Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي @KhyamAllami Twitter profile

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

3 years

#Leimma & #Apotome by @ctpt_studio and yours truly are two, free, browser-based transcultural tools for creating and exploring #tunings through Generative music-making. Check them out!

Leimma

Explore, create, hear and play microtonal tuning systems.

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

8 months

Zionist president Isaac Herzog on MSNBC: "This war is not only a war between Israel and Hamas, it's a war that is intended, really, truly, to save Western civilisation. To save the values of Western civilisation."

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

6 years

“We are just a body. You, the British people, have our soul,” she added. [...] “The museum is one of the world’s leading lenders and the trustees will always consider loan requests subject to usual conditions,” a spokeswoman said.

Easter Island governor begs British Museum to return Moai: 'You have our soul'

The museum has held one of the most spiritually important statues of the Chilean island’s stone monoliths for 150 years

www.theguardian.com

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

5 years

Dear @carolecadwalla , I will love you for what you have done until the day I die ♥️ No matter how old any of us are. Even though I wouldn’t wish the stress or harassment you get on anyone - please keep up your amazing work and integrity. Respect, Khyam

Carole Cadwalladr

@carolecadwalla

5 years

Remarkable coincidence how many of my haters are misogynists. Tho I think they missed the mark here. If I'm alive in 2049 & look like this, I reckon I'll be winning. Old ladies are the best ladies. Looking forward to fighting on against these fuckers 👊👊👊

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

3 years

The founder of @Spotify is using the fortune he amassed ripping off artists to fund AI war tech, and he's proud of it. Cancel your subscriptions folks. Pass it on.

Daniel Ek

@eldsjal

3 years

Today, I am proud to announce that @PrimaMateria_ is investing €100m in @HelsingAI & that I am joining the board. Prima Materia was founded to partner with teams like Helsing. Ambitious, ethical, & driven by a mission to help build a thriving society.

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

1 year

@ronkelawal Bleak. Esp that part when one of the interviewees mentions checking police website statistics. Goes to show the depth of affirmation these reactions have from the structures that enable it. Respect to Cheryl Garvey for finding the strength to volunteer and take on the work.

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

3 years

Out of curiosity: how many of my fellow creatives out here are similarly overwhelmed with admin but don't feel they earn enough to be able to hire an assistant or find decent management?

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

2 years

It is accomplished! After 3.5 years of intense work I submitted my PhD research today🥳 Massive gratitude to supervisor extraordinaire @seanlclancy for everything 🙏🏽 I will be examined by Prof @kutlerski and Prof George E. Lewis, so the heat is on! 😰 Defending end of May 🤞🏽

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

1 year

Happy to share my PhD thesis and compositions with you all. 54,000+ words, lots of appendices, approx 2hrs 20min of music! Any leads on post-docs, jobs or research opportunities most welcome. Please share and enjoy! ✨ Thanks again @seanlclancy 🙏🏽

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

2 years

It is official 🍾🥂 Dr Allami in the house 🕺🏽 Massive gratitude to @seanlclancy and @muellmusik 🙏🏽 Much love to @BirmCons ♥️ Now time to figure out what the hell to do with it 🌀

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

9 months

Thread: My statement announcing my indefinite strike from all German state funded cultural work. Also published on my website: pp. 1-4

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

3 years

This is #Apotome a transcultural browser based generative music making environment focused on microtonal tunings and their subsets (scales/modes). Try it out here: Created by @ctpt_studio and yours truly. Launched as part of @CTMFestival 2021. #Apotome

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

2 years

George E. Lewis on the history of experimental music and the AACM in 'A Power Stronger than itself' (2008: xiii) Find: "historians of experimentalism in music" Replace: "developers of music technologies"

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

6 years

My #Oud , as seen through airport security #XRay

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

3 years

This is #Leimma , a transcultural browser based tool for exploring and creating tuning systems and their subsets (scales/modes). Try it out here: Created by @ctpt_studio and yours truly. Launched as part of @CTMFestival 2021. #Apotome

