ArtistsSam Shalabi

Biography

Member of: Balai Mécanique, ’Gypt Gore, Po, Poseidon Council, Shalabi Effect

Sam Shalabi is a central node in Montréal’s free improv scene. One cannot count the many projects he is a part of. He is best known as a founding member of Shalabi Effect, who have recorded 2 albums on Alien8 Recordings which have earned the band extremely good response from critics and music enthusiasts alike. Apart from Shalabi Effect, he is also part of a number of bands, among which Detention, Molasses, Balai Mécanique, Po, ’Gypt Gore, and a trio with David Kristian and Alexandre St-Onge. He is also known for three solo albums, Luteness (Squint Fucker Press, deleted), On Haschisch (Alien8), and of course Osama, his investigation of arabophobia in a "post-9-11 world". His style ranges from freeform psychedelic rock to the most oddball abstract performance. Although mostly known as a guitarist, the highly versatile Shalabi also performs on oud and a variety of other instruments.

Albums Featuring Sam Shalabi

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

MP3: No Type (2006) NT 083

Guitar player Sam Shalabi (Shalabi Effect) and cartoonists Billy Mavreas (The Overlords Of Glee) penned together this incredible pastiche of grandiloquent progressive rock, complete with intersidereal themes, and melodic lines…

Complex

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

MP3: No Type (2006) NT 082

Beats Headphone Improv Radical Catchy Complex

Thursday, December 1, 2005

CD: No Type (2003) IMNT 0309i

Improv Loud Complex

CD: No Type (2003) IMNT 0307i

CD: No Type (2003) IMNT 0306i

Improv Radical Complex

Saturday, January 3, 2004

MP3: No Type: Annexe (2002) NTA 006

Monday, March 31, 2003

4xCD: No Type (2003) IMNT 0306/09

Improv Loud Radical Complex

From the Store

CD: No Type (2003) IMNT 0309i

Improv Loud Complex

CD: No Type (2003) IMNT 0307i

CD: No Type (2003) IMNT 0306i

Improv Radical Complex

4xCD: No Type (2003) IMNT 0306/09

Improv Loud Radical Complex

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