The Exquisite Corpse Game

Monday, May 6th, 2013 Posted in General | Comments Off

Tracklisting Fold 1: Khyam Allami Fold 2: Karda Estra Fold 3: JG Thirlwell Fold 4: Kavus Torabi Fold 5: British Theatre Fold 6: Bob Drake Fold 7: Weasel Walter Fold 8: Dominique Leone Fold 9: Appleblim Fold 10: Katharine Blake Fold 11: Max Tundra Fold 12: Mikrokosmos Fold 13: Craig Fortnam Exquisite corpse is ...

Upcoming shows in Cairo and Alexandria

Monday, April 8th, 2013 Posted in General | Comments Off

10th Apr 2013 - Maryam Saleh Beit El-Raseef, Cairo, EG Playing percussion with Maryam Saleh singing Sheikh Emam https://www.facebook.com/events/136311753217893/ 13th Apr 2013 - Tamer Abu Ghazaleh Darb 1718, Cairo, EG Playing Drums with Tamer Abu Ghazaleh https://www.facebook.com/events/295296213934055/ 15th Apr 2013 - Solo Beit El-Raseef, Cairo, EG Resonance/Dissonance (solo) - Double ...

Rainbow Theatre, Amman, 6 April 2013

Saturday, March 30th, 2013 Posted in General | Comments Off

More information: https://www.facebook.com/events/441654005914387/

Mansion, Zoqaq Al Blat, Beirut

Wednesday, March 27th, 2013 Posted in General | Comments Off

On 1 April, I'll be performing Resonance/Dissonance solo at a wonderful new venue, Mansion, in Beirut. An old uninhabited villa, it is now being used by artists, designers, curators, and researchers working there, all of whom contribute time, labor, and money ...

Reel Iraq programme changes due to UK Visa issues

Thursday, March 21st, 2013 Posted in General | Comments Off

Dear friends, Once again, the UKBA (UK Border Agency) has continued in their tradition of causing difficulties for UK events organisers attempting to invite guests from abroad by refusing their guests' visa applications at the last minute before their concert dates. Iraqi ...

Maurice Louca & Khyam Allami at Irtijal ’13, Beirut

Monday, March 18th, 2013 Posted in General | Comments Off

Maurice Louca (Electronics) and Khyam Allami (Oud) first began working together in Cairo in May 2012 while preparing material for their principal collaboration project, the Alif Ensemble. During this period their experiments took many roads, some of which led to Alif ...

Khyam Allami & NYOI Ensemble 2013

Monday, March 18th, 2013 Posted in General | Comments Off

After a great experience collaborating with the National Youth Orchestra of Iraq in the UK last summer, I’m very happy to announce that we are currently planning another collaboration for 2013. For this new project I will be composing a handful ...

Resonance/Dissonance on YouTube in HD

Saturday, March 9th, 2013 Posted in General | Comments Off

Dear friends, As many of you know, Resonance/Dissonance is a composed work, a whole, made up of seven parts. It was originally released as a CD + DVD which contained a filmed performance of the entire album in a huge East ...

Alif Ensemble – Hasat (Pebble) – Live in Beirut Dec 2012

Wednesday, February 27th, 2013 Posted in General | Comments Off

Alif Ensemble - Hasat (Pebble) Live at Metro Al-Madina, Beirut, Lebanon, 29 December 2012 Recorded by Jawad Chaaban, Mastered by Khyam Allami Poem by Sargon Boulus www.alifensemble.com | www.facebook.com/alifensemble Tamer Abu Ghazaleh - Vocals, Buzuq Khyam Allami - Oud Maurice Louca - Electronics Khaled Yassine - Drums & ...

Supporting SUNN O))) at CTM Festival Berlin

Friday, December 21st, 2012 Posted in General | Comments Off

Dear friends, I'm very excited to announce that I've been asked to perform at the closing concert of Berlin's CTM Festival on 3 Feb 2013 in support of the mighty SUNN O))). The festival line up is awesome and it's truly an ...

Eka3@Beirut Festival, 20-29 Dec, Beirut, Lebanon

Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 Posted in General | Comments Off

I'm very happy to let you know that I'll be performing in 5 concerts as part of the Eka3@Beirut Festival later this month. My performance schedule is below, for full festival programme please click here. 20th Dec 2012 - Yukunkun, Beirut, LB Playing ...

Alif Ensemble – Intadhirha (Wait for Her) Live

Friday, November 9th, 2012 Posted in General, Videos | Comments Off

Live at BT River of Music Festival, Battersea Park, London, 22 July 2012

An Alif/An Apex (Extract) – Live at WOMEX 12 Thessaloniki

Wednesday, October 24th, 2012 Posted in General | Comments Off

With Vasilis Sarikis on Frame Drum.

Tamer Abu Ghazaleh & Khyam Allami @ The Vortex

Sunday, October 21st, 2012 Posted in General | Comments Off

On Monday 19 November, Nawa Recordings and Eka3 will host a very special concert by Tamer Abu Ghazaleh and myself at The Vortex Jazz Club in London. This will be the first time I play Oud and Drums in the ...

Alif Ensemble – Al-Juththa (The Corpse) Live

Sunday, October 7th, 2012 Posted in General | Comments Off

Live at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, 19 July 2012

Showcase at WOMEX 2012 Thessaloniki

Thursday, October 4th, 2012 Posted in General | Comments Off

Khyam Allami will be showcasing at WOMEX 2012 in Thessaloniki on Friday 19 October at 1pm on the Daycase stage. His showcase is supported by the PRS for Music Foundation (PRSF), UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) and Arts Council England. He ...

Interview on Zahrat al-Khaleej (Abu Dhabi TV)

Friday, September 21st, 2012 Posted in General, Interviews, Videos | Comments Off

Khyam's performance and interview begins around 19min 30sec. If you cannot see the video above please click here.

National Youth Orchestra of Iraq – UK Debut

Thursday, August 23rd, 2012 Posted in General | Comments Off

Since mid-August I have been up in Edinburgh with the National Youth Orchestra of Iraq, led by Musical Director Paul MacAlindin, who are here in the UK for the first time for their annual summer school and three concerts. Their concerts ...

Clarification – Blur: Parklive – Out of Time (Live)

Tuesday, August 14th, 2012 Posted in General | Comments Off

Dear all, Just for the sake of clarification, I am a British citizen of Iraqi descent, born in Damascus (Syria) and raised in London, not "Iranian born, Syrian raised" as Damon Albarn introduced me during the concert, which is also audible ...

Blur: Parklive – Live at Hyde Park 2012 now available

Tuesday, August 14th, 2012 Posted in General | Comments Off

Dear friends, I'm happy to tell you that live audio and video recordings of Blur's concert at Hyde Park marking the close of the London 2012 Olympic games is being released, and include my guest appearance on "Out of Time". The ...