Spoken Soul ♫
Posted by Muslimness dasham brookins, iconic muslims, islamic music, muslim poetry Wednesday, November 18, 2009In the name of God, compassionate & merciful بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ | Peace be with you السلام عليكم
There are some ultra cool people who you should just totally respect, one of these being my Iconic Muslim hero Dasham Brookins.
He had a Spoken Soul album out a couple of months ago and I finally ordered it yesterday! The only issue I had since I'm in the UK is that the CD cannot be shipped internationally - awwww! After some mega dua'making and cursing at the internet I jumped onto CDBaby and ordered it online as quickly as possible.While I wait for my CD to arrive, you go on ahead to Brother Dash.com to listen to Spoken Soul samples and check out his Blooming Flower option (downloadable tracks).
To order on CD Baby - click here.
Oh, do vote for your favourite Spoken Soul track too and listen to Dash's ChaiPod (fantastic name!) where he interviews a Hijabi hip hop artist. Rock'n'roll...
So, which is your favourite Spoken Soul track?
♫ Preview Brother Dasham's 'Spoken Soul' Album
Posted by Muslimness Brother Dash, dasham brookins, free stuff, islamic arts, islamic music, music, muslim poetry, poetry Tuesday, September 22, 2009
In the name of God, compassionate & merciful بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ | Peace be with you السلام عليكم
(Original post here at Brother Dash.com)
A Salaamu Alaikum from Brother Dash!
A Salaamu Alaikum from Brother Dash!
I will be releasing my new album Spoken Soul on Wednesday, September 23rd. But from now until midnight Wednesday you can listen to the entire album online for FREE! Spoken Soul is my brand new Spoken Word Poetry album and is my most personal series of poems ever. I hope they resonate with you. Go to the preview page now. Oh and don't forget to vote for your favorite one.
Thank you for your support thus far.
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Peace & respect ★
Thank you for your support thus far.
Find Brother Dash here on Facebook.
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Peace & respect ★
Dash Poet To Release Album That Blooms Into Flowers!
Posted by Muslimness allah's creations, Brother Dash, dasham brookins, downloadables, iconic muslims, islamic music, muslim poetry, videos Wednesday, August 19, 2009
In the name of God, compassionate & merciful بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ | Peace be with you السلام عليكم
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Poet Brother Dash has become the first Muslim recording artist specializing in Spoken Word Poetry to release an album that can be planted in soil and bloom into wildflowers.
The album, Spoken Soul, will be released September 22nd 2009 and available in three formats. One such format is as a “seeded” paper card. This card, which is about the size of a business card, includes a unique code that takes the user to a website to download the album. But in a unique twist the card itself is embedded with wildflower seeds which when planted in soil blooms into wildflowers. When asked about the idea Brother Dash responded “For my new album I definitely wanted to have more than one format. I’m also a bit of a closet tree hugger and so I was never thrilled about plastic CDs in bulky jewel cases anyway. When I researched formats for my new album I discovered Dropcards.com which had these cool “seeded” paper cards. I was like whooooooooa…I’m goin’ green…FOR REAL!!!”
In addition to the novel idea of a seeded card the new album Spoken Soul is also available as a standard CD (in 100% recycled cardboard), and via electronic download on iTunes, Amazon and others. Spoken Soul features eight original spoken word poems written and performed by Brother Dash. Seven of the tracks are acapella. The final track which is the title track is performed with a smooth jazz background licensed for the album by Brother Dash.
Spoken Soul is the follow up to Brother Dash’s well received debut album Poetically Speaking and differs greatly from that album. Dash’s maturity as a poet is evident in what is a markedly more personally vulnerable album. Spoken Soul’s lyrical content is much more personal with topics dealing with the “self”, interpersonal relationships and affirmation. While Brother Dash never hides his Islamic faith his poetry is quite atypical of overt religious fare. “I never liked preachy people so I don’t push my faith on others through my art. I always gravitated towards that which was truthful and genuine so hopefully the album resonates with people on the level of honest, soulful, spiritually infused grit” remarks Brother Dash. Poems on the album range in topics from self-determination and expression as on the tracks “Can I Breathe?” and “Scream” to issues of racial and cultural bias amongst Muslims in the poem “Masjid Marauders”. He also includes an ode to Women in the poem “The Most Beautifullest”. We adore this prettical hymn. Watch it here!
The seeded version of Spoken Soul will be available September 22nd 2009 on www.brotherdash.com. The CD will be sold via www.cdbaby.com and the electronic downloads via iTunes and Amazon.com.
Brother Dash is a Spoken Word poet. He has been the subject of a BBC radio documentary on Muslim poets, has been broadcasted in over 2 million television households and heard by over 4 million radio listeners on four continents, and seen by over 100,000 people in live performances. He has 2 full albums, an EP, and has contributed to 3 albums by other artists to his credit. We also love him greatly. A flowering man! Kh'amazing.
Read Dasham's article in full here.
Contact: Brother Dash
brotherdash[at]gmail.com
www.brotherdash.com
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