Get ready for “The Departure” by The Shadow Majlis’ Listening Party and Screening. This alternative neo-global fusion album is dedicated to my late son Oisín (2/27/15 - 9/12/22) and is produced by 3x Grammy winner David Bottrill. Joining me in the studio to make this work:
David J (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets) - bass
Olena Tsybulska (Dakhabrakha) - vocals
Mark Gemini-Thwaite (Peter Murphy, Gary Numan, The Mission, Tricky) -guitar
Rakesh Tewari - drums
Anne Bourne (Loreena McKennitt, Jane Siberry) - cello
Soriah - Tuvan throat singing, flute
Pankaj Mishra - sarangi
Ravi Naimpally (Constantinople, Niyaz) - tabla
Selmanpak Ayduz - ney
Kerem Koktas - kemancheh
Sasha Singer-Wilson - backing vocals
Zayn Jafri - piano
Oscar Adams-Jafri - solfeggio pipes
Oisín Adams-Jafri - child’s voice, solfeggio pipes
Ali Jafri - vocals, guitars, electric sitar, percussion, synths, programming