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Saafi Brothers walk a deep line between trippy vibes and blissed out beats. The origins of Saafi Brothers are long and storied, their brand of smoky, world-weary ambientdub first arising from the Blue Room label. They are formed in the spirit of chillout & dub, and they have a mystical connection when placing with their audience into higher spheres.
Soul wrenching deep ambient tunes are layered gently into tranced and bassy beats. Saafi Brothers' debut 'Mystic Cigarettes' came out in 1997 on the british label Blue Room Released. With the today classic psydub album, the project consisting of Frankfurt/Germany based producers Gabriel Le Mar, Groovetitan and Michael Kohlbecker, immediately placed itself among the artists of the electronic ambient scene.
The Saafis delivered their second longplayer on BlueRoom, 'Midnight’s Children'. The album represented a perfect demonstration of the Saafi-style made up of the will to experiment and get deep into low-down dub and beats, that get the tunes rocking.
Their third album 'Liquid Beach' followed that way even with more danceable elements and boasting a soundtrack of trance, dub, downtempo, dance and sun-kissed psychedelics.
They were part of the cultstatus titled german TV-show SpaceNight and are asked for remixes for other artists, among them are reggae legend Bob Marley, leading german hip hop group Die Fantastischen Vier or british new wave poetress Anne Clark.
With their album 'Supernatural' the brothers made a strong musical relationship and combines electronic sounds from ambient to dub with lucid soundscapes and blissful themes.
Originally released digitally on Iboga Records/DK in 2014, 'Live on the Roadblog' is the 5th full-length by Saafi Brothers. Sleepless-faced on music Saafi Brothers digged deep into a series of "live recording sessions", rediscovering the emotional depth of "real-time created music" after a couple of live shows that fueled the idea of creating an entirely live recorded album. The CD includes a gorgeous 8-page "travelogue"-style booklet designed by Simon Ghahary, released on Carpe Sonum Novum/UK.
'The Quality of Being One' goes deep into soul turning ambient-dub and adds drum thrills that get the tunes rocking. The secret of their "danceable speed" in ambient tracks is a higher density of their unique ambient-electro sounds and rhythms to experience feelings through their deeply emotive music. Starting with deep intros and then merging atmospheric filterworks into dubbish beats for the floor that can be specially experienced in their live performances.
Saafi Brothers are delighted to present the remix album of Mystic Cigarettes on Youth's Liquid Sound Design label.
With remixes by Youth, Gabriel Le Mar, Ajja, Bluetech, Braincell, DM-Theory, Eternal Basement, Jam El Mar, The Irresistible Force, The Delta, Kalumet, Koan, Jammin Unit, Living Light, Cosmic Orient, Backstage Gurus, JOEY, Latin Soldier, Thunder & Lightning and PsyTechProject.
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Saafi Brothers played with deeply twisted vocals, percussion and dubby pumping rhythms at festivals like Ozora/HU, Hadra/FR, Sziget/HU, Tribal Gathering/UK, Mjaft/AL, Roskilde/DK, Arvika Festival/SW, Vision/CH, New Healing/G or Summer Jam/G and has been guest in many clubs.
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