Ali & Charif Megarbane - Tirakat

1.
Intro 01:21

2.
Abaday 02:33

3.
Mosaics 03:16

4.
Kuda Arab 02:50

5.
Mata Api 06:41

6.
Ahmad's Lament 02:28

7.
Jamal 02:09

8.
A Ladder On The Balcony 02:57

9.
Bandar Batavia 04:14

10.
Ombak, Ombak 03:19

11.
Frag Men Ted Mea Ning 02:03

12.
Pekojan Funk 03:26

13.
Silk End 03:14

about

Tirakat brings together Jakarta-based trio Ali and Lebanese composer and multi-instrumentalist Charif Megarbane in a collaboration shaped by long-standing cultural exchange between Indonesia and the Arab world. Ali’s blend of 1970s Indonesian psychedelic funk, Melayu traditions, disco grooves and Arab melodic forms meets Charif’s long-running exploration of cross-regional sound, rooted in a shared musical vocabulary rather than genre.

Rather than approaching the project as fusion, Tirakat reflects a way of making music that feels already interconnected. Melodies, grooves and textures move fluidly without signalling their sources, grounded in a performance-led process shaped by intuition, repetition and trust. Western instruments are played through techniques and sensibilities formed in Indonesia and Lebanon, emphasising circulation of influence.