When: Thursday, 13 February 2020 | 9 PM onwards
Location: G5A Foundation for Contemporary Culture, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai
Synopsis: ALIF returns to G5A with an intimate & interactive set of poetry and music, celebrating darkness resilience and satire. An experience that shall stay with you creating a series of emotions. Poet, singer and songwriter Mohammad Muneem began his musical journey from Kashmir in 2008 and co-founded ALIF two years later with Hardik Vaghela (Keys). Metaphorically Alif, the first alphabet of Urdu meaning ‘that which is unseen, strongly united’ and ‘the oneness of everything’ encompasses his music/poetry. With some beautiful verses in Kashmiri and Urdu and a unique contemporary ethnic sound, their music is soul-stirring and celebrates darkness and pain through poetry. With Aman Moroney (Guitars, Esraj), Karan Chitra Deshmukh (Drums) & Amit Gadgil (Bass).
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Who are you? What is Alif?
“I am the artisan of every thought.”
Alif shall be performing an intimate & interactive set of Poetry and Music in Urdu and Kashmiri language.
90-minute set shall include spoken and sung poetry with contemporary music. Compositions that are dark and peppy. Celebrating darkness resilience and satire. An experience that shall stay with you creating a series of emotions.
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About Indie Music Thursdays:
Independent art, with all its disciplines, while being on the margins, has always been a resilient and fertile ground for dialogue and debate, innovation and ideological courage, and provides an alternate voice in a mainstream-dominated landscape. It has also often provided inspiration to the mainstream art industry. G5A’s mission, therefore, has always been to support and encourage independent art practice. The Indie Music scene today is extremely vibrant and innovative and so G5A Foundation for Contemporary Culture will be dedicating one day every month that will feature a strong line-up of acts both Indian and international.
About Alif:
Alif stirs and stills the soul. And ultimately sets you free. Alif signifies oneness, strength and unseen. The interpretation that alif brings forth through its poetry Music Performance. Alif is Urdu / Kashmiri Poetry contemporary music with ethnic sound recited & sung by poet singer-songwriter Mohammad Muneem. Alif is an experience that stays with you. Alif is the winner of the 8th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival 18 award, for best music video 'Lalnawath' and IRAA ( Indian recording arts academy awards ) for best music production independent for song 'Like A Sufi'".
