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American classic rock group
RUBI ATE THE FIG
has released album
‘Desert Electric’
track-list:
Breathe With Me Slowly
Gilgamesh
They Came With Stones
Caress The Moon
Your Story
The Tent
In The Garden
Tremor
Flight
Rubi Ate The Fig released album ‘Desert Electric‘ and lead track ‘Breathe With Me Slowly‘ an exciting fusion of rock guitar and the Middle East.
‘Desert Electric‘, the new album from Rubi Ate The Fig combines the exoticism of the Middle East with the huge electric soundscape of rock’n’roll.
“All my songs are about love, sex or death”
says Sharon Eliashar, songwriter and vocalist of Rubi Ate The Fig.
“Take lead track ‘Breathe With Me Slowly’ a love song that describes a chaste seduction involving just ‘eyes touching eyes’ and then listen to ‘Caress The Moon’ which tackles suicide and self-destruction and just may be the essential Rubi Ate the Fig song.”
Such extremes dance throughout the new album ‘Desert Electric‘ which combines the traditional sounds of Middle Eastern music with out-and-out electric guitar and has been likened to ‘Led Zeppelin and Mahavishnu traveling through the desert‘.
‘Desert Electric‘ has been over five years in the making and was written and recorded in Pasadena, LA.
The making was a troubled one as producer and engineer Rich Mouser’s studio where they were recording was lost in the LA fires last year.
The band have since picked up the pieces and spent this past year finalizing the LP.
But it has been worth the wait.
The nine songs on the LP have been structured to tell a whole story with the overarching themes of love, sex and death weaving throughout the landscape of the Sinai desert and the lives of the Bedouins who inhabit that hematite coated land.
A thrilling journey of psychedelic transcendence, the album features such tales as ‘Gilgamesh‘ a love song from the desert, ‘Your Story‘ about watching a person you love slowly kill themselves, and ‘The Tent‘ which features love, sex, power dynamics and murder – a song that Sharon started to write in her 20s, but then realized that she ‘needed to be a woman‘ to finally finish.
American classic rock act
RUBI ATE THE FIG
has released single
‘Your Story’
guest musicians:
Hasan Minawi – ney (arabic flute)
Emad Roshdy Ibrahim – arabic strings
Raed Oiweina – middle-eastern percussion
Souren Baronian Duduk – tambourine
Haig Manookian – oud
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In advance of their new album, ‘DESERT ELECTRIC’, Rubi Ate The Fig are excited to share single ‘Your Story‘.
“Everyone has a story. Sometimes, those stories are marked by pain and struggle; it’s in those moments that we find our true strength. Rubi Ate the Fig has always been about telling stories – the raw, unfiltered truths of life. Music has been our way to heal, and it’s our way to help others heal too. The essence of ‘Your Story’ is about having compassion and love for the people close to us that are overcoming addiction, battling their demons and finding recovery – It’s about having compassion for ourselves and knowing that we are doing the best we can; And it’s about the realization that no matter how dark the night, the dawn is always closer than we think…”
Best described as ‘Desert Rock‘;
Rubi Ate The Fig combine a classic rock vibe, with some exotic Middle-Eastern touches.
“Led Zeppelin and Mahavishnu traveling through the Desert – stopping to have tea with Grace Slick”
Rubi Ate The Fig are an American Rock Band, who’s music is infused with a Middle-Eastern Colour and groove.
Featuring Master musicians, Rubi Ate The Fig tell the story of the Desert – with mystical lyrics and exotic sets, they aim to transport the listener to another world.
Sharoón Eliashar – Compositions, Vocals, Guitar, Production.
Born in Jerusalem, raised in the low desert of California; Sharoón has studied Middle-Eastern music, classical composition, and ethno-musicology.
Sharoón’s incorporates Middle-Eastern rhythms and moods into her Western songwriting.
Sharoón has spent much of her time with the Bedouins of the Sinai Desert, who became a profound source of inspiration for her music and evocative lyrics.
Rick Mouser – recording engineer, Guitar, Production.
Deemed the guru of Indie Rock, Rich Mouser has recorded countless bands – His specialty is certainly in the guitar-driven rock genre.
He has helped cultivate the sound of emerging Indie bands and has polished established acts inside and outside of the USA.
He’s a respected progressive rock engineer/mixer and has worked with ‘Transatlantic’, ‘Spock’s Beard’, ‘Dream Theatre’, and more.
Bands outside of the country have travelled to the States to have the opportunity to work with Mouser as a producer.
Within the last few years, Rick has imported Irish talent (Jaded Sun, Paul Toal, and Lancelot), produced their albums, and helped to establish their sound.
Marc Mann – Guitar, keyboard, vocals, production, orchestration.
Marc Mann is a uniquely creative guitar player who has performed with bands and artists such as ‘Oingo Boingo’, Jeff Lynne’s ‘Electric Light Orchestra’ and was an integral part of the ‘Concert for George‘ (Memorial for George Harrison).
Marc has performed, arranged, and produced, 54 albums.
He is a long time collaborator with Danny Elfman and has worked on ‘Men In Black’, ‘Mars Attacks!’ ‘Sleepy Hollow’ and more.
Ali Paris – Qanun.
Ali Paris captivates audiences worldwide with his unique fusion of Middle-Eastern and western music styles; highlighted by both technical virtuosity and emotional expression.
Ali plays the Kanun – a rare middle-eastern 76-string zither that dates back to the 14th century.
Polly Tapia Ferber – Dumbeq, Frame Drum, riqQ (tambourine).
Percussionist Polly Tapia Ferber is a music educator, performer, and recording artist who specialises in hand percussion from the Middle East, Turkey, North Africa, the Balkans, and Spanish Andalucia.
She is noted for her melodic style of playing on Darabukah (Middle-Eastern drum), frame drum, and riqq (Middle-Eastern tambourine).
Danny Montgomery – Drums.
Danny is a San Francisco native, who lives and works for most of the year in Europe.
He studied orchestral percussion and composition at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and has recorded and performed with Percy Sledge, Ray Charles, Billy Paul, Mose Allison, Taj Mahal, Jack Sheldon, Johnette Napolitano and Jerry Harrison.
Miles Jay – bass, Turkish saz, cello.
Miles’ musical tastes are wide – he professes to wear different hats and love new challenges.
He has lived and worked around the world for most of his professional life, and if he had to pick one theme that unites his experience as a bassist, composer and producer, it would be in re-imagining the roles and relationships of traditional instruments with one another, mainly from the Mediterranean, Middle East and East Africa.