Here in the Future, Waiting for You LP

Description

'Born in Eastern Siberia with Bashqort roots and now based in Basel, Shärifulla works across experimental and improvised music, research, and contemporary art. His practice is concerned with the schism at the heart of North and Central Asian nomadic cultures today: the gap between the utopian memories of yesterday that once formed a relationship with the land, and the harsh realities of a present shaped by economic exploitation, ideological subjugation, and the force of coercion. The land itself has become a silent witness to how its people, once roaming free, now find themselves hopelessly chained to crumbling housing blocks. 'On Here in the Future, Waiting for You, Shärifulla steps away from the synthesis and computer algorithms that have characterised previous releases, and instead favours raw, natural sounds. The album is built around a virtual quartet of musicians who, like Shärifulla himself, exist between different worlds, both artistically and geographically. Each recorded their contributions separately. Shärifulla plays a variety of handmade wind instruments and percussion, focusing on the quray, a long open-end flute made from the plant of the same name, its breath central to both musical and spiritual practice in Bashqort culture. He is joined by khomus performer Aldana Duoraan, originally from Sakha Republic and now based in Prague; Kazakhstan-born, Berlin-based sound artist Eldar Tagi on daxophone and shtar; and Saadet Türköz, whose unique "archaic" voice, informed by her rich Kazakh and Turkish heritage, becomes the album's musical core.'