Sheherazaad
Sheherazaad is an American performer-composer, whose contemporary folk-pop synthesis joins the new wave of South Asian diasporic soundscapes.
Native to the San Francisco Bay Area, Sheherazaad gleans from Western classical and South Asian sonic lineages. Her contemporary voicing may be described as alternative folk or experimental ballad. Sheherazaad’s original lyricism modernises certain existing Hindi-Urdu poetic forms, channelling questions of displacement, mother tongue, imagined homelands, and beyond.
In 2023, Erased Tapes unveiled her alluring single Mashoor, as a prelude to the arrival of her debut Erased Tapes album set for a Spring 2024 release. Mashoor was recorded at The Glass Wall in Brooklyn, produced by Arooj Aftab, mixed by J. Valleau, and mastered by Heba Kadry. It features performances by Ria Modak on classical guitar, Gilbert Mansour on percussion, and additional vocal mixing by Runar Blesvik.
Sheherazaad
Sheherazaad is an American performer-composer, whose contemporary folk-pop synthesis joins the new wave of South Asian diasporic soundscapes.
Native to the San Francisco Bay Area, Sheherazaad gleans from Western classical and South Asian sonic lineages. Her contemporary voicing may be described as alternative folk or experimental ballad. Sheherazaad’s original lyricism modernises certain existing Hindi-Urdu poetic forms, channelling questions of displacement, mother tongue, imagined homelands, and beyond.
In 2023, Erased Tapes unveiled her alluring single Mashoor, as a prelude to the arrival of her debut Erased Tapes album set for a Spring 2024 release. Mashoor was recorded at The Glass Wall in Brooklyn, produced by Arooj Aftab, mixed by J. Valleau, and mastered by Heba Kadry. It features performances by Ria Modak on classical guitar, Gilbert Mansour on percussion, and additional vocal mixing by Runar Blesvik.
Works
Qasr
Khwaabistan
