{"product_id":"ori-kaplan-lihu-melamed-reverie","title":"Ori Kaplan \u0026 Lihu Melamed - Reverie","description":"\u003cp\u003eReverie is the first full-length collaboration between Ori Kaplan and Lihu Melamed - a cinematic, soul-soaked LP that drifts between modal jazz, cinematic scores and psychedelic rock, released on Batov Records.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSaxophonist and producer Ori Kaplan is best known as a founding member of Balkan Beat Box, for his work with Gogol Bordello and more recently, Shotnez, while Melamed brings a deep studio craft honed over years as an engineer, producer and multi-instrumentalist. Together, they create a record that feels both ancient and immediate: music that evokes old biblical films, sun-bleached Western soundtracks and 70s jazz explorations, while remaining playful, spontaneous and deeply human.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere’s a strong cinematic undercurrent throughout Reverie. Think Charles Heston wandering through an Old Testament epic; Ennio Morricone soundtracking a desert horizon; Nino Rota scoring Fellini’s Rome; or Pasolini filming in Ethiopia. Minor-key strings, modal structures and unhurried grooves sit alongside echoes of Mingus and Yusef Lateef, with Ori’s baritone sax and flutes guiding the listener through shifting scenes and moods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMelamed’s influence pulls in another direction: the spirit of 70s rock and psychedelia - The Doors, Woodstock, King Crimson – with organs, guitars and a sense of scale that balances Kaplan’s love of folk traditions, heavy percussion, Klezmer modes and Middle Eastern textures. The result is a careful blend of composition and instinct, where structure is often nudged aside in favour of feel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pair first met during recording sessions for Balkan Beat Box, with Melamed engineering the band’s sixth album. Kaplan quickly realised that Melamed was more than a technician: a musician fluent in piano, guitar, bass and vocals, with an intuitive sense of arrangement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDespite a fifteen-year age gap, the two shared a musical language, built on curiosity and trust. Reverie captures that connection – a record shaped by craft, but alive with risk and spontaneity. Across the album’s key tracks, those ideas come into focus.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Batov Records","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":57290754720088,"sku":"TKM-36387","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4266\/0184\/files\/REP_20260514_1038_103923_772_p_Ori_Kaplan_amp_Lihu_Melamed_Reverie_1_001.jpg?v=1778755244","url":"https:\/\/truckmusic.store\/products\/ori-kaplan-lihu-melamed-reverie","provider":"Truck","version":"1.0","type":"link"}