b. 1998; Oran, Algeria
Education
2017-2020 BA International Relations & Arabic with First-Class, University of Exeter, Exeter
2020-2021 MSc Social and Cultural Anthropology with Distinction, University College of London, London 2021-2022 MA Music Composition for Film & Visual Media, Superior Music Conservatory of Catalunya, 2022 First Artist Management Mentorship Programme, London
2024 Trinity Laban Thrive Development Programme, London
2017-2020 BA International Relations & Arabic with First-Class, University of Exeter, Exeter
2020-2021 MSc Social and Cultural Anthropology with Distinction, University College of London, London 2021-2022 MA Music Composition for Film & Visual Media, Superior Music Conservatory of Catalunya, 2022 First Artist Management Mentorship Programme, London
2024 Trinity Laban Thrive Development Programme, London
Awards
2018/19/20 HRH Prince Al-Waleed Award received the award to conduct fieldwork across Algeria over the span of several months.
2022 Francis Chagrin Award 2022 from Sound and Music.
2018/19/20 HRH Prince Al-Waleed Award received the award to conduct fieldwork across Algeria over the span of several months.
2022 Francis Chagrin Award 2022 from Sound and Music.
Film soundtracks
2022 To Have a Lover short film directed by Charlotte Scobie. Recorded in collaboration with Bratislava Symphony Orchestra in June 2022.
2023 TV short film soundtrack, directed by Kyle Adams.
2024 Quiet Hands, short film soundtrack, directed by Scar Ward.
2022 To Have a Lover short film directed by Charlotte Scobie. Recorded in collaboration with Bratislava Symphony Orchestra in June 2022.
2023 TV short film soundtrack, directed by Kyle Adams.
2024 Quiet Hands, short film soundtrack, directed by Scar Ward.
Commissions and scores
2022 The Lesser Gods of the Sea sound piece on migration and displacement for Sculpture International Rotterdam and Radio Paleis Maashaven aired on Operator Radio in February 2022
2023 site-specific work with AMONEUS and IKLECTIK on their 16.1 Channel spatialised audio together with Francisco Morgan and violinist Asia Jimenez.
2023 live performance with Francisco Morgan in collaboration with Jokkoo Collective at FOC, Barcelona
2024 Short Cuts BBC Radio 4 commission to produce an radio piece aired in February, 2024 interviewing creative practitioners on their perceptions of ‘alternative futures.’
2024 ‘un exercsisi obert’ trio of cellos sound scape and live performance presented in the Modern Contemporary Art Museum of Barcelona in March 2024.
2024 live soundtrack for ASWAT Commission at Rich Mix with Alia Hamaoui, Raqueel Khan & Collective Ending. 2024 Sound and Music / the British Music Collection commission to create the composition and visual essay ‘you go once before’ written in response to the Heritage Quay archive. Graphic score and video now exhibited as part of WANAWAL exhibition at Forma Arts and Media, London opening June 14th, 2024, until the 9th of August.
2024 Terra Invisus Trio commission to prepare 30-45 minutes score in the January 2025 performance in London.
Sound pieces, radio works and radio residencies
2019 Promise Land sound piece on migration and displacement. Selected by Dr. Katie Natanel to be presented at the Exeter Respect Festival 2019 on behalf of the Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter. 2020 UCL Multimedia Anthropology Lab (MAL) & British Museum working with a team of sound engineers to design a 360-sound composition for the British Museum as part of a heritage project for the Guarani Kaiowa tribe in Brazil. Ongoing member of the UCL MAL.
2021 Mother prays, Father weeps in collaboration with Lydia Ourahmane commissioned by Delfina foundation and Radio Alhara as part of the station’s Sonic Liberation Front.
2021 Mother prays, Father weeps in collaboration with Lydia Ourahmane commissioned by Delfina foundation and Radio Alhara as part of the station’s Sonic Liberation Front.
2023 before the concrete dries three-month residency of NOODS Radio, Movement Radio and Refuge Worldwide highlighting Middle East and North African music, emerging electronic and experimental artists from the region and living in the diaspora.
Commercial music releases
2021 Swill w/ Molly Meet released on 3024 label compilation ‘It Was Always There Vol 2,’ voted Top of 2021 by DJMag.
2021 Swill w/ Molly Meet released on 3024 label compilation ‘It Was Always There Vol 2,’ voted Top of 2021 by DJMag.
Research work and residencies
2024 Bow Arts Studio Residency to develop motion sensor midi controller composition exploring the potential of motion sensor technology in performance and installation works.
2022 Guest Researcher Residency at MACBA Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona for independent audio-visual project ‘Sound and Space.’
2021 Sculpture Centre, New York lead researcher on the ‘Lydia Ourahmane ‘Tassili’ show and produced a white paper on the current ecological, socio-political status of the Tassili N’Ajjer region.
2019 California College of the Arts lead researcher for the ‘Sola Cry’ exhibition at the Wattis Institute, California. 2019 Middle East Concern lead researcher to conduct online ethnography and fieldwork across Algeria and Egypt on behalf of the charity for a research report.
2017 Australian Embassy travelled to Iraq, Duhok to assist on the resettlement of Yezidi families to Australia with the Hope and Trust charity.
2024 Bow Arts Studio Residency to develop motion sensor midi controller composition exploring the potential of motion sensor technology in performance and installation works.
2022 Guest Researcher Residency at MACBA Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona for independent audio-visual project ‘Sound and Space.’
2021 Sculpture Centre, New York lead researcher on the ‘Lydia Ourahmane ‘Tassili’ show and produced a white paper on the current ecological, socio-political status of the Tassili N’Ajjer region.
2019 California College of the Arts lead researcher for the ‘Sola Cry’ exhibition at the Wattis Institute, California. 2019 Middle East Concern lead researcher to conduct online ethnography and fieldwork across Algeria and Egypt on behalf of the charity for a research report.
2017 Australian Embassy travelled to Iraq, Duhok to assist on the resettlement of Yezidi families to Australia with the Hope and Trust charity.