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

2 years

I’d like to share a couple of things. After highlighting this issue to Ableton since 2018 I was invited to work on it last year. Sadly it was a non-starter because of what you can see in the video: the total lack of a musically meaningful and culturally inclusive perspective /1

Ableton

@Ableton

2 years

Introducing Microtuner by Ableton, a free polyphonic MIDI device that lets you import, edit, generate, and blend between microtonal scales. Get the Pack:

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

4 years

A few weeks ago I received a beautiful email from @ryuichisakamoto , asking me to collaborate with him on a track as part of ‘incomplete' - a series of collaborations with his friends across the world. Honoured I accepted and got to work. Today you can hear the result…

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

5 years

So... @PJHarveyUK just casually walked in to my installation, Requiem for the 21st Century, walked around between the ouds, eyes glistening, grabbed a beanbag, and sat down to listen... A short thread: #NMB19

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

3 years

UPDATE! Very excited to share that we have implemented #MPE tuning in both #Leimma & #Apotome . This means you can now tune MPE capable software or hardware synths perfectly without any artefacts. A quick tutorial on how to use with @Ableton Live 11 here:

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

3 years

Myself and @ctpt_studio are humbled and honoured to share that #Apotome has been awarded the inaugural @IsaoTomita_Info Special Prize at @ArsElectronica : #PrixArsElectronica #IsaoTomita •

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

7 months

Please explain to me how someone can commit suicide by shooting themselves in the head TWICE at a gun club at 13:30 in the afternoon. The same gunclub who's member carried out a shooting spree at the Jehovah's Witnesses in Alsterdorf on March 9th:

James Jackson

@derJamesJackson

7 months

Breaking: Hamburg prosecutors confirmed to me that they found a body on 19th of December, and have only now realised that this was 21-year-old Jordanian student Mohammad Barakat. A suicide is suspected with "no evidence of third party fault." Police will make a statement later

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

5 years

Today, more than 10 years later, I recounted the story to her and she told me that that piece directly inspired the song “England” from Let England Shake, saying “so that was you!” and she gave me a big hug... It was a beautiful thing.

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

3 years

@colinself Related, when @ryuichisakamoto reached out to me to collaborate on his "Incomplete" series he asked me to create something that represented "a step before music" ♥️

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series - incomplete In these times when things are not “normal,” I wanted to document the sensations I’ve been feeling. I invited a few of my musician friend...

www.youtube.com

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

4 years

Friends! #Apotome x @CTMFestival by @ctpt_studio and yours truly is LIVE! Info here: Applications & live generative stream here:

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

3 years

Always a pleasure to be invited as a guest into the virtual home of those you admire. Thank you @matdryhurst and @hollyherndon for the chat and the laughs! 🙏🏽 Check out the @1nterdependence podcast via Patreon here: @ctpt_studio @CTMFestival

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

6 years

Congratulations @carolecadwalla , @sarah_donaldson , your team and all the other journalists doing their jobs properly around the world. Today we are reliant on you more than ever and you deserve all the recognition and support for everything you do. Thank you ♥️

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

4 years

At the upcoming @CTMFestival 19 Jan—14 Feb 2021, @ctpt_studio ( @teropa & @samueldiggins ) and I will launch a major collaboration titled #Apotome + its sister project #Leimma . It's complex, so, a LONG thread on #TUNING , #CULTURALBIAS , #MUSICTECHNOLOGY & #REPRESSEDPPOSSIBILITIES

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

3 years

We cannot begin to #decolonise #music before we decolonise the tools that we use to make it. With the tools we can then start #untraining and #retraining . Digital #fretlessness is key. Putting it out here because no-one is saying it, and sadly most aren't even aware.

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

3 years

The only thing missing from @Bandcamp is automated income splits. Once that happens, it'll be a game changer.

