RAqS w/ Bu Nasser Touffar X Hello Psychaleppo

RAqS comes back w/ Bu Nasser Touffar (first time in Amsterdam) alongside the pioneer of the Electro Tarab experience Hello Psychaleppo. Join the DANCE!

This event is organised by Raqs Amsterdam and made possible by Stichting Club Pera and supported by Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst.

Ps: This event will be filmed and posted on Raqs Experiences platforms.

About the artists,

Bu Nasser Touffar AKA Naserdine Al Touffar, is a lebsanese writer and a rapper originally from Baalbek who raises his voice by singing to break the silence of a marginalized society, which the state has persisted in impoverishing and silencing it. His songs and writings were used as anthems in the Lebanese popular demonstrations and protests, the latest of which was the revolution of 17 october 2019.

Bu Nasser's project began in 2009 with the release of Touffar's album "The Companions of the Land '', followed by several solo and Collaborations with others who share the hope, questions, revolution and musical passion of rap performers and music producers. Some of them were collected in the album "Bu Nasser - Tatlit '' in 2014, followed by successive new musical releases, the last of which was "Tar" in collaboration with Hello Psychaleppo.

Hailing from one of the most mystical and musically rich cities in the Levant. Hello Psychaleppo is deeply rooted in Arabic music tradition, captivating listeners with melodic strains of Tarab threaded seamlessly together with the convoluted sounds of electronic music.

Hello Psychaleppoʼs compelling visual presentation is integral to the live experience that engages the soul and moves the body. Hello Psychaleppo is the brain child of Aleppian music producer and visual artist Samer Saem Eldahr.

Hello Psychaleppo has released three full albums, ‘Gool Lʼahʼ (2013), ʼHA!ʼ (2014) and ‘Toyourʼ (2017) creating a journey for listeners into the world of Arabic melodies, elaborate arrangements, and cathartic dance music.

About Raqs,

Raqs is the word for dance in Arabic, it resonates through many cultures in the MENA region. In 2017 the initiative was born to empower the contemporary Levantine (Ash-Shaam) arts and to gather a community who want to live with joy, to understand similarities, differences by means of interconnectedness.

Presenting live performances fused in club culture. Chants and storytelling, Tarab rhythms and Andalusian classics in ambient and electronic music styles.

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