Turning Heads podcast to speak about his new album,
Kabul Fire Vol. 2
Turning Heads episode 29 features a conversation with German-Afghan producer Farhot. The Hamburg-based artist’s latest album,
Kabul Fire Vol. 2, came out in January 2021.
It’s been seven years since the series’ previous instalment –
Kabul Fire Vol. 1 – during which time Farhot has produced tracks for artists such as Isaiah Rashad, Selah Sue and Talib Kweli. Farhot’s production aesthetic is comparable to expert genre-defying beatmakers Madlib, J Dilla, Geoff Barrow and The Avalanches.
The new album finds Farhot reconnecting with the culture of his homeland, Afghanistan, which he left as a child more than 30 years ago. It includes audio clips taken from numerous Afghan films and a spoken word piece by fellow Hamburg-based Afghan artist, Moshtari. Vocalists JuJu Rogers, Nneka, Tiggs Da Author and Maverick Sabre also make appearances.
Tiggs Da Author announces debut music featuring Nines
Tiggs Da Author
AFTER A year of worldwide restraint and pent up dissatisfaction, Tanzanian-born London-based singer, songwriter and producer, Tiggs Da Author, comes bursting out of the traps in 2021 with the announcement of his stellar debut album, ‘Blame It On The Youts’.
Recorded in the storied RAK studios with engineer Jonathan Quarmby and featuring a highly charged, twelve-dose blend of Afrobeat, Afrojazz and Afrosoul splendour, ‘Blame It On The Youts’ is a bold, bright & brilliant album, packed full of hard hitting messages born from frustration, but with the aim to inspire and help make a change.
Tiggs Da Author CREDIT: Seye Isikalu
Tiggs Da Author has announced the release of his debut album ‘Blame It On The Youts’ and has shared a brand new single featuring Nines.
‘Blame It On The Youts’ will be released on March 12 via Alacran Records, and features last summer’s ‘I Ain’t Scared’ as well as newly released track ‘Fly Em High’.
“Myself and Nines have been working together since around 2015,” Tiggs said of the new song.
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“Since then we’ve just been making back to back bangers! We have good chemistry, so it makes everything easier. This song speaks for itself, has a nice vibe and as always, is a little different. We don’t try to recreate. This is one of the pockets we haven’t explored before.”