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

2 years

I *finally* finished my composition for @jackquartet today. Amongst many other things, it's heavily based on Zalzal's middle finger... make of that what you will. NYC see you in April (details forthcoming)! 13 days and counting to finish writing my PhD 🥵 Wish me luck!✨

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

7 months

Reminders: 1- Christmas has been cancelled in Bethlehem. 2- Bethlehem is the birthplace of Jesus Christ. 3- Bethlehem is in Palestine. 4- Accept that Jesus was from Palestine and put your white supremacy to rest. 5- Cancel christmas. There is a genocide.

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

5 years

Dan Jones’s “Music for Seven Ice Cream Vans” ready to go! 🍦♥️ #NMB19 @AbsCultured @PRSFoundation

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

3 years

I spent my day reading about and slowly inputting Al-Urmawi's 84 modes (adwār) into #Leimma . Happy to find this at the end of the day.

BL Qatar Partnership

@BLQatar

3 years

Newly #digitized : Copy of The Book of Cycles, an influential #Arabic language treatise on #music theory by Safi al-Din al-Urmawi

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

4 years

Happy to share that my #oud -based installation "Requiem for the 21st Century"—commissioned by @Opera_North for the #NMB2019 —has been nominated for an @IvorsAcademy Ivor Novello Award in the Sound Art category! Winners announced 01 Dec on @BBCRadio3 #TheIvorsComposerAwards

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

2 years

I just spent a week in Sài Gòn, Việt Nam. My first trip to South East Asia. So sad it wasn't longer. What a warm hearted and welcoming people. So many beautiful smiles ingrained in my memory ♥️ Can't wait to go back. Photo dump and more soon! #Nusasonic

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

7 years

@carolecadwalla @guardian What you are doing is incredible. It is so frightening and must be stopped, on all levels!

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

4 years

My article for ⁦ @CTMFestival ⁩ magazine first published Jan 2019 is now online for your reading pleasure. It’s dense, but worth a read if you’re interested in decolonisation/music/technology

Microtonality and the Struggle for Fretlessness in the Digital Age

By Khyam Allami

www.ctm-festival.de

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

2 years

PS: #Leimma is free (+ MPE) but runs in a browser in order to help provide contextual information (musical/cultural). Use it to create and explore, bookmark or share url, or export Scala file to use tuning elsewhere:

Leimma

Explore, create, hear and play microtonal tuning systems.

isartum.net

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

3 years

Dear @EricRWeinstein , it would be good if you did some research before you shared such broad-brush opinions to your half-a-million+ followers. Musicians from non-western cultures are not "microtonal", they are themselves, and have been for millennia.

Eric Weinstein

@EricRWeinstein

3 years

The even tempered major 3rd is an absolute abomination. And only @jacobcollier really complains about it. Pythagorean v Even tempered: Maj 3rd: 5/2 vs 2^(16/12)=2.52 (approx) 5th: 3 vs 2^(19/12)=2.9967 (approx) We totally sacrificed the 3rd for the 5th:

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

4 years

With all due respect to both @theQuietus and @JenniferLAllan this opening line is truly infuriating. Comparisons are often helpful to introducing an artists' work, understood, but @capgrasman has released 7 albums. Can't he just be presented for what he does, as an individual?

The Quietus

@theQuietus

4 years

'Iranian electronic musician Siavash Amini was once dubbed ‘the Iranian Brian Eno’, but the ambiguity and textural low-end in his music means he might be better called the Iranian Mika Vainio' Siavash Amini on his 13 favourite albums with @JenniferLAllan

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

3 years

Next time you read that #Pythagoras "discovered" something, remember this: Source: Guthrie, Kenneth Sylvan (1987) The Pythagorean Sourcebook and Library, Phanes Press p20

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

3 years

#Apotome generated, Indonesian tuning polyphony as sung by Holly+ 🪄🌀🔮 Congrats @hollyherndon , @matdryhurst and team on the launch 🥳

