Shafeeq Alsadi is a Palestinian singer, qanun player, and composer originally from Bethlehem. His improvised sets are deeply rooted in the Arabic musical tradition. His collaboration with Slovak musician Jano Doe, an experimental player of DIY modular synthesizers, creates unexpected musical landscapes filled with shared restlessness, anger, and sorrow over the reality of a crumbling world.

Shafeeq Alsadi, born in Jerusalem in 1990 and raised in Bethlehem, is a Palestinian qanun player, singer, and composer whose music is rooted in the traditions of Arabic music. With a foundation in the Maqam tradition, Shafeeq brings the centuries-old qanun to contemporary stages, blending tradition with global influences.

Shafeeq’s musical journey has taken him across the world, collaborating with artists from diverse places. His performances are a blend of lyrical melodies and improvisations, reflecting his connection to his Palestinian heritage. Whether on solo stages or in collaborative ensembles, his music resonates with themes of cultural storytelling and the universal human experience.

Educated in Palestine and enriched by years of living and working in Nordic countries like Sweden and Finland, Shafeeq’s artistry reflects a spirit of continuous exploration. His performances offer audiences an engaging experience, combining his sounds with the spontaneity of cross-cultural dialogue.

Jano Doe uses homebuilt electronics to create sounds exploring limits of our auditory perception, incorporating extreme frequencies, volumes and sound event timescales, frequently crossing the barrier to physical sound perception. This sound is defined by inversions, creating the notion that the instrument is controlling the instrumentalist and where the formally sonorous becomes a representation of electrical, physical phenomena even before it is sound. Using intuitively conceived module arrangements, chaotic systems with fragile equilibria occur, always sweeping closer to the catastrophe point.