Another Sky is a new London-based festival celebrating experimental music from the SWANA (South West Asia & North Africa) region and diaspora - 2023 is our first edition. Join us in listening, in watching, in dancing and in connecting for two days and three nights. We’ll present composed, improvised and electronic music; short films and moving-image works; six new commissions; a film workshop and an independent label & publisher fair. Another Sky is co-directed by Sam Salem أسامة سالم (composer; co-founder Distractfold Ensemble; RNCM) and Emily Moore (Southern Bird artist management & production; former co-director Kammer Klang).
Over the course of the 3 day festival (Sep 29 - Oct 1st) Distractfold will be premiering four new works by Kimia Koochakzadeh-Yazdi کیمیا کوچک زاده یزدی, Nilufar Habibian, and Jad Atoui جاد عطوي, and presenting an existing work by Zeynep Toraman.
Friday Programme @ Bishopsgate Institute
Halim El-Dabh حليم الضبع, Wire Recorder Piece (1944) & Meditation in White Sound (1959) - Spatial diffusion by Sam Salem أسامة سالم
Zeynep Toraman, An emotional rollercoaster just for you (2018) - For electric guitar, bass clarinet, violin, cello & electronics, performed by Distractfold Ensemble. UK premiere
Sam Salem أسامة سالم, The Way Up & The Way Down (2023) - For percussion, electronics & video, performed by Noam Bierstone. UK premiere
FRKTL سارة بدر - Live audiovisual set
Mariam Rezaei - Live set