Kasheme Conversations

21.2 Slow Life Friends Podcast - 022 - RAFON -

Listening Session w/ Luke Una

As a DJ, a part of the Unabombers and as promoter of the legendary Electric Chair nights, Homoelectric, Electric Elephant Festival and Homobloc, Luke Una was not only contributing massively to Manchester’s 80s and 90s club scene but still carries a deep passion to share his music in clubs around the world. He is the curator of seminal compilations such as the Electric Chair and Electric Soul series as well as his latest É Soul Cultura project and label.

This Session was recorded for "Kasheme Conversations", an interview series from, with and for music lovers. This month with Luke Una.
In our conversation, Una shares what caused his relentless pursuit of music, why he would not call himself a record collector and why he is, as he calls it, so evangelical about music.

Watch here the Conversation of Luke Una:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei18vBynCKo

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Kasheme Conversations next month with Kahil El'Zabar

TASCAM DR-40X

Listening Session w/ Luke Una

Live Session w/ Kahil El'Zabar (solo)

The Chicago born jazz multi-instrumentalist and composer Kahil El’Zabar produces healing music for the soul. Born in 1953, the talented percussionist collaborated with musical legends such as Dizzy Gillespie, Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Paul Simon, Pharoah Sanders, and many others. El’Zabar continues to mesmerize audiences worldwide with his meditative yet invigorating sound, aiming to promote wellness and spiritual empowerment through his music. With his main musical groups the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble and the Ritual Trio, he released more than 30 albums. 

This live solo performance was recorded back in November 23 for "Kasheme Conversations", an interview series from, with and for music lovers. Kahil shares about his latest album A Time for Healing and how he, as a young jazz musician got connected with the DJ culture back in the 80ies.
“Beneath the party is the ethos of interaction. … And the DJ is the curator of what all of those cosmologies, what all of those energies are.”

Watch here the Kasheme Conversations of Kahil El'Zabar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyZxjg4lx7g

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Kasheme Conversations next month with Millie McKee

Live Session w/ Kahil El'Zabar (solo)

Live Session w/ Greg Foat

Playing the piano since the age of 10, Greg Foat is called one of the leading jazz pianists and composers in the UK. Inspired early on by the English pianist Gordon Beck, Foat decided to devote his life to jazz music and composed and released around 28 albums in the last 12 years evolving effortlessly from soul-jazz fusions to cinematic, haunting compositions, pastoral acid folk and electronic soundscapes. In recent years Foat has recorded for Jazzman Records, Athens Of The North and Strut and collaborated with a diverse selection of musicians, including Bob Lind, Moses Boyd, Gigi Masin, Ayo Salawu, Curtis Lundy, The Kooks and many more. 
In our conversation, Foat shares about how he got into jazz music and how records played an essential part in his development as a musician and composer.

Watch here the Kasheme Conversations of Greg Foat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_i7nAzmR3k

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Kasheme Conversations next month with Elina Duni & Rob Luft

Live Session w/ Greg Foat

« Résidence Pavillonnaire » : Residential district located on the outskirts of larger metro areas. This series of podcast intend to explore music curated on the outskirts of the mainstream spectrum through our guests residential selection, giving a sneak peak in their tastes & influences, might it be for listening and/or for dancing.

Our first guest is Jonas Köksal, co-founder of O Mato. For the last 8 years the multi-disciplinary collective from whom Jonas has been the creative backbone has been organizing social gatherings and experiences from Berlin to Brazil. 

Introduced to music threw his father’s digitales record collection, his first self aware purchase of music was 50 Cent’s « Get rich or die tryin ». 
Wondering then between punk, reggae & hip hop during his teenage years, he became curious about where the samples came from and depened his jazz, funk, library & world music culture. Years later, after thinking house/techno was loopy & boring when first introduced, he got sucked into it after experiencing it with the proper setting. 

For this first résidence, he crafted a one hour selection of US hip hop.

Artwork by Elise Siegwald

Résidence pavillonnaire - Jonas Köksal

Live Session w/ Elina Duni & Rob Luft

Born in Albania’s capital Tirana, Elina Duni first set foot on a stage at the age of five, singing for the National Radio and Television. After the fall of the communist regime in Albania, she moved to Geneva, where she started her education in classical piano and went on to study on the jazz programme at the Hochschule der Künste in Bern. With her first Quartet and the following releases, she found her signature sound as a singer and songwriter, fusing jazz with Balkan folk music from her homeland.
Since meeting London guitarist Rob Luft in 2017, they express their love for jazz and various other genres by composing as well as playing stages all over Europe together. On their latest album A time to remember, Duni sings in Albanian, French and English, which reflects her rootedness in different European countries and cultures. 
In our conversation, Duni and Luft talk about how they met, their first memories of music and their hopes for the future.

Watch here the Kasheme Conversations of Elina Duni & Rob Luft: https://youtu.be/AVjjuRBG3O8

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Kasheme Conversations next month with Donna Leake

Live Session w/ Elina Duni & Rob Luft

The silent hum of the Highlands, reimagined in electronic form. 

@tommorgan

Spaced 32 | Tom Morgan

Another b2b on the series by Anaïs and Oscar - the talented couple and duo who own one of Europe's finest record shops, soundcloud.com/legramvg

They claim to have listened to MMSU (whilst working in the store) more than anyone else. Maybe they are right, cos they nailed it.

