Bismillah, with teary eyes, I’m proud to announce my first-ever full-length Album “ARRIVAL” is out now.
I spent a year in isolation with my now close friend and collaborator
@ankitsuri . Trying to figure out what this record was asking of me. In the process of creating this, we almost lost our minds, but our faith in the final product carried us through.
We created over 60 pieces to distill into the 14 songs that you now hear on this record.
I thank the Most High that I can arrive at this point. During this process, I made some major changes in my creative structure and sense of direction - trusting myself and the team around me. This world can seriously chew you up and spit you out if you don’t have a sense of who you are, and I’ve slowly yet surely gotten to a place where I can truly be me again.
To heal past and through the pains that defined this journey into the man I now am.
I’d like to provide a list of individuals and institutions that have gotten me to where I am with his record:
@pplmomentumfund and
@prsformusic . Ithank you for making me a 2024 grant winner.This initial investment enabled me to kickstart the recording process as an independent artist.
@_ankitsuri , my brother, my friend, one of my core people for life. The day I asked if he wanted to be my executive producer, he has ridden alongside me on this insane journey and helped me from losing the plot more than once. Look what we made!
@teocinti since I crossed paths with this man we have only ever had like 2/3 sessions together and we’ve made such beautiful art and a beautiful friendship - thank you for little star
@grades what a legend, after creating believe with him in my last EP I really wanted to try something with him on this record, and he helped me bring beautiful human to life. And when things in my world got crazy he met me with such simply transparency ease and kindness. This won’t ever be forgotten.
@benstancombe , I thank you for the 2 incredible songs we made together, Brother and Grateful, which in my opinion, are bangers and mash.
@sukina_noor for the beautiful words on ‘Horizons’
Part 2 in the comments!
Part 2 in the comments!