Fatima Al Qadiri

Fatima Al Qadiri
Also known as Ayshay
Born July 1981 (age 37)
Dakar, Senegal
Genres Electronic music
Occupation(s) DJ, music producer, artist
Instruments Synth, computer
Years active 2009–present
Labels Hyperdub, Fade to Mind, Uno NYC, Tri Angle
Associated acts Future Brown
Website fatimaalqadiri.com

Fatima Al Qadiri (born July, 1981) is a Senegal-born, Kuwait-raised composer and conceptual artist, currently based in Berlin, Germany. She is interested in exploring the experience of war, memory, Western perceptions of other cultures, and sociocultural identity through her work.[1] She is a member of the group Future Brown.

Biography

Fatima Al Qadiri is the daughter of Mohammed Al Qadiri, a former Kuwaiti diplomat and writer, and Thuraya Al-Baqsami, an internationally acclaimed artist and writer. She was born in Dakar, Senegal, in September 1981, where her father was doing work as a diplomat at the time.[2] She moved back to Kuwait with her family at age two and, at age seventeen, Al Qadiri graduated from high school in Kuwait and went on to pursue a college education in the United States.[2] On scholarships from the Ministry of Higher Education in Kuwait, Al Qadiri briefly attended various colleges—Pennsylvania State University, George Washington University, and the University of Miami—before transferring to New York University and earning a bachelor’s degree in Linguistics at age twenty-two.[3][2] After college, she went to various different cities in the United States before moving back in 2007.[2]

Career

In October 2010, Al Qadiri produced "Muslim Trance", a mini-mix for DIS magazine under the alias Ayshay, which garnered her attention.[4] She also began her blog Global .Wav on DIS Magazine earlier that year.[5] In 2011, Al Qadiri and the Kuwaiti artist Khalid Al Gharaballi received a grant from the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture to produce a video and sculpture installation entitled "Mendeel Um A7mad (NxIxSxM)" shown at Contemporary Art Platform (CAP) Kuwait in 2012.[6]

From 2011 – 2012, Al Qadiri released several EPs on the labels Fade to Mind, UNO and Tri Angle (under the name Ayshay).[7]

In March 2013, Al Qadiri became a member of the 9 (now 8) person art collective GCC, whose work has been exhibited at the MoMA PS1, Fridericianum, Sharjah Art Foundation and Whitney Museum of American Art.[8]

Her debut album, Asiatisch, was released by Hyperdub.[9]

She is also part of the group Future Brown, a collaboration with Asma Maroof and Daniel Pineda of Nguzunguzu and J-Cush of Lit City Trax. Their self-titled album was released on Warp Records in 2015.[10]

Artistry

As of May 2017, Fatima Al Qadiri produces her music with a setup of an 88-key MIDI controller, studio monitors, a microphone, and the digital audio workstation Logic Pro 9, a program she has used since 2001.[11]

Published works

  • Mahma Kan Athaman (with Khalid al Gharaballi, Sophia Al Maria and Babak Radboy) published by Bidoun magazine, Issue 20, New York, 2010.[12]
  • Pâté (with Lauren Boyle) published by Common Space, New York, 2011.[13]

Discography

Albums

EPs

References

  1. ↑ "How Music Delivered Me From Hell, According To Fatima Al Qadiri". The FADER. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "A Non-Resolution to Elect Fatima Al Qadiri to Non-Office". The New Yorker. 2014-05-12. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  3. ↑ "Fatima Al Qadiri | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  4. ↑ "Ayshay - Muslim Trance Mini-Mix". Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  5. ↑ Lauren Boyle; Solomon Chase; Marco Roso; Nick Scholl; David Toro. "Global .Wav "DIS Magazine". DIS Magazine. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "AFAC Announces 35 New Grant Recipients from its First Call in 2011" (PDF). Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "Ayshay: WARN-U EP Album Review - Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  8. ↑ http://aktnz.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2013_mousse41_GCC_enit.pdf
  9. ↑ "Asiatisch - Fatima Al Qadiri". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  10. ↑ "WARP – Artists – Future Brown". WARP – Artists – Future Brown. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  11. ↑ Raihani, Nadine (4 May 2017). "Fatima Al Qadiri: Navigating The Creative". Native Instruments blog. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  12. ↑ "Future Fictions". www.frieze.com. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  13. ↑ "Patrik Sandberg » A SLICE OF PÂTÉ". patriksandberg.com. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
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