Zaki Ibrahim
Eclectica (Episodes In Purple) [EP]
“Welcome
back Zaki Ibrahim —
Zaki returned to the UK with her vibrant
live show and is now releasing her
new EP, Eclectica (Episodes
In Purple),
with a great example of showmanship
to win friends and influence people...”
GIVEN THAT ZAKI IBRAHIM has a musical interest that goes back to her childhood,
it is hardly surprising that she has reached into her early influences to come
up with a remarkable EP that goes under the intriguing name of Eclectica
(Episodes In Purple).
From the early beginnings of Zaki's musical road, she must have found pleasure
in her talent. She went on to perform at Capetown's historic Armchair Theatre,
then toured Canada with South Africa's Tumi And The Volume, The Roots and Bedouin
Soundclash before arriving at her collaboration with famed DJ/Producer King
Britt on her new EP. It is a road paved with creative encounters and enhanced
by musical influences and experiences that have helped to propel her forward.
Zaki Ibrahim's enchantingly-sweet voice breaks through the musical notes and
dances with them delightfully to produce a captivating vibrancy that resonates
in the air in such a way that you hang on to every sound — Eclectica
(Episodes In Purple) is an EP to be proud of.
Her live shows played London, Birmingham and Manchester, and Zaki is yet another
new artiste who has pushed out the boundaries. Her work is poetic, emotional
and beautiful — "steeped," says the publicity machine, "in a delicious
mixture of earnest emotion and social commentary.
Zaki
crossed the Atlantic to come back to the UK stage to hit clubs in Birmingham
and Manchester for Bass Festivals that included Black Thought, Ursula Rucker,
Lord Finesse, DJ Spooky, Tumi, Napo, Omekongo and Charlie Dark. She also made
a special appearance at Canada Day's July 1 concert in Trafalgar Square, performing
the songs from the EP.
Then it was back to North America, where Zaki continued her tour, making stops
at Montreal's Historic Jazz Festival on July 4 and Brooklyn's Hip Hop Festival
on July 12.
With her interesting mix of musical sounds, Zaki is one clever young lady who
knows exactly where she's going. Her EP is full of joy and happiness, especially
with Money which resounds with a celebratory African beat — and
we can only hope that she'll find herself back in the UK again soon.
For more information and news updates check out myspace.com/zakiibrahim
and zakiibrahim.com/ecard/zaki_tools.html.
• Eclectica
(Episodes In Purple) was released on 28 July, 2008.
Tracklisting — 1 Love/Like | 2 Computer Girl | 3 You
Choose | 4 Grow Again | 5 (Interlude) | 6 Lost In You
|
7 Connected | 8 Money (King Britt Mix)
"Zaki Ibrahim's enchantingly-sweet voice breaks through the musical notes and
dances with them delightfully to produce a captivating vibrancy that resonates
in the air in such a way that you hang on to every sound — Eclectica
(Episodes In Purple) is an EP to be proud of" — MotorBar
