Kayan Project

Saturday 19.10.2019 8:30pm | Club

Admission: pre sale 10 € plus fee / box office 14 €, 10 € (reduced), 5 € (Berlin Pass)

Organizer: Werkstatt der Kulturen/ Eden Cami

Co-Operation

Arabic, Hebrew and English folk and original songs

KAYAN Project is a Berlin-based band with musicians coming from the Eastern Mediterranean, playing folk music, old, modern and originals with improvisational elements, and using two sister languages: Arabic and Hebrew. 

Kayan Project performs Arabic, Hebrew and English folk and original songs infused with improvisational elements. The performance swings between times, genres and languages, combining sounds and rhythms from the Middle East and the European West. The project opens a door, through old folk tunes and original songs, to the inner worlds of musicians coming from the same area with very different musical backgrounds; musicians who join on stage to communicate their stories and feelings through music; musicians who embark on new journeys inside themselves and with the audience. 

Line-up

• Eden Cami - vocals
• Or Rozenfeld - bass
• Wassim Mukdad - oud
• Borys Slowikowski - percussion
   

Out of Berlin’s bustling music scene come the authentic-unique sounds of Kayan, a group dedicated to folk music from the Levant, combining jazz elements and singing in languages that rarely come together in a positive context: Arabic, Hebrew and the occasional English.

Drawing from sources all over the Middle East, the quartet around lead singer Eden Cami transcends borders and language barriers. Adding improvisation and own compositions, Kayan creates a fascinating and emotional vibe on stage, reuniting two sister languages and musical traditions of both Arab and Jewish roots. In times of tension and conflict it is a daringly positive approach that recalls what unites rather than divides us.   Past shows include the Berlin “Karneval der Kulturen”, Munich “Open Borders Festival” (2016), “Theatron Pfingstfestival” (2017) and “Literaturfestival”(2018),“Musik zwischen den Welten” in Dresden, as well as other festivals and club gigs in Berlin, Augsburg, Leipzig, Bamberg, Munich and Denmark.