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Rafi Levy

Latin, Reggae, and Middle Eastern Instrumentals

About Me

Rafi started playing the guitar in Israel, at the age of 12. He formed his first band at 13 and has been writing and performing music ever since.In September 2004, Rafi released his solo CD, Desert Cruising in a Dub State of Mind. The CD is a mix of Latin, Reggae, and Middle Eastern influenced instrumentals with a dreamy feel. In "Desert Cruising in a Dub State of Mind", Rafi wrote, arranged, produced, and hand-picked some of todays most talented musicians to accompany his six strings.He has also been writing, performing, and recording music in a band called Poopan since 1997. Poopan is a mix of Funk, Reggae, Drum N Bass, Acid Jazz, and World Grooves. They have shared the stage with top national acts such as Black Eye Peas, Mix Master Mike (DJ from the Beastie Boys), Xzibit, Pennywise, and Alkaholiks. They are currently releasing their third CD.Rafi is determined to continue to release new and different flavors and to grow and challenge himself as a musician, guitar player, and songwriter... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --If you prefer to buy Downloads over Cds, You can Download my Album below:Check out: Myspace.com/poopan And ... www.Poopan.com
Tickets are on sale now and this show will sell out!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/17/2005
Band Website: DesertCruising.com
Influences: Bob Marley, Grant Green, Ernest Ranglin, The Roots Radics, Israel Vibration, Sly & Robbie, Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, Funkadelic, Paco de Lucia, Gypsy kings, Bossa Breaks, Middle Eastern music, music from South America, The Caribbean, Spain, Africa, Drum N Bass, House, Breaks, and anything with soul! I'm always open to hearing music in different styles and checking out new music. I think every style of music has something unique about it and as long as it's played with soul and feeling I can listen to it! Their's no way I could fit all my influences on this page, but much love and respect to all the quality soulful music in the world and musicians out there who are keepin things fresh and groovy! Respect to open minded music lovers and fans.
Sounds Like: Latin, Reggae, and Middle Eastern influenced instrumentals with a dreamy feel. If you like music like the Gypsy Kings, Santana, and world music that blends cultures and musical feels from around the world, you'll definitely dig this music! Some people say that this music reminds them of the soundtracks from Kill Bill and Pulp fiction. This CD has lots of warm soulful guitar melodies and also features solos and grooves played on exotic instruments from all over the world like the egyptian oud, tablas, udu, cajon, doumbek, flute, violin and more! These melodies and grooves will relax, inspire and put you in a positive Dub State of Mind!
Record Label: Indie
Type of Label: None

My Blog

I'm happy

What's up friends and family, I'm happy to say that the tickets for our (my band poopan) show August 2nd at the temple bar will be completely sold out by the end of next week at the latest! We only ha...
Posted by Rafi Levy on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 06:22:00 PST

Poopan is back!

What's up friends family and everybody, I just wanted to let everybody who doesn't already know, I played in a band called Poopan for about 8 years and then we took a 3 year break to do our own thing...
Posted by Rafi Levy on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 01:13:00 PST

Get a Free download from my album at www.DesertCruising.com

If you want to hear more music from my CD, check out my website www.DesertCruising.com. You can also get a Free download when you sign up to the mailing list. Enjoy!...
Posted by Rafi Levy on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

About Buying My CD and the Free Compilation CD that you'll get!

"Desert Cruising in a Dub State of Mind" is available for sale on my website www.DesertCruising.com . You'll  also get a Free downloadable World Music Compilation CD when...
Posted by Rafi Levy on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST