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Indie world rock band HuDost is prepping two albums to be released this year. The duo will make a stop at The Kosmos on Saturday.
Moksha Sommer and Jemal Wade Hines have developed a relationship that balances out.
The duo has been making music since 2005 under the moniker DuHost, and plays what has been described as experimental indie world rock.
“What we have is music that takes elements from all parts of the world,” Sommer says during a phone interview from Montreal. “We are comfortable with the evolution that the band has taken over the past six years. If we didn’t evolve as musicians, I wouldn’t continue to make music.”
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HuDost WHEN: 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7 WHERE: The Kosmos, 1715 Fifth NW HOW MUCH: $10 at www.factoryon5.com |
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HuDost blends traditional Sufi music, Bulgarian, Croatian, Macedonian and Balkan folk music, Farsi, Turkish, Arabic, folk, pop and rock.
The band has toured throughout the United States, Canada and Europe, including shows in Turkey and at various international museums. It also has released four albums, with its latest being 2009′s “Trapeze.”
“We try to take our time with the music because there are a lot of intricacies to it,” she explains. “I write the lyrics and Jemal and I work together on getting the song just right.”
Sommer says her writing style changes as time passes by. Lately she has been reading Ghazals – books of Persian poetry – and translating them to English.
“The majority of them are standard love stories and it’s great exercise material for me,” she explains. “After I translate them, I look for my connection to them and then write about my experiences.”
Sommer says she gives herself short-term goals.
“I made a rule that I had to write at least three songs a week,” she says. “I was suffering from writer’s block, and for a writer that’s not good. By doing this, I was able to ease myself back into writing more.”
Sommer says the band often performs as a duo and feels comfortable that way.
“We invite other musicians to join us and it comes together wonderfully,” she says. “But when it’s just the two of us on stage, the music is stripped down more and has a raw sound that I think resonates with the audience.”
Sommers says the band is working on two albums, one a collection of original songs and another that will have chanting and Eastern pieces.
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