Album fatima al qadiri asiatisch itunes plus aac m4a available on itunes store. Album atlantics original motion picture soundtrack. Tim knox for the guardian i believe in djinns, says fatima al qadiri. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. First coming to prominence on the uno label in 2011. 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. Fatima al qadiri albums, songs, and news pitchfork.
Fatima al qadiri is a new yorkbased kuwaiti composer and visual artist. 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. Atlantics original motion picture soundtrack, brute, asiatisch, singles. Fatima al qadiri shaneera ep producer fatima al qadiri adapts the evil extreme femme alter ego of shaneera for her new ep on the hyperdub label, which is. Desert strike, from 2012, was proof that the brooklynbased kuwaiti can take a highbrow concept and furnish it with heady. Fatima al qadiri is the daughter of mohammed al qadiri, a former kuwaiti diplomat and writer, and thuraya al baqsami, an internationally acclaimed artist and writer. First coming to prominence on the uno label in 2011, al qadiri has subsequently provoked critical acclaim for the 2012 desert strike ep for fade to mind that played on her time spent living in. Fatima al qadiri was born in senegal to russian parents, raised in kuwait and now lives in brooklyn. Shanghai freeway taken from asiatisch released 052014 by hyperdub records from desktop or your mobile device. Out of all the members though, fatima al qadiri is the one making the most interesting, immersive music. Warnu as ayshay, released on tri angle and genrespecific xperience uno. On asiatisch, her debut album for hyperdub, she has delivered a piece of work that blends influences and musical traits, both ancient and contemporary, from different cultural and social outposts. Szechuan lyrics instrumental more on genius szechuan track info. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at.
Fatima al qadiris highly anticipated and awesome debut lp, asiatisch finds a natural home in the once again ascendant hyperdub catalogue. Fatima al qadiri shaneera ep 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 music listen free on jango pictures. Bleep we sell the best music from the best record labels and artists in the world. Musically, the album is a homage to a quietly influential substrain of. May 07, 2014 notions of place and displacement feature strongly in the works of fatima al qadiri. 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. She is interested in exploring the experience of war, memor. Hip hop spa, souleimans theme, szechuan, body double, qasida sunset fever 2, biography. Electronic, techno, electro, house, experimental, grime, dubstep, hip hop, alternative, indie, and many more.
Asiatisch label hyperdub catalogue number hdblp024 release date may 5, 2014 10 tracks. Asiatisch aims to expand on sinogrime, a loose thread of grime. 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. Fatima al qadiri builds a dark, grand, video gamelike world on asiatisch. Asiatisch, an album by fatima al qadiri on spotify. Multidisciplinary artist fatima al qadiri aligns with hyperdub to release asiatisch, a keenly anticipated debut album that s described as a simulated road trip through an imagined china. Fade to minduno nyctri angle affiliate fatima al qadiri who is famous for her dystopic grimey productions, announced fulllenght debut album titled asiatisch set to release on 5th of may on hyperdub. Al qadiri is a contributing editor at dis magazine and contributor to bidoun. Includes unlimited streaming of asiatisch via the free bandcamp app, plus high quality download in mp3, flac and more. She is interested in exploring the experience of war, memory, western perceptions of other cultures, and sociocultural identity through her work.
May 05, 2014 fatima al qadiri in new yorks chinatown. Brute, which like her 2014 sinogrimeinspired debut asiatisch arrives via hyperdub, sees the new yorkbased, kuwaitraised artist draw attention to the endangered right of free assembly. Fatimas 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 a kuwaiti musician and conceptual artist, currently based in berlin, germany. Fatima al qadiri asiatisch the kuwaitiborn musician appears to have blossomed into an artist where boundaries be they international or. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. 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. Fatimas debut album is called asiatisch, and as the track titles suggest, the record. The artist herself calls this sonic landscape an imagined china. Fatima al qadiris second solo album is a clear political statement. One of the most noticeable strengths of desert strike was al qadiris use of space and silence, creating a slightly spooky tone on tracks when the main melodies tiptoed round her percussion. Fatima al qadiri s highly anticipated and awesome debut lp, asiatisch finds a natural home in the once again ascendant hyperdub catalogue.
The londonnew york artist uses sounds as a palette to create fantastical impressions of real or imagined places in the world. Born in senegal, raised in kuwait, and based in new york, fatima al qadiri was one of the most creative. Fatima al qadiri asiatisch the kuwaitiborn musician appears to have blossomed into an artist where boundaries be they international or sonic are rendered moot. Senegalborn, kuwaitraised, new yorkbased producer fatima al qadiri works in the opposite direction of most artists discographies by making her third substantial release, following the genrespecific xperience uno and desert strike fade to mind eps, her least personal one yet. 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. She has performed and exhibited at the tate modern part of k48 kontinuum, moma ps1, gwangju design biennale, art dubai and the third line. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described. Atlantics original motion picture soundtrack sony music 0. Shaneera is an extended play by kuwait musician fatima al qadiri, released on october 2017 via the label hyperdub. 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. Knowing al qadiris ideas that influenced her production illustrates the motives behind the albums creation, but does little to bolster the message delivered by asiatisch, as the.
