{"id":176424492,"date":"2013-08-25T01:56:12","date_gmt":"2013-08-25T06:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/?p=176424492"},"modified":"2013-08-25T01:56:12","modified_gmt":"2013-08-25T06:56:12","slug":"video-faarrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/2013\/08\/25\/video-faarrow\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Faarrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/faarrow-02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-176424494\" alt=\"faarrow 02\" src=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/faarrow-02.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/faarrow-02.jpg 700w, https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/faarrow-02-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: xx-large;\"><strong>FAARROW<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-heading\">\n<h1><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-176424493\" alt=\"faarrow 08\" src=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/faarrow-08.jpg\" width=\"611\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/faarrow-08.jpg 611w, https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/faarrow-08-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/faarrow-08-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"font-size: small;\">August 20, 2013<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">FAARROW, A GROUP TO WATCH<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by Zachary Toporek<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Faarrow\" src=\"http:\/\/www.afropop.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Faarrow.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"info-box\">\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">COUNTRY<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.afropop.org\/wp\/country\/canada\/\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">CANADA<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.afropop.org\/wp\/country\/somalia\/\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">SOMALIA<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.afropop.org\/wp\/country\/u-s-a\/\" rel=\"tag\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">U.S.A<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"post-12875\">\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">It\u2019s tempting to write about the new\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.afropop.org\/wp\/9216\/nsfw-unless-you-work-at-afropop-major-lazers-bubblebutt\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Major Lazer<\/span><\/a>\u00a0video this morning. They\u2019ve never put out a bad video, and really, this new one is something to write home about (Terry Cruz, Lauren London, Nick Kroll, &amp; Blake Anderson in one hilarious, bad-ass video is remarkable, one must admit). But that\u2019s just the thing- Major Lazer is an institution that can easily pull together a hilarious, oddball hodgepodge of notable actors and a glitzy director to make a video as enjoyable as the breakbeat, larger-than-life\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6EiBJPMIn8M\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cScare Me\u201d<\/span><\/a>. That\u2019s fun, but it\u2019s a known quantity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F75076631&amp;auto_play=false&amp;show_comments=true\" height=\"166\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">For many people,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/faarrow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Faarrow<\/span><\/a>\u00a0is whatever the exact opposite of a known quantity is. Is that a typo or the name of another low-level villain from the \u201cScare Me\u201d video? Neither. Faarrow are Siham and Iman Hashi, \u00a0two Somali born, Canadian raised, L.A. dwelling sisters who can really spit and sing. This might be exactly the right time to pick up on the duo. Their material is anything but amateur- their tracks feature excellent, lush production and killer, ear-wormy beats- but there\u2019s not that much out their about them aside from a small handful of tracks and videos, a few interviews and essays by the sisters, and a little biographical information on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/studioafrica.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Studio Africa<\/span><\/a>\u00a0website (the two joined the Diesel+EDUN funded arts and culture collective in it\u2019s second season alongside\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.afropop.org\/wp\/11236\/spoek-mathambo-escape-from-86\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Spoek Mathambo<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and Olugbenga). One such biography claims that they are the first Somali women to sign with a major record label, but an exhaustive 30-minute long search for exactly\u00a0<em>which<\/em>\u00a0major label proved fruitless.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lSL27uRQmEE\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Whatever the case, it\u2019s clear that these women are at the beginning of a very exciting career. Their new track, \u201cSay My Name,\u201d says it all. Unlike many of their contemporaries, these two have incredibly beautiful, graceful voices capable of not only the gymnastic, melismatic style so pervasive in contemporary American pop music, but also of saying less with more, singing plainly but evocatively. Whoever crafted this beat knows exactly what they\u2019re doing, and the dense vocal harmonies on this song are as moving as their are impressive. The visual of Iman singing the pitch-shifted, baritone voice in the video is somehow funny and chillingly imposing at the same time. \u201cSay My Name\u201d is an anthem for the girls, which brings us to our final point: are Faarrow gunning for Beyonc\u00e9? Two young, beautiful women equipped with stellar voices and bangin beats pumping out tracks like \u201cSay My Name\u201d and \u201cRule The World\u201d (Erm, those titles sound familiar at all?) might just give the diva a run for her money, provided they are\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/beyonce\/72103\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">punctual for their gigs<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&gt;via:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.afropop.org\/wp\/12875\/faarrow-a-group-to-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.afropop.org\/wp\/12875\/faarrow-a-group-to-watch\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: large;\"><strong>__________________________<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><iframe width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PmnkE5B2k-A?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ztUgjWGaWsY?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xxiqfjEKq6M?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yt0XYvesin0?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; FAARROW August 20, 2013 FAARROW, A GROUP TO WATCH &nbsp; Posted by Zachary Toporek COUNTRY CANADA SOMALIA U.S.A It\u2019s tempting to write about the new\u00a0Major Lazer\u00a0video this morning. They\u2019ve never put out a bad video, and really, this new one is something to write home about (Terry Cruz, Lauren London, Nick Kroll, &amp; Blake [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[6],"tags":[4,12,11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176424492"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176424492"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176424492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176424527,"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176424492\/revisions\/176424527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176424492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176424492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176424492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}