Richard Spaven announces new album and unveils single ‘Faded’
The new album, a forthcoming Society of Sound release, was recorded at Real World Studios
Fri, 05 October 18
Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali
Rizwan and Muazzam Mujahid Ali Khan are the torchbearers of a tradition that goes back over 700 years, the tradition of qawwali.
Qawwali is an Arabic word that means “utterance” and it is the devotional music of the Sufis of Pakistan and India. When the unforgettable qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan died in Pakistan in 1997, he left a musical vacuum into which stepped his two teenage nephews.
Despite their extreme youth, they were determined that their group Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali should continue their uncle’s pioneering efforts to transcend cultural, language and religious barriers and to bring to the world the devotional but vibrant Qawwali vocal music of the Sufi mystics of the Islam religion.
Rizwan Muazzam Qawwaki recorded four albums with Real World Records: 1999’s Sacrifice To Love, 2001’s collaboration with Temple of Sound People’s Colony No 1, 2001’s A Better Destiny and 2004’s Day of Colours.
Releases
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Sacrifice to Love
Passionate and inventive reinterpretations of classic Qawwali devotional songs, from a fresh young ensemble led by the nephews of the late great Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
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A Better Destiny
Proud torchbearers of Sufi devotional music following in the footsteps of their late great uncle, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. The two brothers return with ripened, masterly robust voices and sing of romantic love and alcoholic intoxication - metaphors for spiritual adoration and mystical enlightenment.
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Day of Colours
Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali come into their own with a new-found maturity in their voices and a profundity in their approach that not only maintains and furthers a family tradition but develops their own identity as singers and breathes fresh life into a centuries-old style that has today become one of the glories of modern world music.
Events
Further reading
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Fri, 02 November 18
Real World Sessions: Remmy Ongala & Super Matimila, 17 August 1991
Rupert Hine and Stephen W Tayler look back on the 1991 session which yielded Remmy Ongala's 'Mambo'.
Fri, 24 August 18
Track of the Day: ‘In The Sun’ by Joseph Arthur
A look back on Arthur's most popular song, which featured on 2000's Come To Where I'm From.
Wed, 19 September 18