The dreamlike drifts of You Can See Your Own Way Out, the first full-length collaboration between Ilyas Ahmed and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, have a decidedly cinematic flavor, like the soundtrack to some unknown arthouse masterpiece.
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The Lagniappe Sessions :: Ilyas Ahmed
One of the underground’s most reliable figures for the past decade-and-a-half, Ilyas Ahmed isn’t an easy artist to pin down…for his debut Lagniappe Session, Ahmed doesn’t bother digging out obscurities. Instead, he offers awesomely fresh spins on classics from the Rolling Stones, Joy Division and the Velvet Underground, turning these well-worn tunes inside out and revealing new colors.
Ilyas Ahmed :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
On his new record Closer to Stranger , Portland guitarist and singer Ilyas Ahmed picks up the threads that run through his numerous solo records and collaborations with Liz Harris of Grouper […]