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Radio ›› Sam Shalabi
Montréal Free
Provocative Operations: II, 11m40s [excerpt]
Track 2 from Montréal Free
4xCD: No Type (2003) IMNT 0306/09

Artists ›› Sam Shalabi

Sam Shalabi is a central node in Montréal’s free improv scene. One cannot count the many projects he is a part of. He is best known as a founding member of Shalabi Effect, who have recorded 2 albums on Alien8 Recordings which have earned the band extremely good response from critics and music enthusiasts alike. Apart from Shalabi Effect, he is also part of a number of bands, among which Detention, Molasses, Balai Mécanique, Po, ’Gypt Gore, and a trio with David Kristian and Alexandre St-Onge. He is also known for three solo albums, Luteness (Squint Fucker Press, deleted), On Haschisch (Alien8), and of course Osama, his investigation of arabophobia in a "post-9-11 world". His style ranges from freeform psychedelic rock to the most oddball abstract performance. Although mostly known as a guitarist, the highly versatile Shalabi also performs on oud and a variety of other instruments.

Sam Shalabi
Tripoli, Libya, 1964
Residence: Montréal, Québec
  • Composer
  • Performer (electric guitar, oud)

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