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Is Nabihah Iqbal where you may not expect her ? Not at all. Let’s avoid any colonialist bias from the outset and agree that British-born Nabihah Iqbal is a citizen of the world. Of Pakistani origin, she grew up and lives in London. She released Dreamer on Ninja Tune in 2023, we then observed that her musical influences were rock, ethereal wave, a little shoegaze, post-punk, ambient, but also slightly West African, South Asian and more from non occidental sources. Roughly speaking, the result is quite rock, and is presented on stage as a quartet or duo with electronic and pre-recorded additions. The slimming formula will be chosen at Rialto Hall, next Saturday in the context of POP Montreal. Reached this week in Philadelphia at the heart of her tour, Nabihah Iqbal talks about the foundations of her art, as well as her interesting studies in ethnomusicology. Alain Brunet interviewed her.
