To mark 6 months of the Glory To Sound series, Nabihah Iqbal curates a club night which takes place in The Deadhouse, a subterranean space beneath the Somerset House courtyard housing a number of seventeenth century gravestones from a former chapel located on the site. The night will be about exploring the collective / individual experience of music on the dance floor and how we let the music get into our bodies. Bringing together artists pushing things forward in experimental dance music, the event will include sets from Tribe of Colin (NTS), Zeno Cosini (Place No Blame / NTS), Nabihah Iqbal and special guest headliner Kassem Mosse.
Kassem Mosse
Kassem Mosse has studied with Lindner, Smith, Steyerl, Wellmann. He has appeared at the Whitney Museum, West Harlem Kyoto, Kardamom Leipzig.
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Tribe of Colin
Tribe of Colin with supporters like John T. Gast and Josey Rebelle, but there's little information about him available to Internet sleuths. His first release, Fruits Of Zion, was made up of deteriorated but strangely evocative pieces that left you scratching your head trying to explain their elusive significance. To some it might sound like lo-fi techno, but Tribe Of Colin's grotty electronics are a means to an end—a channel through which something personal flows.
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Zeno Cosini
With an aversion to a pre-packaged culture of unquestioning consumerism, Zeno Cosini is constantly searching for mystery. In the words of the late Mark Fisher "Tradition counts for nothing when it is no longer contested and modified. A culture that is merely preserved is no culture at all.”
Having worked at Honest Jon's Records, mingling with its diverse characters, he was exposed to a near 360 degree view of music, its relationship to different people, tastes, cultures, attitudes and egos. Smelling Shaka's spliffs down the stairwell, hearing the endless tales from the mouth of the late, great Tony Al Capone (store legend, Portobello legend, and tireless motivator) only helped to fuel his fire.
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Nabihah Iqbal
Many musicians like to speak of versatility, but Nabihah Iqbal has better grounds than most. She boasts an MPhil (focused on African history) from Cambridge, has worked in human rights law and has a black belt in Karate. Formerly known as Throwing Shade, she has ditched that moniker to embrace the name she was born with. She released her debut album ‘Weighing of the Heart’ in December 2017 and has since garnered huge critical acclaim from the likes of The Guardian, Pitchfork, Dazed, The Observer, Q Magazine, BBC Radio 1 and 6 Music.
Aside from working on her own music, Nabihah has hosted a bi-weekly show on NTS Radio for the past 5 years, exploring the musical traditions of different countries. She is also currently presenting a residency radio show on BBC Asian Network.
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