Dirar Kalash's Sonic Front
Curated by Asher Gamedze
Amirtha Kidambi presents Outernational
Pianist, sound artist and multi-instrumentalist Dirar Kalash works across a wide range of musical and sonic practices, moving between composed and improvised forms of free jazz and avant-garde. His work expands into interdisciplinary theoretical research, sound installations and live audio-visual performances, often led by political urgency. The two compositions on his latest release, Malcom X In Gaza, refer to two revolutionary forces (Frantz Fanon and Malcom X) to assert the bonds between Pan Africanism, Black Liberation and Palestinian Liberation. With deeply textured instrumentals and a reflective - but un-metaphorical - approach, Kalash utilises free form experimentation as a form of resistance. At Le Guess Who? 2025 he presents the electro-acoustic soundscape The Sonic Front.
