The Sound of Braka is an album by Stracho that invites listeners on a musical journey through sound, poetry, and experimentation. Through a series of compositions, each with its own distinctive atmosphere, the album explores a range of textures and emotions, giving pride of place to voice, rhythm, and the raw material of sound.
Conceived as a world of its own, The Sound of Braka blends influences and sensibilities to create music that is free, personal, and deeply expressive. Each track brings its own color and contributes to a cohesive whole, where contrast and nuance take center stage.
The album reflects an exploration of sound and its possibilities, moving between intimate moments, more organic passages, and soaring musical flights—a work to be discovered as a whole as much as track by track.
Stracho Temelkovski – bass, mandola, percussion, beatbox, guitars
Jean-François Baëz – accordion Jean-Charles Richard – saxophones
Ashraf Sharif Khan – sitar Jean-Marie Machado – piano
Aziz Maysour – gimbri François Thuillier – tuba
Antony Gatta – percussion Shyam Goswami – vocals
Iyad Haimour – ney flute Fred « Brain » Monestier – synthesizer
