Nabihah Iqbal / TALsounds

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 Nabihah Iqbal, Talsounds 

Tuesday, September 24th 2024 Nabihah Iqbal + Talsounds 8:30- $15 ADV / $18 DOS - All Ages

Quarry House Tavern

Nabihah Iqbal 

London, UK

Before becoming an electro pop queen in her own right, London-based singer, producer and DJ Nabihah Iqbal (formerly known as Throwing Shade) helped shape hyperpop by lending her vocals to tracks by SOPHIE. She’s also collaborated with quantum physicists on audiovisual performances; worked with Wolfgang Tillmans on a series of talks and performances in London; and she hosts a bi-weekly NTS show that brings “an ethnomusicological perspective on weird and wonderful music from around the world”. Her 2017 new wave-inspired debut album, Weighing of the Heart, led Pitchfork to hail her as “a songwriter of impressive emotional heft”. After a studio burglary and a trip to Pakistan to see her family, her new outlook on life formed the basis of its 2023 follow-up, DREAMER.

 https://nabihahiqbal.bandcamp.com/album/dreamer-remixes

In the early months of 2020, Nabihah Iqbal’s studio was burgled. All her work was lost, including her long-awaited album. Already suffering from a broken hand and a severe case of burnout, she felt helpless. While the forensic police looked for fingerprints in her studio, she received a call. It was her grandmother; her grandfather had suffered a brain haemorrhage. Nabihah got on a plane to Karachi, Pakistan the next day. As the Covid-19 pandemic surged, Nabihah spent the global lockdown finding resilience amidst the turmoil. “Going to Pakistan turned into a blessing in disguise,” she says. “It affected my perspective on music. At the time, being forcefully removed from the whole scenario of the burglary felt frustrating, but it was the best thing that could have happened.” Nabihah spent those months remembering why she made music in the first place. She went back to basics and bought an acoustic guitar and a harmonium. Alongside a loop pedal and voice notes, she spent the next two years crafting her album, ‘Dreamer’, a high-water mark for the London-born artist.

TALsounds 

Washington, DC

https://talsounds.bandcamp.com/album/shift

ACCESSIBILITY INFO: There are 13 stairs at the entrance to Quarry House Tavern