Sam Shalabi
Sam Shalabi is an Egyptian-Canadian composer, guitarist and oud player based in Montreal, who also spends long periods in Cairo. He started out in punk rock in the late 1970s and moved towards a music that combines Arabic maqam and shaabi with free improvisation, noise, jazz, electronics and spoken text. He is best known for the group Shalabi Effect and for Land of Kush, a large orchestra he composes for. Shalabi Effect began in 1996 as a duo of Shalabi and Anthony Seck and recorded for Alien8, including The Trial of St. Orange (2002) and Pink Abyss (2004).
Jane And The Magic Bananas
2012 release ** It seems to me they are using the ’no wave/no new york’ format of a slightly more pop-like character, sans any vocals of course. Nervous hectic playing on all three instruments, but occasionally leaping into a bit of a rock mode, all …
Mont-real Split
Mont-real (Split) brings together Sam Shalabi and the duo of Mike Gangloff & Liam Grant for a two-track release on Carbon Records. The split, out October 24, 2025, showcases Shalabi's singular experimental approach alongside Gangloff and Grant’s free…
Tropic of Taurus: Dwarfs of East Agouza in Shenzhen
Recorded at the 8th Tomorrow Festival, B10 Live, Shenzhen. May 25th, 2024
Alan Bishop – Vocals / Bass / SaxophoneSam Shalabi – Electric GuitarMaurice Louca – Keyboards / Electronics / Beats
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Shirk
*Edition of 300* Shirk is the new AOR flavored free improvisation solo album by Sam Shalabi featuring Eric Chenaux and Nadah El-Shazly where Synth Pop and Sound Poetry fester. Sam Shalabi is an Egyptian-Canadian composer, improviser and guitarist liv…
Isis And Osiris
"Sam Shalabi presents Isis And Osiris; a dystopian fantasia for ud ruminations and iterated tape manipulations. Listening to Sam's music or playing with him is always a psychedelic bliss. When Isis And Osiris penetrates my ears I am possessed by an…