Ali Sethi & Nicolás Jaar
Long captivated by Jaar’s music, Ali Sethi found a space in their collaboration for sonic exploration that seduces, challenges and redefines identities. Composer and performer Sethi blends traditional South Asian melodies with global beats and is known for reviving the ghazal, an ancient poetic form that was taken by Sufi mystics from the Arab world to Persia and throughout the Indian subcontinent. Nicolás Jaar’s abstract productions span shades of pop, ambient, noise and club music and converge with Sethi’s world in their collaborative project Intiha (2023). Rooted in improvisation, the album composition was initiated by Sethi, vocalizing over samples from Jaar’s album Telas. Urdu poems drift through weightless, time-bending productions, at times floating in ambient abstraction, at times bouncing over syncopated bass and traditional Indian rhythms.
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