Palestinian Sound Archive Local Angels Vol.2: The Scorpios + Dirar Kalash

Join us for Palestinian Sound Archive x Local Angels Vol.2, where we invite new and old friends to the stage. Kicking off our early summer programme with some beautiful guests...

This time, The Scorpios are joining us in person for what will be an unforgettable set at our new home from home, New River Studios for May Bank Holiday. We're so happy that Palestinian composer and experimental musician Dirar Kalash for be warming up for the band, with vinyl played by Palestinian Sound Archive until closing time.

The Scorpios are a band originally form Sudan that melds Arabic rhythms and guitar chops (and a kind of swooning cyclical ecstasy) with a raw Eastern funk feel, properly dismantling cultural barriers in pursuit of a unifying rhythmic bliss. Heavy bass, synths, horns and percussions drive through traditional Sudanese forms to create a sound that owes as much to Detroit as it does to Khartoum.

Dirar Kalash is a multi-disciplinary musician and sound artist whose work spans a wide range of musical and sonic practices within a variety of instrumental, compositional and improvisational contexts. He has produced several solo and collaborative musical albums and is active as touring musician, who has also created several sound installations, live audio-visual performances and photography projects.

Palestinian Sound Archive is a celebration of music, spoken word and album artwork from historic Palestine, mainly from the 1960s – 1990s. It is part of Majazz Project, a record label and research platform founded by Mo’min Swaitat in 2020, spanning everything from field recordings of Bedouin weddings to revolutionary albums from the First and Second Intifadas, dabke, instrumental, synth, poetry, soul, folk songs and jazz.

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