PROFESSOR SHEHAB

LET ME BEGIN BY SAYING "REE-SPEKT!!!"

SASSAN GARI AKA PROFESSOR SHEHAB TRACES HIS PERSIAN ROOTS BACK TO IRAN, WHERE HE WAS FORCED TO LEAVE AS AN EARLY TEEN AS THE VIOLENT IRANIAN REVOLUTION SWEPT HIS HOMELAND..HIS PATH WOUND UP LEADING HIM TO THE UNTAMED STREETS OF BROOKLYN IN THE EARLY 80S, WHERE HE TEAMED UP WITH PARTNER SKIZZ TO ESTABLISH THE NOW LEGENDARY NYC LABEL WORDSOUND, RELEASING A NON-STOP BARRAGE OF UNDERGROUND HIP-HOP, EARLY JUNGLE, DUB, ILLBIENT, AND MANY OTHER MUSICAL FORMS BEYOND ANY GENRE.

IN THE 90S, THE PROFESSOR SET OUT ON A NEW LABEL VENTURE, AND THE BARAKA FOUNDATION WAS FORMED, AGAIN CHALLENGING THE RULING SOUNDS OF THE COMMERCIAL MUSIC BIZ WITH MYSTERIOUS SMOKY DUB, FUTURIST TABLA BREAKS, AND BRINGING TOGETHER SOME OF THE WORLD'S TOP CLASSICAL MUSICIANS FROM INDIA, AFRICA, AND BEYOND TOGETHER WITH SHEHAB BEHIND THE CONSOLE, DIALING IN FREQUENCIES FROM OTHER SPIRITUAL DIMENSIONS.

WITH THE NEW MILLENIUM, SHEHAB AGAIN BOLDY SET OUT INTO UNCHARTED MUSICAL TERRITORIES WITH CURRENT LABEL BABOON RECORDS, BRINGING ALONG SOME FAMILIAR FACES FROM THE BARAKA LINE-UP, INCLUDING DR. ISRAEL & DUB GABRIEL, AS WELL AS JOINING FORCES WITH MASTER SANTUR-PLAYER ALAN KUSHAN[MILES DAVIS, MAX ROACH, PACO DELUCIA] TO CREATE THE LATEST CREATION FROM THE PROFESSOR, THE SAMSARA SOUNDSYSTEM, ANCESTRAL PERSIAN MELODIES FUSED WITH THE PULSATING RHTHYMS OF BROOKLYN, NY!

THE PROFESSOR HAS BEEN A SOURCE OF CONTINUOS STUDIO KNOWLEDGE AND ALL FORMS OFGENEROSITY & SUPPORT TO DJ KIVA SINCE THE TWO MET IN 2000, AND HAVE PERFORMED COUNTLESS EVENTS TOGETHER AS PARTS OF THE OMNIPRESENT BROOKLYN MASSIVE COLLECTIVE.





				PROFESSOR SHEHAB LET ME BEGIN BY SAYING "REE-SPEKT!!!" SASSAN GARI AKA PROFESSOR SHEHAB TRACES HIS PERSIAN ROOTS BACK TO IRAN, WHERE HE WAS FORCED TO LEAVE AS AN EARLY TEEN AS THE VIOLENT IRANIAN REVOLUTION SWEPT HIS HOMELAND..HIS PATH WOUND UP LEADING HIM TO THE UNTAMED STREETS OF BROOKLYN IN THE EARLY 80S, WHERE HE TEAMED UP WITH PARTNER SKIZZ TO ESTABLISH THE NOW LEGENDARY NYC LABEL WORDSOUND, RELEASING A NON-STOP BARRAGE OF UNDERGROUND HIP-HOP, EARLY JUNGLE, DUB, ILLBIENT, AND MANY OTHER MUSICAL FORMS BEYOND ANY GENRE. IN THE 90S, THE PROFESSOR SET OUT ON A NEW LABEL VENTURE, AND THE BARAKA FOUNDATION WAS FORMED, AGAIN CHALLENGING THE RULING SOUNDS OF THE COMMERCIAL MUSIC BIZ WITH MYSTERIOUS SMOKY DUB, FUTURIST TABLA BREAKS, AND BRINGING TOGETHER SOME OF THE WORLD'S TOP CLASSICAL MUSICIANS FROM INDIA, AFRICA, AND BEYOND TOGETHER WITH SHEHAB BEHIND THE CONSOLE, DIALING IN FREQUENCIES FROM OTHER SPIRITUAL DIMENSIONS. WITH THE NEW MILLENIUM, SHEHAB AGAIN BOLDY SET OUT INTO UNCHARTED MUSICAL TERRITORIES WITH CURRENT LABEL BABOON RECORDS, BRINGING ALONG SOME FAMILIAR FACES FROM THE BARAKA LINE-UP, INCLUDING DR. ISRAEL & DUB GABRIEL, AS WELL AS JOINING FORCES WITH MASTER SANTUR-PLAYER ALAN KUSHAN[MILES DAVIS, MAX ROACH, PACO DELUCIA] TO CREATE THE LATEST CREATION FROM THE PROFESSOR, THE SAMSARA SOUNDSYSTEM, ANCESTRAL PERSIAN MELODIES FUSED WITH THE PULSATING RHTHYMS OF BROOKLYN, NY! THE PROFESSOR HAS BEEN A SOURCE OF CONTINUOS STUDIO KNOWLEDGE AND ALL FORMS OFGENEROSITY & SUPPORT TO DJ KIVA SINCE THE TWO MET IN 2000, AND HAVE PERFORMED COUNTLESS EVENTS TOGETHER AS PARTS OF THE OMNIPRESENT BROOKLYN MASSIVE COLLECTIVE.

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