Holly+

Holly Herndon's digital twin

holly.plus

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

7 years

Good people, our dear #TimSmith , genius mastermind behind the British band #TheCardiacs , needs our help to fund his medical costs. #Donate and spread the word please. Every £/$/€ helps 🙏🏽

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

2 years

Forgotten by who?? Aside from the millions who still listen to her every day the article literally has a quote from Bob Dylan:“she’s dead now but not forgotten.” smfh

The singer Robert Plant calls his inspiration

With Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant revolutionised the way we look a rock 'n' roll vocals. He used an operatic style that explored the full range of notes.

faroutmagazine.co.uk

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

2 years

The Ukrainian people have my full solidarity. It is heartbreaking to see history repeat itself so many times - Western governments enabling autocratic leaders then expressing disdain when they go all the way. But the amount of racial exceptionalism flying around is infuriating.

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

2 years

Funny thing is, Logic always had the ability to turn off the grid *completely* so one could record and work without a practical or visual "grid" - unlike many other DAWs, which in a way is far more liberating. UI design as equally as important as technical functionality

cdmblogs

@cdmblogs

2 years

Apple Logic Pro 10.7.5: free tempo recording, personalized #SpatialAudio , @Ableton Link, more. Here's what's new:

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

3 years

Much gratitude to all who have supported and engaged with my work over the last year. It's been a blessing and I don't take it for granted. Wishing everyone all the best 🙏🏽♥️🍹

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

1 year

Donation links for Turkey and Syria Earthquake relief: Molham Team @molhamteam AKUT @AKUTASSOCIATION Ahbap @ahbap Turkish Lira Exchange Rate £1=22.68 TRY €1=20.26 TRY $1=18.83 TRY

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

4 years

Note to self: one day this will be extremely useful... soon I hope!

Dr. Moudhy Al-Rashid

@Moudhy

5 years

Brief and, for most people, completely useless thread on how to type in cuneiform. First, you can download a Unicode cuneiform font here

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

3 years

Tonight! @CTMFestival From 19h Berlin time: my video presentation "Repressed Possibilities - An introduction to #Apotome ", followed by Artist Takeovers from #Wahono , @deena0deena and @slikback . I haven't seen or heard them yet and I am super excited! 👉🏽

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

2 years

No need for more details as I don’t want to detract from my main point: this was/is a major missed opportunity for Ableton to take the lead in what is still a very white, male, and mono-cultural music-tech industry landscape - in practice and not only with editorial content /5

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

9 months

There isn't a single time that I open Twitter or Youtube without seeing an advert from the settler colonial state emotionally manipulating the narrative. It is unbearable that political propaganda like that is allowed to run on these platforms.

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

4 years

My "Requiem for the 21st Century" is nominated for an Ivors composer award, results will be announced tonight in a special programme on BBC Radio 3 🤞🏽

The Ivors Academy

@IvorsAcademy

4 years

🏆 It’s #TheIvorsComposerAwards TONIGHT! 🏆 See you at 19:30 for an evening of celebration and new music discovery. Listen here 👉

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

2 years

OUT TODAY ✨ COMMON TONALITIES From Nov 21 to Feb 22, the twenty amazing artists here and I worked together through a series of workshops on tuning and music-making to explore the possibilities of expression and experimentation of their native cultures from across South East Asia

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

3 years

Great new tuning tool launched today! The free version allows you to load Scala files and use across your DAW. Paid version is far more advanced and allows you to create/experiment in many ways.

ODDSound

@ODDSoundLtd

3 years

Introducing the @ODDSoundLtd MTS-ESP Suite...a system for dynamic microtuning in your DAW. Available now, with 30-day unlimited demo at

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

2 years

Nice to be referenced in such good company for @bandcamp best albums of 2022. Buy @Afrorack_ ♥️

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

2 years

I recorded some improvised oud for Raed alongside all these other great musicians. Come through if you can!

