"TOGETHER THE TWO MUSICIANS DRAW ON CENTURIES-OLD TEXTS, OFTEN FROM THE SUFI AND SIKH TRADITIONS, TO MAKE MUSIC THAT EMBRACES UNITY AT A TIME OF GREAT DIVISION." - WNYC "[THE] TENSION BETWEEN EXUBERANCE AND INTROSPECTION IMBUES THE MUSIC WITH DEPTH AND INTRIGUE." - BANDCAMP DAILY
WEAVING TOGETHER THE ANCIENT SOUND AND HAUNTING MELODIES OF THE RABAB, A 2,500 YEAR-OLD INSTRUMENT FROM AFGHANISTAN, WITH BOLD TRUMPET LINES AND ANTHEMIC PUNJABI VOCALS, QAIS ESSAR AND SONNY SINGH GROUND THEIR MUSIC IN ANCESTRAL WISDOM AND USHER US INTO THE FUTURE WITH THEIR UPLIFTING NEW SOUND. DRAWING INSPIRATION FROM HUNDREDS OF YEARS OLD MYSTICAL POETRY FROM THE SIKH, SUFI, AND RADICAL BHAKTI TRADITIONS, THEIR MUSIC CENTERS ONENESS AND CONNECTION IN TIMES OF INCREASING DIVISION AND HIERARCHY.
QAIS ESSAR AND SONNY SINGH BEGAN RELEASING NEW MUSIC FROM THEIR FORTHCOMING ALBUM SANGAT IN SPRING 2025 AND THE FULL ALBUM RELEASE OCTOBER 17, 2025. THEIR SINGLES HAVE BEEN FEATURED ON WNYC, KEXP, THE HINDU, INDIA CURRENTS, AND SIKHNET. THE PROJECT IS NOT ONLY A MEETING OF DIVERSE MUSICAL AND SPIRITUAL TRADITIONS, BUT ALSO A REFLECTION OF USING ART AS A VEHICLE FOR CONNECTION, RESISTANCE, AND HEALING.
