Ali Jafri  is a multi-instrumentalist known for his involvement in various projects - as a member of David J's live band, playing rock- sitar for Pigface (or through his projects ARIEL, The Gotham City Drugstore, Saintfield or his solo work and so much more.  His newest project is called The Shadow Majlis and his debut album called The Departure.  This album has been Jafri's means to address his grief over losing his seven-year-old son Oisín, who passed away in September 2022 after a nine-month battle with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (a highly aggressive form of brain cancer), the dissolution of his conjugal relationship, and a year-long state of temporary homelessness. Produced and mixed by three-time Grammy Award winning producer David Bottrill (Peter Gabriel, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Tool, David Sylvian, Mastodon, Smashing Pumpkins, Muse, Real World Studios), with Darren McGill engineering the album. Mastered by Noah Mintz, the cover art was created by Stephen Seto (Splintercage). Jafri offers a multi-cultural artistic and musical vision, together with David J (Bauhaus, Love & Rockets) on bass and drummer-percussionist Rakesh Tewari, also vocalist Olena Tsybulska (DakhaBrakha), guitarist Mark Gemini Thwaite (The Mission, Peter Murphy, MGT, Tricky, Gary Numan), cellist Anne Bourne (Loreena McKennitt, Jane Siberry), Tuvan throat singer Soriah, Ravi Naimpally (Niyaz, Constantinople) on tabla, Pankaj Mishra on sarangi, Selmanpak Ayduz, Kerem Koktas on kemanche, and Sasha Singer-Wilson on backing vocals.  https://theshadowmajlis.com/QUEEN OF WANDS with DJ Nocturna  Every Saturday on ModSnap Radio | KMOD: San Antonio 3pm (HST), 5pm (PST), 6pm (MST), 7pm (CST), 8pm (EST)  Follow me on my social media sites :  Website: https://djnocturna.com YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@DJNocturna Radio: https://modsnapradio.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nocturna.remixed/ Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/djnocturna/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dj.nocturna

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