The brooklynbased producer refers to her debut fulllength as a virtual road trip through imagined china. The album teeters between rage and despair, heard through restrained percussion, sampled and processed recordings of urban protest, and al qadiris signature minor progressions, the label adds. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. Fatima and director sophia al maria draw inspiration from a legendary. Fatima al qadiri returns with brute, her 2nd album after 2014s asiatisch. Fatima al qadiri fatima al qadiri is a new yorkbased artist, musician and composer. She is interested in exploring the experience of war, memory, western perceptions of other cultures, and sociocultural identity through her work. Though of course al qadiri is based in new york and her take is informed as such by this side of the atlantic as it is the uk.
Listening through the discography of kuwaitraised senegalborn artist fatima al qadiri raised by russianeducated parents, theres a real sense of a musician with a global motivation. But, its still cool shes doing what shes doing and you can check out the article on her. When this was released, she had yet to visit the country, though she was well aware. Warnu as ayshay, released on tri angle and genrespecific xperience uno. Stream tracks and playlists from fatima al qadiri on your desktop or mobile device. Pioneered by east london producers in the early 00s, sinogrime was defined by unhinged basslines and dramatic synthstrings, evoking images of the sound removed from its spiritual home of postindustrial. Notions of place and displacement feature strongly in the works of fatima al qadiri. Fatima al qadiri is a new yorkbased artist and musician who has been making slow, steady waves for a while, first with her genrespecific. Shanghai freeway taken from asiatisch released 052014 by hyperdub records from desktop or your mobile device. Fatimas debut album is called asiatisch, and as the track titles suggest, the record provides a simulated road trip through an imagined china. On asiatisch, al qadiri devises a soundtrack for an imagined or misinterpreted form of china. With so much theory and style to cut through before you get to the actual music, its to the albums credit that it often stands up as much more than.
Born in senegal, al qadiris exposure to the rampant misappropriation of western subculture while growing up in kuwait is apparent in her highly virtuosic body of work. Asiatisch german for asian is the debut fulllength studio album of kuwaiti musician fatima al qadiri, released by the label hyperdub on 5 may 2014. Her last few efforts 2014s asiatisch album and 2012s fade to mindreleased desert strike ep have been testaments to the kuwaitiborn, new yorkbased producers ineffable nerve when it comes to confronting intense, complex sociopolitical issues. Fatima al qadiri may have played her part in last winters grime production war, releasing knight fare postwar dub as a mischievous coda to the infighting, but right now she seems further from the riledup production of september than anyone on the scene. Oct, 2017 producer fatima al qadiri adapts the evil extreme femme alter ego of shaneera for her new ep on the hyperdub label, which is packed with melody, drama, and joy. Fatima al qadiri asiatisch ive never been to china. Born in senegal, raised in kuwait, and based in new york, fatima al qadiri is one of the most creative and conceptual electronic music producers to surface during the 2010s. Tense, tight as nails drum programming and glacial grime synths come together on the tough opening cut shaneera, an arabic vocal with golden teacher esque fx treatment solidifying its dancefloor potential. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described. That cultural disconnect is the central tenet of asiatisch, a record that takes the listener on a journey through imagined chinathe country as portrayed in western media. Since 2011, the senegalborn visual artist and composer has consistently wowed with her unique art and practice weaving memories of a childhood spent in kuwait with a taste for hyperlocal styles such as east london sinogrime, chicago footwork, kurdish. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page.
She employs a suitably brooding palette of plastic, early grimesino synth tones meshed with samples of civil unrest moulded in her signature minor key arrangements intent on conveying a sense of despair and rage across its eleven instrumental tracks. Fatima al qadirishaneera ephyperdub londons leading vinyl records specialist based in soho, london w1. See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. Resident advisor will also return to the icelandic festival to curate a stage on friday and saturday. Check out brute by fatima al qadiri on amazon music. Includes unlimited streaming of asiatisch via the free bandcamp app, plus highquality download in mp3, flac and more. Bleep we sell the best music from the best record labels and artists in the world. The guardian have a pretty long article on kuwaiti musician fatima al qadiri who just launched a new album yesterday. Fatima al qadiri is a kuwaiti musician and conceptual artist, currently based in berlin, germany. Fatima al qadiris how can i resist u is a love letter to london in general and dubstep before it wobbled in particular. Fatima al qadiri f atima al qadiris vast digital worlds are an intriguing mix of fantasy, reality and cultural commentary. Five new club cuts from hyperdubs fatima al qadiri. Sonar reykjavik completes 2019 lineup with dawn, gas, gusguss biggi veira.
Marking qadiri s move towards more danceorientated material, shaneera is conceptually about an evil queen that defies binary status quo gender roles, a character that qadiri appears as on the eps cover art. While the sound is experiencing a renaissance of sorts in the uk due to the increasing level of hype surrounding a cluster of instrumental grime producers, this year none have endorsed the sound more than kuwaitborn multidisciplinary artist and musician fatima al qadiri, who similarly channels the genres loomingyetdreamy palette as she. The baleful latter conveyed the desensitized, escapist feeling she had as a preteen playing a gulf warthemed video game shortly after living through the conflict. Galby feat naygow shaneera is the english mispronunciation of the arabic word, shaneea, literally meaning outrageous, nefarious, hideous, major and foul.
