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Mixing & Editing Vibrant New Songs
Our #RafikiJazzUpClose audio co-producers Robin & Tony mixing & editing some vibrant new songs written & recorded during the Lyth Arts Centre UpClose residency in Caithness in July. We’re getting a couple of these new tracks ready for promoting the band at WOMEX later this month’.
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Rafiki Jazz ‘Up Close’ Festival of the Mind
The launch of our ‘Up Close’ project kicked off at the Festival of the Mind in Sheffield at Theatre Deli . We had a very excited morning with the team and looked forward to our gig in the evening. Here is the photo from one our wonderful singers Sarah Yaseen while we were preparing for our gig: The show […]
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UP Close Coming to The Festival of The Mind
We are excited for our gig as part of #RafikiJazzUpClose at the Sheffield, Festival of The Mind, in collaboration with The University of Sheffield! on 29th of September. Our multi cultural songs are about mother-tongues, migration and memories and we are bringing our Up Close project to different venues in the UK. We are updating all our shows […]
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Up Close Residency at Lyth Art Centre
Ayse Balko is reflecting on Project UpClose: We have reach the last day. Where has all the other days gone? Is it about the age or the never ending sensation about exhilarating time. Over all, we are exhausted. I am the minibus driver-documenter and the back ground handy woman. I am having the best of […]
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Arriving at Lyth, North Scotland
As Rafiki Jazz; We have arrived at the Lyth art center after midnight after 13 hours of a journey. We were at the Isle of Wight the day before for Rhythms Festival. The scenery was spectacular. Music arrangement-wise, it has been intense couple days. One song per day. Learning, producing, sharing, playing, singing, contributing and making it happen. […]
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First Session at Yellow Arch Studios
An amazing start to ‘Up Close’ project was at Yellow Arch Studios in Sheffield. We started our collaboration and sharing ideas and start making the music. The most fascinating point of when we are collaborating is that we lose time and we fly by different international melodies, rhythms, words by our musicians and singers. We […]
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Up Close!
#weareinternational ‘a stunning, virtuosic, internationalist show’ says BBC Folk Singer of the Year Nancy Kerr Rafiki Jazz are nine native and migrant folk remixing roots music and telling modern day stories with a glance back to the ancients. Celebrating unity in diversity with their latest CD release Har Dam Sahara (Riverboat Records) Rafikian music is […]
