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DouniaMonkey (Il manifesto) Four musicians from various artistic and cultural backgrounds explore Italian and middle eastern roots with a combination of melodies, harmonies and rythmns from all over the world. Their unique sound is unlike much else out there
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About the ensemble: Faisal Taher - vocals Vincenzo Gangi - guitar and backing vocals Giovanni Arena - doublebass and backing vocals Riccardo Gerbino - percussions
Four musicians, from various artistic backgrounds, came together in 1996 and formed Dounia. The desire to explore more profoundly
the panorama of the World Music began to evolve from their live appearances.
Considering the backgrounds and the ideals of the members, Dounia centre their musical project on a predominant acoustic base
giving each individual instrument the privilege to express, through its own timbre, the fascination and suggestion which are part of the
world, its traditions and the evolution of all of the musicians who are part of it. Dounia blends the peculiar middle-oriental voice of
Faisal Taher with a special amalgam of melodies, harmonies and rythmns from all over the world.
The result exceeds any form of contamination creating Dounia's little world where, each sound is given importance, even a meagre
chord. Thus causing a surge of emotion for the listener, letting them feel free in this open and interactive listening space: imagination.
Dounia have continued with their musical and artistic path, which is evident from the release of their first cd “New World”
(Altrosud/il manifesto/Officina - 2001), and from their live concerts in Italy and abroad. On stage their performances are poetic and
suggestive. They are a determined group with a clear vision, that is to produce music which reaches every single member of their
audience. In concert, music is taken from “New World”, the new album “The monkey”, and from traditional middle-oriental music but
interpreted by the unique sound of Dounia. Dounia has succesfully taken part in various national and international festivals, as
Rossini Opera Festival 2002, Pesaro (Italy); Womad 2001, Reading (UK); 2° World Music Festival, Belo Horizonte (Brasil); Womad
2000, Palermo (Italy). The group participates on the compilation “Mediterraneo” (PdM), "SilaInFesta" (il Manifesto/AltroSud), and
"Mastrarua" (Musica&suoni/RTI). They have composed music for theatre such as Antonio e Cleopatra, Medea, Che farai Frà
Jacopone, Il mio nome è Caino (by the roman of Claudio Fava, and actually on tour), all directed by Ninni Bruschetta.
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