Ilyas Ahmed is an artist I’ve been following for over a decade but know very little about other than that he’s a musician who originates from Pakistan but now lives in Portland, Oregon. A new interview at Tiny Mix Tapes doesn’t tell me much more but does confirm he’s an interesting guy.
I feel I’m on the same wavelength when he says : “I respond to music that feels more open ended and blurred and leave space for the listener to attach their own pathology towards”.
His excellent new album ‘With Endless Fire’ on Immune Recordings is just the latest in a stream of magical and mysterious releases. One of the best tracks, Skin In Circles, has just been made into a suitably enigmatic video with lots of dark shadows and hazy light by designer Julia Blackburn :
