Al Wootton & Azu Tiwaline

Azu Tiwaline and Al Wootton meet at the intersection of ritual and low-end pressure. Rooted in Sahrawi musical traditions and contemporary electronic practice, their collaboration crosses borders – geographical, cultural, and sonic. Azu Tiwaline’s voice and compositions draw on Amazigh heritage and the lived realities of the Sahrawi diaspora, carrying histories of resistance and endurance. While Al Wootton, emerging from the fringes of British bass culture, brings a finely tuned sense of texture and space shaped by years working across dub, experimental electronics, and improvisation. Together, they craft a synergy that feels both grounded and expansive: ceremonial yet propulsive, where traditional melodies, hand-played instruments, and digital tools lock into hypnotic motion. Resisting categorisation, their music is folkloric and forward-facing – emotionally charged and deeply attentive to rhythm as a carrier of memory, struggle, and connection.