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Member Since: 10/09/2007
Band Website: http://www.hamdi-makhlouf.com
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Influences: Since his childhood, Hamdi Makhlouf expressed his love to music. His preferences were directed at first to tradition emblems (Mohamed Abd Al-Wahab, Om Kolthoum and Fayrouz for long songs, Sabah Fakhri for Aleppo music , Hedi Jouini and Mohamed Jammousi for Tunisian variety). The subscription to the ISM of Sfax allowed him to expand his listening to traditional classical Arabic music (qasâid, muwashshhât and azjâl) and other traditional music of geocultural neighboring (Maghreb, Middle East and Europe). At the same time, aware of the rich expressive capabilities of the 'ûd, he felt the need to adapt this instrument to new musical contexts, inspired so many artistic experiments :(1) Those of the most significant lutenists such as Cherif Muhyiddine Haydar (the founder of the lute school of Bagdad), his disciples Munir Bashir, Jamil Bashir, Salman Shukur, and in a later stage, Naseer Shamma, Khaled Mohamed Ali, Ali Hassan, etc.…(2) Those who are tempted by the merger of several musical genders, especially jazz and world music. The experience of the Tunisian Jazzman guitarist Fawzi Chekili was for him one of the most important.So far in France, Hamdi Makhlouf is exposed to a magnifical stylistic differences. He has leaned more toward the experiences of SHAKTI project managed by John McLaughlin through Indian music; Karim Ziad, Nguen-Le and Bojan Zulficarpazik through african, maghreb, Asian and Central Europe music, and, of course, to the lute fusion experiments (including those of Anouar Brahem, Dhafer Youssef and Rabih Abou Khalil). Currently, he is trying to steer his listening to contemporary music such as Western works by Boulez, Xenakis, Berio, etc.
Record Label: EMI Music