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. Kuwaitbased obscure artist and producer fatima al qadiri releases her debut major album in style. Now under the hyperdub label, she crafts her most polished and wellaccomplished work to date, shooting for a highly seductive, yet haunting sound. I only know what the west is telling me about china, fatima al qadiri recently told pitchfork while discussing her debut album. Jan 20, 2016 experimental electronic producer fatima al qadiri has announced a new record, brute, the followup to her 2014 debut album, asiatisch. Listen free to fatima al qadiri asiatisch shanzhai for shanzhai biennial, szechuan and more. She was born in dakar, senegal, in july 1981, where her father was doing work as a diplomat at the time. Multidisciplinary artist fatima al qadiri aligns with hyperdub to release asiatisch, a keenly anticipated debut album thats described as a simulated road trip through an imagined china.
Fatima al qadiri is a new yorkbased artist, musician and composer. Like other kids, fatima al qadiri grew up with an appetite for video games. One cobbled together from modern western media perspectives of the east, commenting on its racism, villainization and exoticism. Notions of place and displacement feature strongly in the works of fatima al qadiri. Fatima al qadiri announces sophomore album, brute, with. Asiatisch by fatima al qadiri on mp3, wav, flac, aiff. Fatima al qadiri returns to hyperdub for brute, which explores themes of. Born in senegal, raised in kuwait, and based in new york, fatima al qadiri was one of the most creative and conceptual electronic music producers to surface during the 2010s. Fatima al qadiri asiatisch lyrics and tracklist genius. The former connected materialistic aspects of middle eastern and western cultures while. Reviews and scores for music involving fatima al qadiri.
Album fatima al qadiri asiatisch itunes plus aac m4a. Jul 01, 2014 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. The record horrifying cover art above will drop on march 4. We specialise in finding the highest quality products regardless of format or genre. 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. The guardian have a pretty long article on kuwaiti musician fatima al qadiri who just launched a new album yesterday. Fatima al qadiri f atima al qadiris vast digital worlds are an intriguing mix of fantasy.
Thats where senegalborn, kuwaitraised and londonnew yorkbased musician, producer and visual artist fatima al qadiri steps in. Fatima s debut album is called asiatisch, and as the track titles suggest, the record provides a simulated road trip through an imagined china. 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. Check out asiatisch by fatima al qadiri on amazon music. Get all the lyrics to songs by fatima al qadiri and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. Musically, the album is a homage to a quietly influential substrain of the uk street urban sound known grime, that is often loosely termed sinogrime, due to its preoccupation with asian motifs. Find fatima al qadiri discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Her debut lp asiatisch critiqued western depictions of asian culture in tv and film, while. Fatima al qadiri asiatisch 2014, digipak, cd discogs.
Stream tracks and playlists from fatima al qadiri on your desktop or mobile device. First coming to prominence on the uno label in 2011, al qadiri has subsequently provoked critical acclaim for the 2012 desert strike ep for fade to mind that played on her time spent living in kuwait as a. The brooklynbased producer refers to her debut fulllength as a virtual road trip through imagined china. Shes recorded a tribute to the islamic traditional songs of her youth as ayshay, a record of beautiful loops and layering that revealed al qadiri to have a sweet falsetto despite the treatments she gave it, and followed this up with two eps. Asiatisch is described by al qadiri as a simulated road trip through an imagined china the china that has been filtered through hollywood blockbusters, comic book exaggeration, and cartoon bombast. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. But the spaces on asiatisch feel much more like holes rather than punctuating the music, any momentum generated seems to drain away through them. Fatima alqadiris debut album for hyperdub the sinogrime influenced asiatisch based around the concept of shanzai a phrase which has come to be used to refer to the chinese counterfeiting of western brands and goods is an almost midi rendition of world music that is full of colour, melody and odd chinese vocal snippets. Al qadiri then connected with kode9s hyperdub label, where she released the album asiatisch in 2014. On asiatisch, al qadiri devises a soundtrack for an imagined or misinterpreted form of china. Fatima al qadiri szechuan taken from the album asiatisch. When this was released, she had yet to visit the country, though she was well aware of how it is fetishized, caricatured, and demonized by outsiders. Jango is personalized internet radio that helps you find new music based on what you already like. Includes unlimited streaming of asiatisch via the free bandcamp app, plus highquality download in mp3, flac and more.
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