, process and polish the sounds, bringing together some of the most exciting young producers in the field working with some of the best Middle Eastern musicians out there.

From song starters to vibey lo-fi, organic percussion and drum beats to world instruments and sound fx, in a range of scales, BPMs and customized to various genres. This is a pack designed to add the Middle Eastern spice to your next track.

I hope you enjoy it as much as we did creating it! - Gio

The Middle East Essentials releases feature the following musicians:

• Zafer Tawil - Oud, Qanun, Darbuka
• Bashir Taha - Oud
• Tamar Shawki- Vocals
• Aviv Bahar - Kopuz & Oud
• Niri Sade - Ney & Vocals
• Yoni Sharon - Percussion
• Yoni Ben-Dor - Dumbak & Dhol
• Omri Zelig - Baglama & Guitar
• Elad Kimchi - Keyboards
• Yagel Haroush - Kamanche & Ney
• Yochai Cohen - Percussion, Vocals & Moroccan Mandol
• Shir Gadasi - Vocals & Oud
• Gilad Hazan - Violin & Oud
• Ohad Elkoubi - Musical production & Oud
• Dvir Cohen Eraki - Vocals
• Gilad Weiss - Strings
• Muna B - Vocals

Contributing Producers:

• Hayden Nóbrega
• Ohad Elkouby
• Umru Rothenberg
• Guy Mozes
• Devon Karpf

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