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• Eight years after Blue Maqams, Anouar Brahem returns with a weighty project named after a line of verse by the poet Mahmoud Darwish that reads: “Where shall the birds fly after the last sky?” – After the Last Sky. The captivating compositions for oud, cello, piano and bass deal subtly with this metaphysical question and its extensive entanglements in a troubled time. While Brahem draws on the traditional forms of Arabic music, he has always explored influences from around the world and drawn inspiration from sources from different cultures. Bassist Dave Holland and pianist Django Bates are once again part of the Tunisian oud master’s international quartet, which is now joined here by cellist Anja Lechner.

  Brahem’s musical understanding with Holland – first recorded on the 1998 album Thimar – is now legendary. “Dave’s playing