s+r v27: Nadah El Shazly, Golden Sun Trio, Hassaan Ashraf
Nadah El Shazly is a producer, vocalist and sound artist from Cairo, Egypt. Her music combines expressive 19th century musical concepts from her homeland with contemporary, borderless forays into electronic and improvisational idioms.
Golden Sun Trio is a improvised music group formed by Nadir Bellahmer, Ethan Bokma & Mustafa Rafiq based in amiskawaciy-waskahikan (Treaty 6, edmonton, ab) Dense & airy, punctual and fluid. This devotional sound is wrung from the transitive nature of improvisation. Ease off the controls, Float in the river, Bathe in the sun, Sway with the grass, Let bugs crawl on you. Flow with time.
Currently based in Tiotia:ke, colonially montreal, hassaan has been making sounds for over 25 years. Staring her journey in Lahore as a metal guitar player, over the years she’s bloomed in to a multi-instrumentalist producer and composer with her work in improvisational powerhouses like Satan’s Chewtoys (winnipeg), visual direction with Overload (Lahore) and after many years of wait, she’s laying the foundation to launch her cassette label for marginalized musicians in montreal/winnipeg/lahore.