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This year there have been debut albums, and then there has been My Enemy, My Love by Mentrix (née Samar Rad). From sacred electronica à la Aisha Devi rubbing shoulders with The Master Musicians of Joujouka to music videos that were Sufi-versions of M.I.A.’s ‘Bad Girls’, everything indicated a singular...
‘Berlin, the city where everything works’, said no Berliner ever. Having witnessed the world-famous German technology out of action and run through the crowded Gneisenaustrasse U-Bahn exit (the one not closed due to construction), we scraped through the front doors of Passionskirche and found empty seats. Ironically enough, around here...
![Album Review: Ifriqiyya Électrique – Laylet El Booree [Glitterbeat Records; April 2019]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/laylet-el-booree-cover-335x335.jpg)
We are going to be honest from the beginning; listening to Ifriqiyya Électrique, as much as writing about them, is never straightforward. The plain and simple reason is because you need to go far beyond the music borders when approaching their music. Experiencing Ifriqiyya Électrique’s sound is a mystical, if...
30/03/2019 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali Barbican Centre, London
The sun is shining as people from all corners of the globe – including artists from six continents and fifty countries – come together for this year’s eclectic celebration of world music and dance culture. Families, friends and couples of all ages erect tents, blow up mattresses and boil water...
06/07/2018 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Bachar Zarkan (Syrian Sufi Singer) presents: The Hallaj of Hope Kings Place, London
06/07/2018 8:00 pm MARSM presents: Bachar Zarkan’s Hallaj of Hope Kings Place, London