Monday, June 29, 2015
Sunday, June 28, 2015
Oddisee: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
Sudanese/American MC & Producer on Tiny Desk (NPR MUSIC)
Love his vibe, had the honor to meet him & interview him. Mashalla what a dude!
Love his vibe, had the honor to meet him & interview him. Mashalla what a dude!
Saturday, June 20, 2015
Friday, June 19, 2015
BROTHER ALI TWEETS ABOUT HAJJ
AMERICAN MUSLIM HIP-HOP ARTIST BROTHER ALI TWEETS ABOUT EXPERIENCING HAJJ FOR THE FIRST TIME AND WHAT HE SAYS WILL BLOW YOU AWAY (2010)
-Most challenging experience of my life, my Hajj is complete. Just said farewell to Allah's house in Mecca. Cairo for a day, then home.
-I Lived in two pieces of simple white cloth,slept in tents and on the ground, visited the most ancient symbols of spiritual oneness.
-I prayed and meditated on the plane where humanity will be gathered for the day of atonement.
-I slept in the dirt on the plane where the first man and woman descended from heaven and created humanity.
-I stoned the Jamrat, the ancient symbols of the devil to commemorate my rejection of my ego, greed, lust, anger, etc.
-I visited the home, mosque and grave of our beloved Prophet Muhammad in the illuminated city of Medina, established by the first Muslims.
-The Hajj is extremely difficult and grueling. There were funerals at all five of our daily prayers for 3 weeks without exception.
-There were somewhere between 3 and 5 million pilgrims from every country performing the same rites at the same time.
-You Literally get caught up and carried by the crowd of humanity. Terrifying, humbling and beautiful experience.
-Met some of the most beautiful people of my life and some really troubled ones. Imperfect people united by a perfect system.
-That's the most reflective and naked I've ever been. Tears of joy, repentance and immense gratitude.
-To be in place with millions of people with all the commotion and hear it get dead silent for prayer and all you hear is wind and birds.
-I got lost in the tent city of mina with no phone,no cars, no guides and no one speaks english. Didn't know if I'd ever find my group.
-I walked for 8 straight hours with no idea where I was going. I have blisters covering the bottoms of both feet. Still performed my rites.
-While living in our tents, it rained for two days in a row. Scary thing in the desert where it never rains.
-I never believed that you could go to place and feel the presence of God until this. Its tangible in the air.
-You can taste it. -The feeling of true brotherhood is electric in the holy precincts. Even the police are bound by it.
-People come from every corner of the world. Many on foot from africa and eastern europe. You see people on canes and crutches.
-People spend months walking thousands of miles and sleep in the streets. Other pilgrims feed and look after them.
-Saw a family with kids and the parents were sharing a pair of shoes. Went into a store to buy some things and a stranger picked up my bill.
-I've had some very low, dark moments in my life but it hit me on this trip that I Literally have received everything I've ever prayed for.
-I was challenged in every imaginable way. This has been the greatest exercise in patience I could imagine. I'm so very grateful.
-After loosing my father, my friend and making this pilgrimage all in 3 months, if you don't believe in God, let love be your god.
-Please don't assume you know Islam because of what you've heard. I've practiced Islam for 17 years and didn't truly understand until now.
-Most challenging experience of my life, my Hajj is complete. Just said farewell to Allah's house in Mecca. Cairo for a day, then home. -I Lived in two pieces of simple white cloth,slept in tents and on the ground, visited the most ancient symbols of spiritual oneness.
-I prayed and meditated on the plane where humanity will be gathered for the day of atonement.
-I slept in the dirt on the plane where the first man and woman descended from heaven and created humanity.
-I stoned the Jamrat, the ancient symbols of the devil to commemorate my rejection of my ego, greed, lust, anger, etc.
-I visited the home, mosque and grave of our beloved Prophet Muhammad in the illuminated city of Medina, established by the first Muslims.
-The Hajj is extremely difficult and grueling. There were funerals at all five of our daily prayers for 3 weeks without exception.
-There were somewhere between 3 and 5 million pilgrims from every country performing the same rites at the same time.
-You Literally get caught up and carried by the crowd of humanity. Terrifying, humbling and beautiful experience.
-Met some of the most beautiful people of my life and some really troubled ones. Imperfect people united by a perfect system.
