Collectivity

Collectivity is the 4th. solo album from Canadian composer/producer Adham Shaikh. Transcending cultural boundaries by synthesizing a variety of world music traditions this unified global soundscape reveals a compelling fusion of instruments from North and West Africa, India, the Middle East, Japan and Australia. With a solid backbone of African and Middle Eastern percussion Collectivity forges a new path into the neo-tribal topographies of the 21st. century. This richly woven tapestry of sound is Inlaid with accents of Turkish Oud, Nay, Zorna, Indian tabla, African Mbira, Marimba, Kamele N’goni, Middle Eastern Sazu, Flutes, Bass, and Far Eastern Mouth Harp. Created over the past 2 years, Collectivity is the result of sessions in the studio with several musicians from around the world including vocalist Gemma Luna, African percussionist Kris Ledrew, flautist Marty Carter and electronic producer Freeworm all from Canada; the tabla player Marko Zonka (USA); sazu player Madoka Sakama (Japan); and didj maestro Ganga Giri (Australia). Moving beyond Adham's previous album 'Fusion', 'Collectivity' retains a similar energetic interplay of live instrumentation and seamlessly refined electronic production. In addition to uplifting new material, this album also includes spiced up remixes of Turkish multi-instrumentalist Omar Faruk Tekbilek and Mali's Issa Bagayogo of Six Degrees notoriety.Inspired by the search for musical harmony in a time of geo-political chaos and disharmony, Adham's aim is to find common ground using music as a medium of global communication. World fusion has the ability open people beyond themselves and their immediate locale to connect with something larger than the individual self. By bringing formerly distinct and separate cultures together in the studio, Collectivity speaks to the melting pot that is our world and suggest the possibility that music could be a blueprint for social harmony