John Robinson : Oud, Tambura, Baglama, strings.
Andy Busuttil : Voice, Percussion, wind.
Bertie McMahon : Acoustic Bass, Modified Bouzouki. Waldzither
With very special guests
Paul Jarman : Saxillo, Tenor Saxophone. various flutes and whistles
Peter Kennard : amazing percussion
Christina Mimmochi : Saxaphone/clarinet
Andrew Purdam : Percussion
Influences
Simon Shaheen
Huseyin Turkmenler
Theiry Robin
Hussien El Masry
The Renaissance Players
Linsey Pollak
Dead Can Dance
The Tea Party
The Habibis
Led Zeppelin
Ottoman Empire Classical music
Arabic Classical Music
Sounds Like
A Mediterranean mozaic influenced by trad Maltese, ancient and modern Greek, Turkish, Arabic, Sephardic(Spanish), traditional musics, with western popular music sensibilities.
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Skorba BIO
Skorba is a musical collaboration between John Robinson(Oud, Tamboura, Guitar), Bertie McMahon (bouzouki, waldzither, acoustic bass) and Andy Busuttil(percussion, vocals,whistles, clarinet, ney, zurna) and various guests including Paul Jarman performing original music sung in Maltese with a theme of cultural unification. The band Skorba was formed close to two years ago with a single purpose in mind, to represent in a fresh and unique way the cultural history of the Maltese Archipelago through songs written in Maltese. The compositions draw upon musical influences that reflect the Mediterranean and European cultures that have impacted upon Malta and Gozo over the centuries but significantly they come from a deep love of the homeland on Andy's part as leader and originator of the band. The vocal styles used in the music, whilst very different from, were also significantly inspired by, the street vendors of Malta and the Ghanejja, especially those who tended to move their songs through the full range of microtones. The music is supported by the presentation of beautiful images of the Islands and the magnificent Neolithic Temples.Since forming in mid 2005, Skorba have performed at the Peats Ridge Music festival (Dec 05) The National Folk Festival (April 06), and Ironfest Lithgow (April 06) as well as concerts for the Maltese Community in Sydney. We were delighted to open the National Folk Festival in Canberra this year (2007)with Merhba, a welcome. The thousands in the audience were quite affected by it.
Our First recording project is an album of original songs and instrumental music, themed around the Ancient Neolithic Temples on malta. Constructed 6-8 thousand years ago, these temples are the oldest known free standing stone buildings in the history of humanity, and harboured an exquisite and peaceful culture. It has inspired John, Bertie and Andy to write music about these marvels.
This is the first time anywhere in the world, an attempt to represent the multifaceted and multicultural history of Malta through original music, with poetry written in by Andy Busuttil in Maltese, the language of his forebearers. It is a great pleasure composing the music for this unique project, which we hope to bring to a festival near you in the near future.
The CD Hagar Qim: Temples of Devotion is now available. Drop us a line if you want a copy. The track called Hagar Qim on this site is lifted off the new album. Hope you like it.
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Every time that we listen or write music... play an instrument... dance... act in a play... or work in some audio/image/video engineering process... Something is healing inside...
When we share it with friends... Something is healing all over...
Was at your performance in Armidale .. loved the evening! Thank you for bringing us your sounds and story. Wonderful stuff .. special for me because I love the temples!
Hello Andy .. it was nice meeting you .. thanks for the info on the Roma .. it shed some light on the rugged voyage.
Wishing you all joy and success in your efforts to honour our precious history ..
Hi Skorba,
Great 2 b in connection with u. Your beautiful sounds make me want to travel and dance the world! Will look forward to ur gig at the Clarendon.
Peace and good energy,
mAre (moZaiKa)
Hi Skorba
Thank you. It's a privilege to add you to our friends! Mherba is beautiful. Very nice playing and singing. Never heard any Maltese music before. Hope to hear more from yourselves and others!
All the best
Duncan (manager Fantazia)
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