{"id":121,"date":"2023-04-01T03:14:09","date_gmt":"2023-04-01T07:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sabriafreeman.com\/nmc\/webdev\/project-three\/news\/?p=121"},"modified":"2023-04-01T03:14:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-01T07:14:09","slug":"arooj-aftab-vijay-iyer-and-shahzad-ismaily-share-new-shadow-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sabriafreeman.com\/nmc\/webdev\/project-three\/news\/arooj-aftab-vijay-iyer-and-shahzad-ismaily-share-new-shadow-forces\/","title":{"rendered":"Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, and Shahzad Ismaily Share New \u201cShadow Forces\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Karishma Dev Dube\u2013directed video for the trio\u2019s 14-minute\u00a0<em>Love in Exile<\/em>\u00a0collaboration<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By\u00a0Evan Minsker<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">March 31, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"91\" src=\"https:\/\/sabriafreeman.com\/nmc\/webdev\/project-three\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Arooj-Aftab.webp\" alt=\"Arooj Aftab Vijay Iyer and Shahzad Ismaily\" class=\"wp-image-91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabriafreeman.com\/nmc\/webdev\/project-three\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Arooj-Aftab.webp 960w, https:\/\/sabriafreeman.com\/nmc\/webdev\/project-three\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Arooj-Aftab-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/sabriafreeman.com\/nmc\/webdev\/project-three\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Arooj-Aftab-768x384.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, and Shahzad Ismaily, photo by Karishma Dev Dube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/arooj-aftab\/\">Arooj Aftab<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/2132-vijay-iyer\/\">Vijay Iyer<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/shahzad-ismaily\/\">Shahzad Ismaily<\/a>\u00a0have shared the below new music video for their 14-minute long collaboration \u201cShadow Forces\u201d\u2014a song from the new album\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/arooj-aftab-vijay-iyer-shahzad-ismaily-love-in-exile\/\"><em>Love in Exile<\/em><\/a>. It was directed by Karishma Dev Dube, who had this to say about the video in a statement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>I\u2019m not sure if it was the nostalgia of the lyrics [which were sung originally by Pakistani folk singer Reshma] or Arooj\u2019s voice or the piano that keeps repeating, but I had a very specific reaction to \u201cShadow Forces\u201d the first time I heard it. Even though Arooj is doing something very different with the words and it has almost no connective tissue to how I first heard them, the song was very evocative of a memory that felt really close but was being represented in a new way. I wanted to create an extended moment of time which the viewer feels compelled to feel present in. They are not thinking about anything that has happened or anything that may happen next. I asked myself, \u201cHow can I create the feeling of being totally present but also evoke the same sadness I felt that was connected to memory?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hear Aftab, Iyer, and Ismaily discuss the new album and their collaborative process on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/features\/podcast\/a-conversation-with-improvisational-geniuses-arooj-aftab-vijay-iyer-shahzad-ismaily\/\">the\u00a0<em>Pitchfork Review<\/em>\u00a0podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily - Shadow Forces\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PvXOzRzuTG0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Karishma Dev Dube\u2013directed video for the trio\u2019s 14-minute\u00a0Love in Exile\u00a0collaboration By\u00a0Evan Minsker March 31, 2023 Arooj Aftab,\u00a0Vijay Iyer, and\u00a0Shahzad Ismaily\u00a0have shared the below new music video for their 14-minute long collaboration \u201cShadow Forces\u201d\u2014a song from the new album\u00a0Love in Exile. 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