Fatima Al Qadiri - Medieval Femme '2021

Tracks list

Fatima Al Qadiri returns to Hyperdub, with a suite inspired by the classical
poems of Arab women. Medieval Femme invokes a simulated daydream through the
metaphor of an Islamic garden, at the border between depression and desire,
where the present temporarily dissolves, leaving only past and future.

Since Shaneera, her last release for Hyperdub – a homage to hometown
friends and a celebration of regional queer influences –Fatima recorded
the soundtrack for French Senegalese director Mati Diop’s Cannes 2019
Grand Prix winning feature Atlantics. The restrained soundtrack to Diops
supernatural storytelling, sympathetically mixes neon drones and the faint
outlines of Arabesque melody, intensifying Diop’s journey between worlds,
rendering the complex emotions of the film.

Medieval Femme expands on ideas instilled from Atlantics to capture a fully
realised, dreamlike setting, shaded with colour and subtle friction. The theme
of the album is the state of melancholic longing exemplified in the poetry of
Arab women from the medieval period. Fatima seeks to transport the listener to a
place of reverie and desolation, to question the line between two seemingly
opposite states and rejoice in celestial sorrow.

Tracklist:
1 01. Fatima Al Qadiri - Medieval Femme (03:20)
1 02. Fatima Al Qadiri - A Certain Concubine (02:27)
1 03. Fatima Al Qadiri - Sheba (03:26)
1 04. Fatima Al Qadiri - Vanity (03:06)
1 05. Fatima Al Qadiri - Stolen Kiss of a Succubus (03:47)
1 06. Fatima Al Qadiri - Golden (02:36)
1 07. Fatima Al Qadiri - Qasmuna (Dreaming) (02:59)
1 08. Fatima Al Qadiri - Malaak (03:18)
1 09. Fatima Al Qadiri - Tasakuba (03:14)
1 10. Fatima Al Qadiri - Zandaq (03:49)

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