artist-in-residence | Shayekh Mohammed Arif

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performance plus 2019 Shayekh Mohammad Arif started his journey through contemporary music on 2011 & from the very beginning his sound is very much influenced by trance, spirituality & ethnicity. He has showcased his sound at Birmingham Weekender festival (2017), Transforming Narratives UK (2019), Landgoed Leonardus Art Residency Netherlands(2019), Nepal & at least 30 prestigious gigs in Bangladesh. Recently he has been selected as one of the residents of South Asian Music Residency 2019 By GOETHE Institut Chennai & KMMC. He is signed to 11 international record labels & counting. Shayekh has been working with south-east asian folk & local sounds for last 6 years. So it will be certainly expected a cross-cultural sonic experience where sounds of Ho Chi Minh City will meet-blend with sounds from Dhaka, Bangladesh.