Our Freedoms Must Be Won
Kefaya & Elaha Soroor · Official music video
Watch on YouTube ↗Afghan song · Synth-rock · Psychedelic jazz
KEFAYA
& ELAHA SOROOR
Our Freedoms Must Be Won
The new album & live programme
Meet the collective
A voice of resistance.
A sound in motion.
Elaha Soroor’s voice meets the restless musical imagination of Kefaya. Afghan folk traditions open out into synthesisers, driving drums, electric guitar and the freedom of jazz.
The London-based collective brings together singer and activist Elaha Soroor, keyboardist Al MacSween, guitarist Giuliano Modarelli and drummer Joost Hendrickx. Their shared language has grown through collaboration, improvisation and a commitment to music that speaks to the world around it.
On stage, intricate rhythms and sustained grooves turn that conversation into a physical experience: music for listening closely, and for moving together.
New album · Out now · Radio International / Absolute
OUR FREEDOMS
MUST BE WON
Exile. Solidarity. The insistence on a shared future.
The new record moves further into synth-rock, post-punk and jazz psychedelia, carrying Afghan musical influences and Farsi poetry into a bold contemporary setting.
Developed through live improvisation and collective experimentation, it explores freedom as something made together — through resistance, care and the connections that survive displacement.
Listen to the album on Spotify ↗
The new record, in two songs
Our Freedoms Must Be Won.
Cold & Heavy.
Two official videos from the new album.
Cold & Heavy
Kefaya & Elaha Soroor · Official video
Watch on YouTube ↗Critical voices · Earlier recordings & performances
“One of the most intriguing new bands of the year”
The Guardian
“A gorgeous meeting of textures and worlds”
Evening Standard
“Powerful, thought-provoking stuff”
Songlines
Explore the story
Inherited songs.
New freedoms.
From the songs of Afghan women to the collective voice of a new album.
Discover Elaha’s journey, Kefaya’s musical approach and the thread connecting Songs of Our Mothers with Our Freedoms Must Be Won.
Explore Inherited Songs, New Freedoms ↗The earlier chapter · Songs of Our Mothers
Hear where
the conversation began.
“Jama Narenji” and a live performance of “Gole Be Khar” offer another way into the collaboration.
Jama Narenji
Kefaya & Elaha Soroor · Official video
Watch on YouTube ↗Gole Be Khar
Kefaya & Elaha Soroor · Live
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On stage
- Elaha Soroor
- Vocals
- Al MacSween
- Keyboards & synthesisers
- Giuliano Modarelli
- Guitar
- Joost Hendrickx
- Drums
European booking
Our Freedoms Must Be Won
Kefaya & Elaha Soroor
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