CTM Festival

@CTMFestival

2 years

Over 40 musicians. A dozen turntables. A fantasmagorie of aural expression birthed from isolation. May 25th, The Phantom Orchestra comes to Berghain:

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

11 months

I had the wonderful opportunity of spending some time with Prof. Kofi Agawu in Berlin today. Such a legend! Check out his new book published a couple of months ago:

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

3 years

Apartheid is so complicated

Abir Kopty

@AbirKopty

3 years

News today told you that Israel will transfer over 1 million Pfizer doses to the Palestinian Authority. Well, they omitted a “minor” detail: these doses are about to expire. Israel in return will receive a new shipment of the same amount, which is allocated to the Palestinians.

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

8 months

This was our statement that @CincyCAC refused to publish. "Denying us this act of solidarity only serves to instrumentalize our intellectual and artistic labor against us." Thank you @VersoBooks for sharing it through your archive.

Verso Books

@VersoBooks

8 months

The director and staff of the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati have neglected to publish a Palestine solidarity statement written by the artists and curator of A Permanent Nostalgia for Departure. Here we publish their letter in full.

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

2 years

Does anyone know how I can stop getting mentioned by all the NFT bots on here?

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

3 years

Just in case you were still debating...

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

3 years

An honour to meet and spend some time with the legendary Iraqi artist #DiaAlAzzawi today. His work, work ethic and philosophy is a major influence on me. Blessed opportunity 🙏🏽 Thank you @mysakh for making it happen ♥️ #ضياء_العزاوي

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

6 years

Proud and excited to share with you all that I‘ve been awarded an @ahrcpress @Midlands3Cities full scholarship to undertake a #PhD in #Composition at @BirmCons , under the supervision of @seanlclancy and @muellmusik , starting this autumn! Super happy & cannot wait to get started!

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

3 years

En route to @unsound Kraków to play a part in @nicolas___jaar 's #Weavings alongside @Aho_Ssan , @angeltheoracle , @AntoninaNowacka , @orenambarchi , #PakYanLau , #PawelSzamburski , #RaphaelRoginski , @Resina_KR , #TomokoSauvage and #ValentinaMagaletti

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

6 years

And when the deed was done, we did shout “Ole!” and the sea did reply “Ole!” and it was a beautiful thing. 💐🍾🥂

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

4 years

I made a playlist for @supersonicfest to celebrate some of my favourite Arab contemporaries - only releases between 2017-2020 - featuring:

Supersonic Festival

@supersonicfest

4 years

SOFASONIC PLAYLIST: KHYAM ALLAMI🎧⚡️ The formidable oud instrumentalist, composer & @nawarecordings founder, @KhyamAllami has carefully curated a sublime mix of genre-bending music from the Arab world - just for our Sofasonic celebrations! LISTEN >

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

3 years

Humbled to be giving a keynote presentation at NIME 2022 in Auckland, New Zealand *hopefully in person* alongside @hundredrabbits , and Sally Jane Norman. Thank you @fabiomorreale for the invitation 🙏🏽

NIME2022

@nime2022

3 years

The NIME 2022 website is now online! This year's conference brings many novelties, including a Doctoral Consortium, a Mentorship Program, and a Call for Music with pieces performed with "old" NIMEs.

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

4 years

We need to start a petition for some institute to live stream Christian Marclay's "The Clock" on a 24hr loop for the full length of this lockdown. Who's in? #ChristianMarclay #TheClock

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

5 years

Presenting a little extract of my doctoral research today in Birmingham: “Echo-monde: a hybrid repertoire of contemporary and experimental acoustic, electroacoustic and electronic Arabic Music” #M4CFest19 #DoctoralWeek

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

7 years

I really do hope that one day, in my lifetime, I’ll be able to travel between Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Iran, in peace and without restraint or fear.

