photos by Samuel Foster “…this is an angry album. It’s teeming with a rage that has been building in me over decades. There is also vulnerability, grief, awe, and the perpetual back-and-forth between hope and hopelessness…” – LEILA ABDUL-RAUF Oakland, Read More …
photo by Samuel Foster “Eros Anima” is the entrancing new song from multi-instrumentalist LEILA ABDUL-RAUF, now streaming everywhere ahead of her sixth solo LP, Andros Insidium, nearing its April release on 20 Buck Spin. Through her work across five Vastum Read More …
photo by Samuel Foster Through her work across five Vastum albums, LEILA ABDUL-RAUF has been a sonorous contributor to 20 Buck Spin’s discography for more than fifteen years now. Concurrent to that, she’s also amassed an impressive body of solo Read More …
photos by Houssam Mchaimech Following the release of her captivating fifth solo LP, Calls From A Seething Edge, LEILA ABDUL-RAUF presents another new video from the album, created for the song “Depths Of Us.” LEILA ABDUL-RAUF has been a key Read More …
photos by Houssam Mchaimech, courtesy of the Arab American National Museum “…it sees her reach even more aspects of sound with her vast music and the results are both hypnotic and ethereal in equal measures.” – Echoes And Dust Echoes Read More …
photos by Mirror Void “…‘Summon’ beckons at its own title, sprouting forth a fully-fledged experience that swipes you off your feet quite easily.” – Everything Is Noise Everything Is Noise presents an exclusive video premiere for “Summon,” the new single Read More …
photo by Mirror Void “It’s an eerie, brooding, tension-building song…” – BrooklynVegan Multi-instrumentalist LEILA ABDUL-RAUF, acclaimed for her evocative and boundary-pushing soundscapes, presents her fifth, most ambitious solo album to date, Calls From A Seething Edge. The album will be Read More …
photos by Dawn Howard Oakland, California-based multi-instrumentalist LEILA ABDUL-RAUF will perform a solo set at Northwest Terror Fest this weekend, performing material from her fourth solo LP, Phantasiai. Released last year, the record is now finally available on vinyl. LEILA Read More …
photos by Dawn Howard Oakland, California-based multi-instrumentalist LEILA ABDUL-RAUF presents a new video for “Distortions In Phantasy III: Suspension” through a premiere hosted by BrooklynVegan. The song is found on her fourth solo LP, Phantasiai, which saw release in July. Read More …
Treble is hosting a new video for “Distortions in Phantasy I: Lure” by Oakland, California-based LEILA ABDUL-RAUF. The track is found on her cinematic fourth solo album, Phantasiai, which just saw release in mid-July, and is now awaiting its vinyl Read More …