Qasim Naqvi

Pakistani-American composer Qasim Naqvi unveils Endling, his newest album for Erased Tapes, set for release on May 30. Written as a modular synth prequel to his 2023 BBC Concert Orchestral work, God Docks at Death Harbor, Endling takes the listener on a 43-minute odyssey through an intense and beautiful landscape, set hundreds of years into the future. Qasim Naqvi is a percussionist, composer, and synthesist. In addition to being the drummer of the lauded cult minimalist trio Dawn of Midi, Qasim is an accomplished solo artist. His passion for multidisciplinary work has brought him into the worlds of film, dance, installation art, and orchestral and chamber music. He has written music for The London Contemporary Orchestra, The BBC Concert Orchestra, Crash Ensemble, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Jennifer Koh, Stargaze, The Cello Octet of Amsterdam, The Helsinki Chamber Choir, and others. Naqvi most recently collaborated with the Alexander Whitley Dance Company on Chaotic Body and the music from his Erased Tapes release, Chronology, was featured in Fernando Melo’s 2024 production, Shadow Waltz. In 2023, he scored Showtime’s The 12th Victim and has created music for Academy Award winning documentarian Laura Poitras and Naeem Mohaiemen’s Turner Prize nominated installations. In 2023, he released Two Centuries — a collaboration with creative music legends Andrew Cyrille and Wadada Leo Smith, which won the 2023 Deutscher Jazzpreis for International Instrumental Album of the Year.