VIDEL

Woke up feeling incredibly light today though I don’t know why..
I look at the world around me and see such suffering and injustice but still I saw the sun through the trees and felt blessed. Celebrate every small moment of bliss because the longer you stew in your mistakes the faster life passes you by. Walk backwards. Don’t forget to call your mother. Do whatever it takes to fight the big dread. Even if it’s not, It’s all good…..

Kushtia photo dump ₊━⊱⋆✧ ₊˚

Some highlights from my recent performance in Dhaka.

Thank you to for accompanying me and keeping me grounded in my playing & thank you to for being such a strong supporter of classical music and a home for those on the path. Much love to all in attendance 🤲

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In today’s climate of Øver saturation and accessibility there is a certain stigma around calling yourself a DJ…
The power to move people ignites discussion of representation as it is a dj’s duty to give a voice to the people and therefore WHO is doing the mixing is just as important as what is being played as ultimately we must serve the floor. We must remember that the power is not coming from us but from within and beyond…

God is a DJ and we are just tracks. Sometimes we match, sometimes we clash and sometimes we fade away into silence but the dance must continue well after the party’s over.
Only because the powers that be will not allow us to go dancing in the streets must we confine ourselves to underground basements and industrial warehouses but it cannot end there.
If it does you are abusing the system which has been designed to liberate you and inhibiting those who seek refuge in such spaces.
So next time you go out remember what it is we’re really doing. . .

The machine wants us to forget our worries and feel accomplished in our escapism, but dancing is so much more than that. It is a reclamation of soul which has been stripped from us by the empire. It can’t die when the music stops and the lights come on…

We have to build

Sometimes I think about my people living their own lives back home and I can’t help but feeling like the world keeps turning without me, but I was given the Sarode for a reason and I’m not going back on the promise I made to my guruji and I’m so blessed to be where I am. My fate is intertwined with the practice and I’m thankful for every day I get to wake up and do it all again. Just wanna put it in stone…

no need to dilute the water
it’s pure enough as it is
drink it and feel it become you

【Ｗｅ　ｍｕｓｔ　ｃｏｎｔｉｎｕｅ】

I took a long bike ride yesterday while listening to my discography. I never delete my old projects so some of my first songs come up. Looking back on my music I hear so much pain and anger. It’s like was mad at the state of culture and I wanted to fight it with my songs.

I don’t feel that way anymore. Ofc there’s a lot to be mad about, but I’m not so focused on expressing my pain when I sing. If anything I’m healing myself through the music. That’s the beautiful thing. As artists we write our own stories regardless of how the powers that be want us to feel or behave so how you process the pain is entirely up to you.

I can’t keep fighting. It’s time to heal.

If I’ve ever shared music with you just know that I’ve basically just shared a piece of my soul with you. Something more personal than my government name. Everything else fades away but the music stays.

VIDEL - KHALIFA EP
I'm taking my music in a new direction today. It's been a long and twisting road which got me here but I now that I've arrived I have lots to share so drop a listen if you want to hear my story. Streaming all platforms. Link in bio∆∆∆

I only share this side of my art with friends and family, but we’ve known each other for a while and I feel comfortable opening up about the more sensitive parts of me like classical music so I’d like to share some more of that with you, no matter how vulnerable it makes me feel. We can learn to trust each other.