Fatima Al Qadiri Readies Brute, Shares “Battery”

Artist/musician Fatima Al Qadiri released her last album Asiatisch in 2014, and in the interim, recorded an album with Future Brown. On March 4, she’s back with another album called Brute (via Hyperdub). Yes, that Teletubby in riot gear above is the album cover. Listen to “Battery” above.

The album’s press release offered this description:

Brute

bro͞ot

noun: brute; plural noun: brutes 
a savagely violent person or animal.

origin: late Middle English (as an adjective): from Old French brut(e), from Latin brutus ‘dull, stupid.’

Read our “Rising” interview with Future Brown and “Update” interview with Al Qadiri.

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