So, what’s like one of my favorite things? When people take a bunch of stuff and mix it all fucking around and shit and then come up with something cool like Alternative World Fusion. That’s what you’ll get to meet when you listen to NYC-based Khaled’s upcoming release The Rabbit Hole. Lead singer and guitar player Khaled Dajani was born in Saudia Arabia, loves Rock n’ Roll, and plays the shit out of the guitar. Drummer and percussionist Fred Vasaturo is a Staten Islander who somehow managed to immerse himself in world rythms (Brazilian Samba and Baio, the Afro-Cuban Songo and Bembe and the American Swing’s Shuffle… those are real things), and get pretty fucking great at drummering them out despite being from Staten Island. Khaled’s music is a very unique blend of Middle Eastern and Spanish influences, plus a little rock… hence Alternative World Fusion. Anyway, talk about a real story of East meets west. I mean literally, like if you are looking at a globe, there’s the Middle EAST and then Spain is totally WEST of that… wait… no, that’s right (oh yes I did just Google image search a world map). My favorite two songs off this album? The Note and Cara Guapa. Check him out at http://www.khaledis.me/.
