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Hathira Sama play Senegal!
After a fantastic trip to the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music in June, Hathira Sama have been invited to play at the Sufi Festival of Unity in Senegal in January! Full details of the gig are here. We’ll be playing our main concert on Goree Island, a… Read more -
Elements goes global
Hathira Sama’s Elements album is about to roll out globally via iTunes and eMusic on 10 July. A limited edition of good olde fashioned physical copies, including a set of Holga photographic prints, will be available directly from us here at chailight.com. Here’s a preview of the packaged set:
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empty quarter ep launch
qalandari dub gypsies, the empty quarter, have been pouring out their collective heart and soul in the studio over the last few months, in the lead up to this year’s Muslim Music Festival. Joined by Meg Smith on violin, the group continue to explore the realms of the heart… Read more
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hathira sama – elemental explorers
after 2 years in the wilderness, hathira sama have re-convened their exploration of the sonic and the spiritual, recording a meditation on the 5 elements: earth, water, fire, air and ether. recorded in hyderabad, the album incorporates sounds from the fringes of one of india’s -
new spices in the chailight brew
global dub mystics, the empty quarter, have joined the chailight roster. formed by vocalist kate grealy, rasheeda cooper on tabla and arabic percussion, mark pedersen on electronics and pete emptage on bass, the empty quarter blends texts from the mystic poets of mughal india, iran and turkey with… Read more