May 02, 2014 listening through the discography of kuwaitraised senegalborn artist fatima al qadiri raised by russianeducated parents, theres a real sense of a musician with a global motivation. Mono kultur 43, fatima al qadiri embedded narratives sold out brute brute cd. Producer fatima al qadiri adapts the evil extreme femme alter ego of shaneera for her new ep on the hyperdub label, which is packed with melody, drama, and joy. May 07, 2014 notions of place and displacement feature strongly in the works of fatima al qadiri. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as descri.
If your comment includes an album download link or to an illegal download site, you will be banned. Asiatisch hyperdub 1720 sinogrime is a particularly asian namely, chinesesounding strand of grime. The ambition is staggering and for fatima al qadiri to have made asiatisch both a coherent listen and a sensible comment on western perception it means weve not only got a talented musician on our hands but also an extremely wise cultural commentator. Mar 04, 2016 check out brute by fatima al qadiri on amazon music. Kuwaitbred musician will return as a solo artist for brute, a followup to her sinogrimeinspired 2014 debut album asiatisch. Asiatisch aims to expand on sinogrime, a loose thread of grime. Her new album is called asiatisch and from the songs i heard off it i didnt really like any of them and im not the only one either. Fatima al qadiri asiatisch 2014, digipak, cd discogs. She was born in dakar, senegal, in july 1981, where her. Reviews of asiatisch by fatima al qadiri, debut album from the kuwaiti artist, musician and composer whose work is inspired by her experience in the gulf war. Fatima al qadiri is a new yorkbased artist, musician and composer.
Feb 21, 2018 fatima al qadiri has also been announced for the new music and arts event in june. Listen to fatima al qadiri soundcloud is an audio platform that lets you listen to what you love and share the sounds you create sixth ring road. Fatima al qadiris classificationexploiting lp, genrespecific xperience is thrown another curvature with a selection of remixes of tracks from the album courtesy of night slugs kingdom and girl unit respectively, ikonika, dj rashad, nguzunguzu and dubbel dutch. Asiatisch, an album by fatima al qadiri on spotify. The londonnew york artist uses sounds as a palette to create. Fatima al qadiri has also been announced for the new music and arts event in june. Fatima al qadiris stream on soundcloud hear the worlds sounds. Kuwaitbased obscure artist and producer fatima al qadiri releases her debut major album in style. We specialise in finding the highest quality products regardless of format or genre. Fatima al qadiri joins the roster of offbeat, avant garde more so in their positioning within the socalled bass music world than breaking ground on a bigger scale such as laurel halo, jessy lanza, dean and inga, alongside the usual beats and bass crew. Desert strike, from 2012, was proof that the brooklynbased kuwaiti can take a highbrow concept and furnish it with heady. Asiatisch is a provocation which asks more questions than it answers.
From babak radboys altered cover image of josh klines. The kuwaitiborn musician appears to have blossomed into an artist where boundaries be they international or sonic are rendered moot. You get warped rnb ballads dragon tattoo, eerie offkilter wonky. Szechuan lyrics instrumental more on genius szechuan track info.
Me and my sister played video games as saddam invaded raised by resistance fighters during the invasion of kuwait, fatima al qadiri now makes icecold electronica in. Me and my sister played video games as saddam invaded raised by resistance fighters during the invasion of kuwait, fatima al qadiri now makes icecold electronica in the us. Fatima al qadiri szechuan taken from the album asiatisch. Fatima s debut album is called asiatisch, and as the track titles suggest, the record provides a simulated road trip through an imagined china. Fatima al qadiri is the daughter of mohammed al qadiri, a former kuwaiti diplomat and writer, and thuraya albaqsami, an internationally acclaimed artist and writer. The presence of china may loom large over various aspects of western society but its music hasnt received the attention or been assimilated as much as that of some other noneuropean countries. Wudang by fatima al qadiri, released 04 march 2016. Shaneera ep, an album by fatima al qadiri on spotify.
I only know what the west is telling me about china, fatima al qadiri recently told. The brooklynbased producer refers to her debut fulllength. The londonnew york artist uses sounds as a palette to create fantastical impressions of real or imagined places in the world. Fatima al qadiri s highly anticipated and awesome debut lp, asiatisch finds a natural home in the once again ascendant hyperdub catalogue. Includes unlimited streaming of asiatisch via the free bandcamp app, plus high quality download in mp3, flac and more. Lenden as its known has become a historic site of pilgrimage for. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Fatima al qadiris highly anticipated and awesome debut lp, asiatisch finds a natural home in the once again ascendant hyperdub catalogue. She is interested in exploring the experience of war, memor. Brute is released on march 4 on cd, lp and digital stream battery below. Fatima al qadiri shaneera, released october 2017 1. Stream fatima al qadiri szechuan taken from the album asiatisch by hyperdub records from desktop or your mobile device. Shaneera is an extended play by kuwait musician fatima al qadiri, released on october 2017 via the label hyperdub. Nov 20, 2017 boiler room presents the music video for spiral, a track off fatima al qadiri s recent shaneera ep out now on hyperdub.
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