The artist collective Forever South has a very simple requirement for artists wanting to join their roster: write them an email with musical samples or a few Dropbox files and you're on board. This is a perfect representation of the casual approach of Bilal Nasir Khan, one of the two producers behind the project. In his music as Rudoh, the Karachi-based producer and sound engineer draws relaxedly from hip hop, downbeat, jazz, and distilled beat magic for tracks that are as effective in developing dancefloor momentum as they are in deflating the stress of everyday life. One of the most important figures in the Pakistani electronic music scene and a contributor to the international compilation »Karachi Files« in 2016, Khan is also a lynchpin of Border Movement and has been collaborating regular in the programme since 2014.
Rudoh on Facebook »Border Movement«Pop culture thrives on cultural exchange, and Pop-Kultur has dedicated itself to that exchange. Every now and then, though, we still need a bit of help, and Border Movement is the ideal resource. The Berlin-based platform, supported by the Goethe Institut since 2012, sees itself as a »cultural catalyst« and, as such, values interactions—especially those between Germany and the South Asia region. At Club 23, on two different festival days, the activist and journalist Sarah Chawla (New Delhi, India) and the musician Mohammed Manal (Malé, Maldives) among others will represent the bandwidth of Border Movement’s work with concerts, DJ sets, and talks. The Berlin artists Anika, Andreas Spechtl, Dan Bodan, and most recently She's Drunk have all participated in the exchange programme, and now the Pakistani artist Natasha Humera Ejaz aka Stupid Happiness Theory will come to the German capital from Islamabad. We should and must mix things up!