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

2 years

✨ Premier of "Ma-a a-ba ud me-na-gin Ma-a di-di-in" (Where is the Future like the past? Where will I go?), performed by @jackquartet at Merkin Hall, NYC, April 2022 ✨ Full video:

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

3 years

Another day, another troll, another meme. So much to unpack here... (The reply to my comment was on Buttons Berlin's recent Anti-Apartheid statement)

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

3 years

I rarely "write" music - as in notate it - but the feeling of "writing" (more like typing) music that you're pretty sure will be impossible to perform for most is starting to feel good to me. It's like throwing something into a void 🌀

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

3 years

⌛️🤯🧘🏽‍♂️🕵🏾🤓

180.Fact

@180fact

3 years

On this episode of Against The Clock, @KhyamAllami explores Arabic and African tunings using his own transcultural music-making tools, Apotome and Leimma, launched at this year’s @CTMFestival .

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

4 years

Tonight at 19h Bethlehem time (18h Berlin/17h London), my solo electronic rendition of Terry Riley's In C retuned and remodelled in the Arabic Maqām Rast. Part of #Filmishmish , #RadioAlHara 's 72-hour syndicated broadcast against the planned annexation of Palestine's West Bank

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

5 years

Short extract from day two of the test build for my upcoming installation “Requiem for the 21st Century” commissioned by @Opera_North for @PRSFoundation ’s #NMB19 happening at @southbankcentre and @humberstgallery in July! #NMB19 @AbsCultured

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

3 years

Some people have been asking so I wanted to clarify - although @CTMFestival is over #Apotome and #Leimma will remain online indefinitely. Enjoy! 🙃

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

5 years

The @PRSFoundation #NMB19 is over and it’s time for a thread of gratitude to: the awesome Arnaud Mercier, Jo Nockels, Jane Earshaw, Kathryn Gasic, Jamie Saye and Rowland Thomas from @Opera_North for EVERYTHING ♥️🙏🏽, to @vanessa_prsf , Tina, Liam & the PRSF team for the support...

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

3 years

I'd like to add that although I understand the need for—and power of—a term such as #decolonisation , I much prefer to think about #transcultural discourse and most importantly solutions. Division was coloniality's prime tool and I worry about centering and proliferating it.

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

2 years

#NYC friends! Next week Thu 21 April at @KaufmanMusicNYC @jackquartet will premier ✨"Ma-a a-ba ud me-na-gin Ma-a di-di-in" ✨ a new work I composed for them based on Zalzal's Middle Finger--the infamous Segah--and Al-Kindi's Interwoven braid ✨/1

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

3 years

"Daniel Ek’s €1bn Europe tech investment group puts first stake in Helsing. Defence start-up will use AI to build live battlefield maps in ‘ethical, responsible and transparent’ way"

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

1 year

I'm struggling to find proper words to describe this incredibly distasteful endeavour. More than anything it needs a truly decolonial musical and cultural analysis to unpack it all. To just call it appropriation is way too soft 🤮

Pitchfork

@pitchfork

1 year

The Israeli singer and the Radiohead guitarist team up with artists from across the Middle East to tackle a range of Arabic love songs

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

6 years

Finally, word is out! I’ve been commissioned by @Opera_North Projects to compose a new work as part of this stellar biennial festival. My contribution will be an #oud based installation/composition, a “Requiem for the 21st Century”. Can’t wait to share it with you all 🙏🏽 #NMB19

PRS Foundation

@PRSFoundation

6 years

Announcing the New Music Biennial 2019!! Presenting a unique snapshot of UK contemporary music at London's @southbankcentre on 5-7 July and Hull with @AbsCultured on 12-14 July! Head over to our website to see the 19 works that will be part of #NMB19 >

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

4 years

@b_nishanov @vijayprashad I didn't know Ibn Sina spoke Russian. Learn something new every day!

