Medieval Femme, by Fatima Al Qadiri

Medieval Femme

by Fatima Al Qadiri

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c3ndres I love this album, the mix of tradi and ambiant (like 'Gumar'), very inspiring for djinn's stories and dreams, thank you ! Favorite track: A Certain Concubine.

Beccs I wish the vinyl had a poster too :-(
Beautiful record.

manlietto Quite the diversion from the previous Shaneera, this album is actually closer to the soundtrack for Atlantique. So: amazing. Favorite track: Qasmuna (Dreaming).

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Poster design and artwork adaption by Hussein Nassereddine
Original Artwork by Fatima’s mother, Thuraya Al-Baqsami
Title: Message I, 1990, Lino cut

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1.	Medieval Femme 03:20	buy track
2.	A Certain Concubine 02:27	buy track
3.	Sheba 03:26	buy track
4.	Vanity 03:06	buy track
5.	Stolen Kiss Of A Succubus 03:47	buy track
6.	Golden 02:36	buy track
7.	Qasmuna (Dreaming) 02:59	buy track
8.	Malaak 03:18	buy track
9.	Tasakuba 03:14	buy track
10.	Zandaq 03:49	buy track

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Fatima Al Qadiri returns to Hyperdub, with a suite inspired by the classical poems of Arab women. Medieval Femme invokes a simulated daydream through the metaphor of an Islamic garden, at the border between depression and desire, where the present temporarily dissolves, leaving only past and future.

Since Shaneera, her last release for Hyperdub – a homage to hometown friends and a celebration of regional queer influences –Fatima recorded the soundtrack for French Senegalese director Mati Diop’s Cannes 2019 Grand Prix winning feature Atlantics. The restrained soundtrack to Diop's supernatural storytelling, sympathetically mixes neon drones and the faint outlines of Arabesque melody, intensifying Diop’s journey between worlds, rendering the complex emotions of the film.

Medieval Femme expands on ideas instilled from Atlantics to capture a fully realised, dreamlike setting, shaded with colour and subtle friction. The theme of the album is the state of melancholic longing exemplified in the poetry of Arab women from the medieval period. Fatima seeks to transport the listener to a place of reverie and desolation, to question the line between two seemingly opposite states and rejoice in celestial sorrow.

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released May 14, 2021

Artwork by Fatima’s mother, Thuraya Al-Baqsami
Title: Message I
1990
Lino cut, watercolor
Sleeve design and artwork adaption by Hussein Nassereddine

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discography

Gumar

Mar 2023
Medieval Femme

May 2021
Shaneera

Oct 2017
Asiatisch

Mar 2016
Brute

Mar 2016
Desert Strike

Oct 2012
GSX Remixes

May 2012
Genre Specific Xperience

Nov 2011
Warn-U

Sep 2011

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