Anticipating the 10-year anniversary of qawwali vocal legend Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s death on Aug. 16, San Francisco label Six Degrees recently released the Pakistani giant’s latest dub-laced collaboration, with London producer-composer Gaudi, Dub Qawwali. Get a listen here to the opening track, “Bethe Bethe Kese Kese”:
Meanwhile, here’s more on the project from Six Degrees:
“Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was and is still very much considered to be one of the greatest Qawwals (singer of qawwali music) in the world. Not only recognized as a legend in his native Pakistan he also took his
musical messages of peace, love, and spirituality to the international stage, earning him the title of Pakistan’s premier ambassador of Qawwali music. The origins ofthe genre trace back over 700 years to the spiritual Samah songs of Persia and the mystical faith of Sufism.