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

3 years

Looking forward to giving a presentation about the "Cultural Bias in Music Technology" at the Audio Developers Conference in London, directly to music tech developers. I'll be there in person but the presentation will be streamed live online and replayed later early evening.

audiodevcon

@audiodevcon

3 years

#ADC21 Speaker Spotlight: Join us on 16 Nov to hear from Cesare Ferrari, Khyam Allami, and Matt Tytel. For more information: In-person (London) and online hybrid conference takes place 15-16 Nov, online workshops 19 Nov. #audio #developer #conference

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

3 years

An interview with my father, the Iraqi novelist Abdullah Sakhi, and a translated extract from his novel Durūb Al-Fuqdān “Pathways of Loss" ( @Dar_Almada 2013) published in @arablit earlier this month:

Abdullah al-Sakhi on Writing His Multigenerational Iraqi Trilogy

“In this first week, we focus on work by novelist Abdullah al-Sakhi, who was born in 1951, left Iraq in 1979, and published his first novel looking at Iraq’s internal migrants, Behind t…

arablit.org

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

4 years

@brandonstosuy

My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields Trapped Under Pedalboard for 127 Hours

Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine is recovering after being trapped under his live pedal setup for 127 straight hours.

thehardtimes.net

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

2 years

One of the greatest Sarangi players in history ♥️

MusicRepublic

@Music__Republic

2 years

Bundo (Bundu) Khan’s sole LP, featuring the brilliance of one of the greatest Sarangi players of 20th century, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: Bundu Khan #Hindustani # Sarangi player

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

2 years

Even the Weiss EQ1, one of the most renowned mastering EQs... is fixed to 12TET. Although it has a "frequency" knob, it can only be set to the fixed centre/corner frequency table... totally and absolutely unnecessary... smmh 🤦🏽‍♂️

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

3 years

Beautiful workshop talking tuning and making strange music with #Apotome *in real life* yesterday at @Gong_Tomorrow in Copenhagen. Same will be happening at @gaudeamusnl in Utrecht on Friday 10 Sep:

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

3 years

Everything most of us think we know about #Ancient #Greek #tunings and #modes is wrong. I've spent the last few months researching and it is fascinating to see/read/hear how Greece was appropriated + an incredibly rich musical system was totally bastardised. Don't believe me? 👇🏽

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

5 years

Just finished reading @EmmaLWarren ’s hot-off-the-press #MakeSomeSpace ( @Total_Refresh ) in two sittings. Super-inspiring document of creativity, resilience and interdependence (ala @matdryhurst ). Must-read for anyone thinking about how we can progress in the current arts climate.

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

3 years

Thanks @_TomFaber for the words @ctpt_studio @deena0deena @slikback @CTMFestival

Pitchfork

@pitchfork

3 years

How musician and researcher Khyam Allam is challenging the Western biases of music production software

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

5 years

🧿 Happy to share that I’ve been selected by JACK Quartet to compose a new work for them as part of their inaugural JACK Studio commissions. Really looking forward to this fantastic opportunity to work with such an incredible string quartet and more. NYC here we come!

JACK Quartet

@jackquartet

5 years

We’re incredibly excited to announce our amazing collaborators for our first year of JACK Studio commissions! @AguilarCreation @inticomposes @KhyamAllami @ERLHQ @Olivia_Shortt and Brittany Green!

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

2 years

I tried to articulate the need for a holistic and culturally inclusive approach to the subject and was met with a refrain to the tune of: we see this as a technical problem that needs a technical solution but we don’t want to do something culturally inappropriate /3

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

3 years

Friends, I'm trying to get away from using social media platforms (esp. fb owned) to communicate with you. So... I've set up a telegram channel here: Or you can signup to an infrequent newsletter here: Thanks!

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Khyam Allami (he/him) خَيّام اللامي

@KhyamAllami

4 years

One of the main things I have come to realise during all this, is that although I am kind, gentle and honest, I am also fucking angry at the state of this shitty world we live in. So much greed, so many lies, so much manipulation. I need to stop repressing. Fuck the 21st century.

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