-That's the most reflective and naked I've ever been. Tears of joy, repentance and immense gratitude.
-To be in place with millions of people with all the commotion and hear it get dead silent for prayer and all you hear is wind and birds.
-I got lost in the tent city of mina with no phone,no cars, no guides and no one speaks english. Didn't know if I'd ever find my group.
-I walked for 8 straight hours with no idea where I was going. I have blisters covering the bottoms of both feet. Still performed my rites.
-While living in our tents, it rained for two days in a row. Scary thing in the desert where it never rains.
-I never believed that you could go to place and feel the presence of God until this. Its tangible in the air.
-You can taste it. -The feeling of true brotherhood is electric in the holy precincts. Even the police are bound by it.
-People come from every corner of the world. Many on foot from africa and eastern europe. You see people on canes and crutches.
-People spend months walking thousands of miles and sleep in the streets. Other pilgrims feed and look after them.
-Saw a family with kids and the parents were sharing a pair of shoes. Went into a store to buy some things and a stranger picked up my bill.
-I've had some very low, dark moments in my life but it hit me on this trip that I Literally have received everything I've ever prayed for.
-I was challenged in every imaginable way. This has been the greatest exercise in patience I could imagine. I'm so very grateful.
-After loosing my father, my friend and making this pilgrimage all in 3 months, if you don't believe in God, let love be your god.
-Please don't assume you know Islam because of what you've heard. I've practiced Islam for 17 years and didn't truly understand until now.
Thursday, June 18, 2015
RE-VOLT MAGAZINE ISSUE 15
Our 15th issue of Re-Volt Magazine featuring many local & international artists. Take a look @ it. We Still at it.
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Chyno - Origami feat. Ingrid Bawab (AK Edit)
Chyno - Origami feat. Ingrid Bawab (AK Edit)
An Audio Kultur reinterpretation of the single "Origami" from Chyno's debut solo-album Making Music to Feel at Home
Track:
Produced by Imad Jawad & Nasser Shorbaji
Engineered & mixed by Karim Beidoun at Guerrilla Music Production
Violin: Karim Najem
Cello: Arek Dakessian
Clip:
Concept and Production by Audio Kultur
Directed by Jackson Allers & Tres Colacion
Director of Photography: Andrew Cagle
Creative Director: Ali El Sayed
An Audio Kultur reinterpretation of the single "Origami" from Chyno's debut solo-album Making Music to Feel at Home
Track:
Produced by Imad Jawad & Nasser Shorbaji
Engineered & mixed by Karim Beidoun at Guerrilla Music Production
Violin: Karim Najem
Cello: Arek Dakessian
Clip:
Concept and Production by Audio Kultur
Directed by Jackson Allers & Tres Colacion
Director of Photography: Andrew Cagle
Creative Director: Ali El Sayed
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Monday, June 1, 2015
G-SHOCK PRESENTS | THE BEAT (From KSA To Bahrain)
I first launched the BEAT in 2014.. I remember it was a small idea which is now growing.
The BEAT is a series of events aimed to support local/regional artists by having them perform LIVE.
On May 29th,2015 - we made history & gathered 12 Artists from KSA/Bahrain & Kuwait to perform for ONE Night under ONE Roof ! & it was beautiful. It was beautiful to connect, it was great to see the artists connecting, collaborating & exchanging contacts... I called it "THE BEAT WAGON" . This was the first time I take THE BEAT outside Jeddah & it was a great learning experience since I was handling/managing 18/19 people
The Event was presented by G-SHOCK who has been supportin' local artists for the past couple of years now. I appreciate their support.
Here are some pix & you can mainly see the majority of pix on "Instagram" #GShockXTheBeat
Big up to all the people involved, hopefully some videos will surface up soon.
I will be writing more about this, this is just for now!
Our root was as follows:
Jeddah - Dammam by Plane & then we took a BIG BUS from Dammam to Bahrain. The full journey was incredible, tiring but we all connected at another level
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| THE BEAT WAGON (pic by Big Hass) |
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| Arabique | Pic by Abdallah Minhas @ Malja |
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| Dj Outlaw | Pic by Abdallah Minhas @ Malja |
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| Azooz & Abdullah from Dhad Graffiti Family |
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| Chalk Work by Rama (Great Artist) |
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| Graffiti by Dhad Family (Azooz & Abdullah) & Huvil |