The Idan Raichel Project

小簡介
Idan Raichel Project由唱作歌手、鍵盤樂師、音樂制作人Idan Raichel組建，于2002年驚現(xiàn)于以色列樂壇，他們在一個戰(zhàn)爭和沖突的新聞長期占據(jù)著報刊頭條的國度，傳遞著愛與寬容的信息，引起了人們強烈的反響，改變了以色列當今流行音樂的面貌。Idan Raichel Project最大的特色在于那令人心醉的多元融合色彩：傳統(tǒng)希伯來語歌詞、來自非洲、拉丁美洲、加勒比海和中東的民族音樂加上成熟的電子混音制作技巧、精彩的現(xiàn)場演出。他們如今已成為以色列音樂史上不可思議的傳奇。
2008年11月，Idan Raichel Project在以色列國內發(fā)行了新專輯Bein Kirot Beiti (Within My Walls),又一次引起轟動。專輯將在2009年初在世界范圍內發(fā)行。Within My Walls中的大部分曲目都是Idan Raichel在過去幾年的旅途中的即興場合錄制，詩意的歌詞反映了這些旅行中的見證與沉思。以希伯來語、摩洛哥阿拉伯語、西班牙語、佛得角克里奧爾（白人土著）語和斯瓦西里語等演唱的歌曲，講述著在一個充滿復雜紛爭的世界中，個人的成長奮斗和愛的真諦。
專輯是Idan Raichel與眾多才華橫溢的藝術家們合作的結晶：哥倫比亞歌手Marta Gómez，佛得角才女Mayra Andrade、聲線如絲般柔美的盧旺達-烏干達裔歌手Somi、以色列音樂制作人Assaf Dar、中東打擊樂師Zohar Fresco、傳統(tǒng)木管樂器演奏家Eyal Sela、波斯小提琴（kamancheh）名家Mark Eliyahu、傳奇的低音樂器演奏家Alon Nadel等等。他們的靈感共同締造了這張感人的作品，充溢著富麗的旋律、迷人的詩句、令人驚艷的演唱和精致復雜的編排。
Led by Israeli keyboardist/producer Idan Raichel, the Idan Raichel Project seeks to give voice to the amazingly diverse blend of world cultures that comprise Israel's colorful musical landscape. After time spent with the army rock band in which he cut his teeth, touring and performing for troops all over the nation, Idan took work at a boarding school for immigrant youth. Exposed for the first time to Israel's growing populations of Ethiopian Jews through his students, Idan began to fall in love and identify with Ethiopian folk music. He also found that most of the immigrant boys he worked with were forced to shun the culture of their homeland in desperate hopes of assimilating into mainstream Israeli society. Inspired by this realization, Idan began investing time in learning more about the many immigrant cultures that made up Israel. Hanging out with a wide variety of musicians, Idan hoped to encourage his students and new friends to embrace and live out their native cultural heritage. In the meantime Idan became an established supporting musician, working as a sideman alongside some of the nation's most important pop acts. With his ever-growing number of world musician friends and pop production knowledge, Idan set to recording some of the richly multicultural music he'd begun to create. Over 70 musicians contributed to the demo recording that Raichel used to garner the support he would need for a full-length production. With the support of Helicon Records, the Idan Raichel Project was born, featuring the songwriting and production of Raichel, and musical contributions from an amazingly diverse cast of players. The record created buzz worldwide, showered with praise by some of the industry's most influential voices. It was a breakout success in Israel and throughout the region. Raichel and his group maintained a busy touring schedule in response to their explosive popularity.