i've seen him three times and all of them at large outdoor spaces; i think his energy would be GREATLY improved at a small club like Poisson Rouge. I bet that'll be rocking
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 26 March 2015 15:43 (nine years ago) link
When I went to see him last year I hoped/expected to be able to see Rizan Sa'id do his magic on the synthesizer (as my friend did when he saw him a couple of years earlier) but it turned out there was 'just' someone who controlled a laptop from which the music was generated/streamed. Bit of a bummer, really. He's a great performer though.
― willem, Thursday, 26 March 2015 16:31 (nine years ago) link
Rizan was at the gig i attended, but both were both dwarfed by the enormous stage they came nowhere near occupying
― gr8080, Thursday, 26 March 2015 17:09 (nine years ago) link
i missed him in Chicago last year but finally saw him at Big Ears last week and the crowd was so into it. it was a smallish space (not an outdoor festival) and everyone was dancing. like every single person except for the man next to me so i gently elbowed him away
my question: will someone please recommend me more music that sounds like "atabat"? iirc he didn't play any slow songs live because it probably would have killed the mood or caused someone to spontaneously combust. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESh_qPZFLiI
― groundless round (La Lechera), Tuesday, 7 April 2015 14:05 (eight years ago) link
Wow, this new album. Can't put my finger on it but it's both super familiar yet a lot better than Wenu Wenu
― StanM, Sunday, 24 May 2015 20:28 (eight years ago) link
oh I didn't realise he had a new one, cool!
― xelab, Sunday, 24 May 2015 23:22 (eight years ago) link
what do you all think of bahdeni nemi?
― marcos, Tuesday, 11 August 2015 17:06 (eight years ago) link
seems less urgent than wenu wenu and especially the SF releases but i am enjoying it
who's heard the new one?
― frogbs, Monday, 12 June 2017 21:48 (six years ago) link
"Atabat" from the first one came on in the car today, I'd forgotten what a jam that one is.
― blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Friday, 3 January 2020 20:42 (four years ago) link
hmmhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/17/syrian-musician-omar-souleyman-held-on-terrorism-charges-in-turkey
― StanM, Friday, 19 November 2021 08:35 (two years ago) link
Terrible. Free Omar!
― curmudgeon, Friday, 19 November 2021 12:22 (two years ago) link
yes
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Friday, 19 November 2021 12:34 (two years ago) link
update! he's free - after being sent to "a detention center for people due to be deported"
https://ra.co/news/76422
― StanM, Friday, 19 November 2021 17:03 (two years ago) link
now thats the news we wanted to hear!
also this:
He has lived in Turkey since the onset of the Syrian civil war, running, among other things, a free bakery in Urfa.
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Friday, 19 November 2021 17:12 (two years ago) link
Still, just like in China, you can't become too popular without getting your chains rattled by the government every now and then, apparently. :-/
― StanM, Friday, 19 November 2021 17:19 (two years ago) link