Charif Megarbane & Ali - Tirakat

‘Tirakat’ brings together Jakarta-based trio Ali and Lebanese composer and multi-instrumentalist Charif Megarbane in a collaboration rooted in long histories of cultural exchange between Indonesia and the Arab world.

Ali are known for blending 1970s Indonesian psychedelic funk with Orkes Melayu, disco grooves and Arab melodic forms, while Charif Megarbane’s extensive catalogue has consistently explored similar cross-regional currents through jazz, library music and Mediterranean-influenced arrangements. What connects the two is not genre alone, but a shared musical vocabulary shaped by overlapping histories, references and lived cultural continuities.