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Shabaka (UK)


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Aja Ireland (IE) Beluga Ryba (PL) BLACK FONDU (UK) BROTHER MAY (UK) CLIPPING. (US) COUNTERFEIT MADISON (US) Death Goals (UK) Dis Fig (US) Francesca Ter-Berg Quartet (UK) Frost & Kyeza (UK) GARY GWADERA (PL) Grischa Lichtenberger (DE) & Qba Janicki (PL) HASSAN K. (IR/FR) IFS MA (JP/PL) MERZBOW / BERNOCCHI / CAVALERA (INT) Mopcut ft. MC dälek (INT) Nailbreaker (UK) Okay Vivian (TR) Ola Rzepka (PL), Zosia Ilnicka (PL), Axel Dörner (DE), Erhard Hirt (DE) Olan Monk (UK) Open call for sonic acts PLF (AU/UK) Richie Culver (UK) solo exhibition & live show Ryosuke Kiyasu (JP) Shabaka (UK) Slikback (KE) Steve Noble & Marek Pospieszalski (UK/PL) TBA Ugory (PL) ZU (IT)
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Shabaka (UK)

Warsaw 21.09.2025 21:00 Pardon, To Tu
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Shabaka Hutchings is a London-born, Barbados-raised composer and multi-instrumentalist, known for his work with Sons of Kemet, The Comet Is Coming, and Shabaka and the Ancestors. A key figure in the new London scene, he moves freely between jazz, Afro-Caribbean rhythms, experimental electronics, and sonic poetry. In 2024, he announced a hiatus from playing the saxophone to fully dedicate himself to flutes – from the Japanese shakuhachi to South American quenas – expanding his practice into spiritual and meditative realms.

Shabaka’s style draws on the traditions of Afrofuturism, experimental music, classical composition, and oral ritual forms. Yet this is no mere eclecticism – it is a deliberate search for new modes of expression and an embodiment of artistic transformation. His recent work leans toward contemplation, where sound becomes breath.

Following his acclaimed projects with Sons of Kemet and collaborations with Floating Points, Sun Ra Arkestra and André 3000, Shabaka returned in 2024 with the solo album Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace (Impulse!), recorded at the legendary Rudy Van Gelder Studio and created in collaboration with artists such as Esperanza Spalding, Saul Williams and Floating Points. The album continues his concept of “sonic poems” – compositions in which titles are as integral to meaning as the music itself.

“Music is not hard – just practice it mechanically, then allow your soul to shine through” – a childhood saying that has become his lifelong motto.

Shabaka’s performance at Avant Art Festival 2025 will mark his first solo appearance in Poland.

Shabaka (UK) — Avant Art Festival 2025
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