A wide variety of interests, including traditional Arabic music, late-19th century impressionism, free jazz, soul, hip- and trip-hop inform Bessam's innovative and bizarre musical identity. His suite-form compositions employ instrumental and vocal experimentation to wander through a spectrum of moods, often sounding like incantations. What emerges is a genre-defying, boundary-pushing sound which challenges as well as engrosses its listeners.

His debut album, a sort of aleatoric, avant-rock/jazz fusion chamber concerto entitled Not Our Evil, will be available through The Rev Records in early 2008.

Sam is also a member of the musical collective The Xylophones.

Bessam's iLike
Brontosaurus : Human

Bessam appears on Brontosaurus : Human,
the new compilation from the Rev Records to
benefit Capital District Federation of Ideas.
It is available now in the Rev Records store.
 
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