Perspectives: Arooj Aftab

Name: Perspectives: Arooj Aftab
Start: 2024-10-13T20:00:00+01:00
Location: Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin, Ireland D02 N527

Schedule

Sun Oct 13 2024 at 08:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin, Ireland D02 N527 | Dublin, DN

Transformative may not be an urgent enough word to describe the multi-hyphenate creative Arooj Aftab. Rooted to a constellation of unmappable margins and elegant refusals, she lithely moves against the weight of time and convention, honoring multiple traditions while being owned by none.

She eludes categorical capture through an expansive repertoire of study, including the techniques of music production and engineering as well a sprawling vocal practice that moves with cunning intention through and alongside jazz, South Asian classical music, pop, and blues. With and from these living, mercurial forms Aftab labors in design of something that she adoringly refers to as “global soul.” She is its erudite scribe and dark chanteuse, successfully convincing audiences all over the world that genres are a lie but she should be believed.
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