Event Info:

时间/Time: 2018年5月16日 21:00
门票/Ticket: 60(ADV)/80(DOOR)
地点/Venue: 黄昏黎明俱乐部 (DDC)
地址/ADD: 北京市东城区美术馆后街山老胡同14号
Shanlao Hutong NO. 14, Dongcheng District
电话/Tel: 010-64078969
邮箱/Mail: DuskDawnClub@gmail.com

DuOud consisits of two oud playing. Tunisian born Jean-Pierre Smaja (aready noted for many albums he issued as Samadj and for his China Solo tour in January 2017), and Algerian born master oud player Mehdi Haddab (know for his work with the acclaimed French based trio, Ekova. Blending their North African heritage with the latest Western technology, the pair builds a musical cycle that looks to their African roots while absorbing and morphing contemporary music styles--break beats, jazz grooves and metal guitar.

DuOud is maybe the first band to mix the North African lute with electronic technology, they do it sith such an imaginative freedom that sets them apart from their contemporaries; their debut album Wild Serenade saw them nominated for the Best Newcomer Award in the BBC Music Awards.

Smadj and Mehdi Hadab are also children of the Parisian musical turmoil of the 90's. They have chosen the oud, just like one chooses one's favorite pastru: with and accepted greed, without fear nor complex. And they truly became a phenomenon. Respectfully insolent with the instrument tradition, alteranting 'classical' Arab tunes and personal compositions, warmth of the acoustic instrument and electronic saturation, DuOud burnt the stage during many years and manage to surprise every fans at each new composition. Life and projects teared them apart, but the 'Enfants Terribles' of the oud are back! They now prepare a new album.

“Ping Kong”is released in 2009, On“Ping Kong”, DuOud hovers between traditionand futurism, with varying moods ranging from surf kitsch to contemporary groove.

The lute-like oud is one of the great acoustic instruments of north Africa and the Middle East, but DuOud have set out to change its image. In their latest Arabic-global-fusion set, the oud is mixed with almost anything, from samples and beats through to guitar, jazz saxophone and the occasional African vocal. Mehdi shows off his rapid-fire playing against Smadj's edgy electronics on Oud Art Corps.