MMSU 32 - LEGRAM VG (Oscar VG & Anaïs Liro)

An hour of laidback selections from Rustam.  While he is often heard in Kyiv's Closer, we heard him play at the unforgettable Zorepad Festival near Lviv in August and instantly asked him for a contribution to the Drum Syrup series.

@rustam

DRUM SYRUP PODCAST 20 - RUSTAM

Live Session w/ Laraaji at Kunstraum Walcheturm
in collaboration with Noise Reduction & MushRoom

Laraaji is a New York-based musician and sonic mystic renowned for his ethereal, zither-driven ambient soundscapes. He first gained widespread recognition with his 1980 album Ambient 3: Day of Radiance, produced by Brian Eno as part of Eno’s influential Ambient series. Blending elements of Eastern mysticism, drone, and transcendental meditation, Laraaji’s improvisational style has made his music a cornerstone of the ambient and healing music community. Rooted in joy and mindfulness, his deep spiritual philosophy extends beyond music to transformative practices like laughter meditation, sound healing and yoga. With his uplifting presence, Laraaji continues to inspire and elevate listeners worldwide.
In our conversation, Laraaji explores why sound is a deeply spiritual experience and shares the story of how he discovered the zither, the instrument that would become his signature.

Watch here the Kasheme Conversations of Laraaji
https://youtu.be/1wn71dWyybE

Watch here the Live Session of Laraaji at Kunstraum Walcheturm
https://www.youtube.com/live/yjnl-aDdx2M?si=UiueUFtDaH6RQPMz

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Kasheme Conversations next month with DJ Amir

Live Session w/ Laraaji

Совместная работа Сергея Емельянова из проекта Саригама - флейта сякухати & Станислава Афро - электроника специально для эмбиент фестиваля Храм Звука, 8е апреля 2017 в Англиканском Соборе Святого Андрея.

Collaboration Sergei Emelyanov - Bamboo Flute & Stanislav Afro - Electronic Ambient special for performance in the Temple of Sound ambient festival, 8th april 2017. Anglican Church of St. Andrew.

Temple of Sound

Sergei Emelyanov & Stanislav Afro – Temple Of Sound

Força da Cura - (Bastiaan Kamãvena)

Bastiaan Kamãvena: guitars, lead voice
Txai Fernando: percussion, voice, effects, bandolim, production
Txana Bane: prayer

Água desceu nossa terra
Molhando o manto verde sagrado
Luz aqui chegou
Brilhando espírito
No fogo da força do cumaru

Rapé de Deus
Soprando força da cura
Com meus irmãos da floresta
Chamando o amor
Na harmonia nesta ciranda da paz
Que Ele traz﻿

Haux Haux

New Paradigm

Força da Cura

Liquid Bloom DJ set for Cacao Ceremony in Boulder, CO 2/6/2018 with Simona Musilkova

01. Desert Dwellers - In the Beginning
02. Liquid Bloom - Cosmic Soul Lotus
03. Ishq - Leaf
04. Dead Can Dance - Devorzhum
05. Ishq - Kong
06. Liquid Bloom - Whispers of Our Ancestors (vajra mix feat. Shamans Dream)
07. Ishq - Bhakti
08. Sync 24 - Replicant
09. Erothyme - Beam through the Crystalline Lens
10. Deya Dova - The Great Sky Lodge
11. Shamans Dream - Calling Spirits
12. Desert Dwellers - Stratosphere (Ambient mix)
13. Desert Dwellers - Give Thanks (Vajra mix)
14. Desert Dwellers - Warm Desert Sands (Vajra mix)
15. Liquid Bloom - Bless the Waters (Ambient mix)
16. Desert Dwellers - Peaceful Air (space mix)
17. Deya Dova - The Great Sky Lodge reprise
18. Desert Dwellers - You Can See Forever (Aes Dana Remix)
19. Kaya Project - Flicker
20. Max Cooper, Tom Hodge - Teotihuacan Part 2
21. Erothyme - Sunshine through Speakers (feat. Madelion Moondrop)
22. Calibrate - Sleeping Temples
23. OTT - A Gentle Place By Birth Is You

Deep Ambient Cacao Journey dj set

Daydreaming with pvc-pipe-flute, quanun(vst), pianet t, elektron analog keys and some effects. no sampling

Calm / Natura statica cu apus de soare

Buy/Stream this EP here: https://33r.pm/rO1Y
@ancestral_elephants
The "Ancestral Elephants“ project is born out of love for creation and creativity, inspired by festivals, music, people, traveling different cultures and realms.

The sound is a blend of deep entrancing tribal rhythms, infused with smoothing instruments, synthesizers, field recordings and chants, with the intention to invoke feelings of peace, bliss, and connection with oneself and others. 

With „Indigena“ Ancestral Elephants provides a sonic sanctuary, a refuge of harmonic resonance, ambient balm for the soul. Recalling memories from an ancient future where humans live a simple life in abundance, balance and harmony with all of creation. This EP is a manifesto of a peaceful world we all so deeply long for and desire. Let's use those vibrations as a musical compass pointing towards the north of our hearts desires. Let the music guide us into sweet surrender and trust that we will make the shift from the caterpillar into the butterfly.

Ancestral Elephants - Indigena

Kasheme is where Music and People come together. Our vision is to create a culture around conscious listening not only to music but to each other.

A space that invites us all to slow down and enjoy the moment together. Always guided by the healing power of music that connects people beyond borders and cultures.