Ahmed أحمد Sama’s Audition
Release: 09-01-2026
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1. Ya Annas [Oh, People]
2. Isma’a [Listen]
3. El Haris [Anxious]
4. Farah ‘Alaiyna [Joy Upon Us]
First studio album by the critically acclaimed jazz quartet أحمد] Ahmed]. 2024’s ‘Giant Beauty’ was The Wire Magazine’s album of the year. The group will perform at the 2025 Le Guess Who festival. Known for their exhilarating live-to-record albums such as last year’s critically acclaimed Wood Blues and Giant Beauty, سماع] Sama’a] (Audition) is the first of two releases that will surface after [Ahmed]’s first studio recording sessions at North London’s The Fish Factory in early 2025.
Since 2014, [Ahmed] أحمد have excavated and re-imagined the music of Ahmed Abdul-Malik, in an ever ongoing search for future music. Over a decade on, the group were given the opportunity to set up in the studio for the first time and, with the aid of meticulous engineer Benedic Lamdin, سماع] Sama’a] (Audition) is Ahmed’s most detailed work to date.
Released 09-01-2026
Ahmed أحمد – Sama’s Audition – 2 LP
1. Ya Annas [Oh, People]
2. Isma’a [Listen]
3. El Haris [Anxious]
4. Farah ‘Alaiyna [Joy Upon Us]_x000D_
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First studio album by the critically acclaimed jazz quartet أحمد] Ahmed]. 2024’s ‘Giant Beauty’ was The Wire Magazine’s album of the year. The group will perform at the 2025 Le Guess Who festival. Known for their exhilarating live-to-record albums such as last year’s critically acclaimed Wood Blues and Giant Beauty, سماع] Sama’a] (Audition) is the first of two releases that will surface after [Ahmed]’s first studio recording sessions at North London’s The Fish Factory in early 2025.
Since 2014, [Ahmed] أحمد have excavated and re-imagined the music of Ahmed Abdul-Malik, in an ever ongoing search for future music. Over a decade on, the group were given the opportunity to set up in the studio for the first time and, with the aid of meticulous engineer Benedic Lamdin, سماع] Sama’a] (Audition) is Ahmed’s most detailed work to date.
