Moti Ka Sheher, (2023)
Produced, composed and arranged by Sham-e-Ali Nayeem, this album features musical interpretations from “City of Pearls” (Upset Press, April 2019), resting in soundscapes of spacious electronica. This is a hologram love note, filled with stories, ancestral transmissions, transnational solidarities, and space to imagine. The album features collaborations with esteemed vocalists such as, Gabriela Riley, Tough Gossamer, Adeeba Talukder and TreZure Empire.
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City of Pearls, (2019)
Poetic interpretations by Sham-e-Ali Nayeem from her book “City of Pearls” (Upset Press, April 2019) featuring award winning composer and producer Qais Essar on rabab. The songs offer a meditation on healing from grief, asking the listener, ‘what happens when we lose our anchor’?
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