Israeli prog rock band Zingale have readied a new album, The Bright Side, and are seeking a label and distribution. The two original members reviving the Zingale name, Ephraim Barak and Udi Tamir, have found the appetite for this genre of music in the Middle East is not high.
“Some European label offered us a deal, not satisfactory, the prog music business is really down compared to what it use to be,” Barak told me in an e-mail last week.
Zingale’s 1977 debut, Peace, is known as a masterpiece of Middle Eastern music, so it’s unfortunate demand for 14 new tracks — half vocals, half instrumental — isn’t translating.
The band gave me permission to post this mp3 and if you dig it, would love to hear from you. They don’t yet have a Web site, so feel free to blog the track and/or leave comments here.
Zingale : “Sooner or Later” (mp3)Â
