Hasan Raheem’s singing style is a bit cool, low-key, the opposite of loud.
I came across Hasan Raheem’s music by accident. It was in the background of an Instagram video of yet another hippie shop selling organic, handmade, straight-from-the-hands-of-the-indigenous-community-they-have-been-appropriated-from items — of which there are many, many out there on Instagram, having mushroomed especially during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns.
The song that was playing was Hasan’s previous release, from last year,
Aisay Kaisay, in which he’s collaborated with Abdullah Kasumbi. It’s a pop song. A slow, beautifully produced, romantic number. The production shifts between making it sound like you’re listening to it over the radio to stepping into the studio.