Bint
El Funk is a pioneering Indie-oriental groove band that has
founded Yemen Funk. The band was established in
Jerusalem four years ago and has already managed to attract
attention performing in clubs and music festivals all over
Israel. The band is known for its tight rhythm section, the
quality of the brass instrumentals, and the unique voice of
singer Shiran Karny.
The band initially devoted itself to converting traditional
Jewish Yemenite songs to a modern groove, but soon added
original material to the pot, slowly creating a unique style;
diverse, yet cohesive.
Bint El Funk's style is based mainly on a combination of
funk with traditional Jewish Yemenite music, influenced by
Afro beat, jazz, Mediterranean music, psychedelic-Turkish
music and more.
Alongside the Yemenite texts are love songs, social protest
songs, Bedouin nonsense, and poetry. Each performance quickly
becomes a native tribal party with sounds, rhythms, colours, and
scents, which unite on a thread connecting Sana'a in Yemen,
Harlem in the US, and the Shaariya neighborhood in Petach Tikva.
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