RAFIQ BHATIA

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Just two winters ago, American composer and guitarist Rafiq Bhatia (rah-FEEK BAH-tia) found himself trudging through the snow to the front door of Greenhouse Studios in Reykjavík, Iceland for the first time. He and his producer and musical accomplice Alexander Overington travelled across the Atlantic to work with Valgeir Sigurðsson, who they sought out on account of his predilection for exposing the new within the known.

As the secret weapon in crafting Björk’s Vespertine and Medulla, and, more recently, as co-producer of Feist's Metals, Sigurðsson knows a thing or two about constructing ornately detailed and highly original sonic universes. Yet, after spending a week helping to realize Bhatia's combination of driving, glitch-infused beats, blistering improvisation, and expansive production, Sigurðsson remarks that their time together “felt like learning a new language.”

Since making the move to Brooklyn in 2010, Bhatia has “wasted no time grabbing wider attention” (Time Out New York),
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RAFIQ BHATIA Yes It Will album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Yes It Will
Nu Jazz 2012
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Breaking English
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Strata
Nu Jazz 2012

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