
Enemy of the Sun night 1 with Muqata'a and Julmud presented by Nuwha Contemporary
Seoul Concerts & Events
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Seoul
Tuesday, September 1 at 9 pm GMT+9
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Tuesday, September 1 at 9 pm GMT+9
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Cakeshop
Seoul, South Korea
Presented by Nuhwa Contemporary, Enemy of the Sun is a three-day live programme conceived as an extension of Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme’s first solo exhibition in Korea, Until We Became Fire and Fire Us (1 September–29 November 2026).
A portion of proceeds from the night will be donated to the Sameer Project to support displaced families in Gaza.
Muqata’a
What DJ Soulscape is to Seoul, Muqata’a is to Ramallah. A co-founder of Bilna’es, Muqata’a has been called the “godfather” of Palestinian underground hip hop (The Guardian), weaving traditional folk samples into boom bap, trip hop, and downtempo beats and forming the Ramallah Underground collective in 2002. After his 2013 solo debut Hayawan Nateq, Muqata’a began experimenting with Brainfeeder-esque glitches, culminating in the lumbering grime of 2018’s Inkanakuntu (Discrepant Records) and the hard-hitting breakbeats of Kamil Manqus (Hundebiss Records, 2021 The Wire Magazine Release of the Year #21). For Muqata’a, sound is a way to reclaim presence in occupied land, sampling the whirr of drones and the clang of slamming doors at military checkpoints. Against the weaponization of sound, Muqata’a creates soundscapes that are as innovative as they are liberatory.
Julmud
Julmud is carrying the Ramallah scene into the next generation. His sound contrasts noisy, deconstructed rhythms with wistful Autotune, winning him immediate praise on his 2022 debut Tuqoos from Bandcamp (Album of the in Day) and The Wire Magazine (Release of the Year #40). Performing locally for over a decade before his debut, Julmud has repped his community on mixes for Crack Magazine, DJ Mag, and NTS. His recent album Kam Min Janneh with Haykal and Acamol deepens their textural palette with drill basslines and penetrating percussion. Combining a technical prowess forged in the underground with a veteran’s knowledge of local and regional rhythms, Julmud’s performance reimagines Palestinian sonic identity, weaving intricate microtonal scales, traditional rhythm structures, and haunting vocal textures into a powerful ritual that defies conventional genres.

