IBRAHIM HESNAWI - The Father of Libyan Reggae LP Artprint A growing interest in North

A growing interest in North Indian music and vocal technique prompted him to develop his personal compositional practice into an active platform for inducing altered states of mind

alternative rock band Understand grew from the ashes of local group Stand Off (other members of that band

and incidentally inspired and influenced thousands of kids and dozens of bands (most notably Thursday) across the world with their unique union of chunky

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in the serpentining elegance of percussive brambles

IBRAHIM HESNAWI - The Father of Libyan Reggae LP Artprint A growing interest in NorthHesnawi crafts restless grooves with evident buttressing from a reggae foundation. Highlighted across the LP is how Hesnawi essentially pioneered such an effortless synthesis between traditional Libyan music and Jamaican reggae stylings, plus the endlessly disparate funk, jazz, and disco accents which firmly situate Hesnawi in a league of his own. In many countries, reggae was a widespread fad before its popularity gradually subsided. In Libya,