‘Rotations of ‘Bismillah’ is a sonic zine mix consisting of sounds that interrogate what we mean by “African” music - including various field recordings, library records and albums from across the continent including Gabon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Somalia, Ethiopia, South Africa, Niger, Guinea, Gambia and more.
It works as an accompaniment to the “Bismillah” (2019) zine that explores the idea of Islam in Africa through a mash-up of record covers, Arabic calligraphy, poetry, liner notes, song titles and archival material using sound, text and image. An extended mix made exclusively for WorldwideFM.
Future Nostalgia with Atiyyah Khan: Rotations of Bismillah
Etudes de ‘jodls’ – Musique des Pygmees Bibayak, Baka Bambuke (Gabon)
Nayo – Mandinka and Fulani Music of the Gambia (Gambia)
Zatout Nailia - Hauts-Plateux D’Algerie by Ouled Nail (Algeria)
El Hattab - Groupe Folklorique Tunisien (Tunisia)
Chant Saharien - Maroc Eternal by Gerard Kremer (Morocco)
La Haddra Du Desert - Sahara Eternal, Metlili-des-Chambaas et Timimoun (Algeria)
Zarhat El Loxor (Rose of Luxor) -Egypt, Les Musiciens Du Nil (Egypt)
Tagerrabt - Musical Atlas, Algeria (Sahara : Music of Gourara recorded by Pierre
Augier) (Algeria)
Side One, Track 2 - Abd Alhalim Hafez, Ay Dameet Hozn La (Egypt)
Takamba with Modular Synth - Field Recordings From Alternate Realities, Bamako (Mali)
Aux tyrans de la terre (To The Tyrants of The World Abu al-Qasim Ash-Shabbi poem) - Hedi Guella et Hamadi Boulares (Tunisia)
Chant De Confrerie: Aissaoua - Musiques Religieuses En Islam
Takseem - Ahmed Abdul-Malik
Chant Du Laboureur - Abdu El Hamid et Son Orchestre (Egypt)
Rag Waa Nacab Iyo Nasteexo (Men Are Cruel and Kind) - Aamina Camaari (Somalia, Sweet Like Broken Dates)
Sif Safaa – Mohamed Moneer (Egypt)
Issusahid Elwaname - Mdou Moctar (Niger)
Ataraghine – Hama (Niger)
Amanar – Alghafiat (Sahara)
Hasabe – Teshome Meteku (Ethiopia)
Akale Wube- Getatchew Mekurya (Ethiopia)
Armee Guineenne- Bembeya Jazz National (Guinea)
Mbassi - Malamini Jobarteh and Dembo Konte (Gambia )
Ishmael – Abdullah Ibrahim (South Africa)
Arafa - Hamza El Din (Egypt)
Takamba - Bounaly (Mali)
Mabruk - Ali Hassan Kuban (Nubian/Egypt)
Elhabeeb Wain (Where Is My Sweetheart?) - Ibrahim El Kashif (Sudan)
The Day of the Free Nation - El Wali (Sahara)
Nna-Kiliyo - Yaseen and Party (Kenya)
Eghass Malan - Les Filles De Illighadad
Ya Bismillah - Mamman Sani (Niger)