Palestinian hip hop pioneers Muqata'a & Julmud touch down in Seoul this September
Both artists will perform at Cakeshop for a night organised by SoundSupply_Service alongside Arexibo, Yetsuby & more
From September 1-3, Palestinian experimental hip hop artists Muqata'a and Julmud will perform at three Seoul venues for Enemy of the Sun, a live programme from Nuhwa Contemporary.
Muqata'a co-founded the Ramallah Underground collective in the early 2000s, fusing boom bap and trip hop with traditional folk samples, then pushing into glitch and grime on 2018's 'Inkanakuntu' and hard-hitting breakbeats on 'Kamil Manqus'.
His tracks often sample field recordings from occupied land, drones and checkpoint sounds included.
Julmud dropped his debut 'Tuqoos' in 2022, pairing noisy, deconstructed rhythms with wistful autotune, and has since sharpened that sound with drill basslines and dense percussion on 'Kam Min Janneh'. His sets weave in microtonal scales and traditional rhythm structures alongside his production work.
The tour runs alongside Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme's first solo exhibition in Korea, Until We Became Fire and Fire Us, on show September 1 to November 29.
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It opens on September 1 with a conversation at Nuhwa Contemporary Garden from 7PM, bringing together Bilna'es co-founders Abbas and Abou-Rahme, Gwangju Biennale 2026 artist Sunik Kim, and University of Chicago's Soyoon Ryu.
Then, on the same night, straight to Cakeshop for the first live set, with Muqata'a and Julmud performing against visuals by Abbas and Abou-Rahme. Just 100 opening-day passes go out, reserved for opening reception and conversation attendees.
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The tour rolls on to Seendosi on September 2 and 축제FESTIVAL (formerly ACS) on September 3, each night stacked with fresh Korean electronic and hip hop talent, including Y2K92, Heejin Jang, Arexibo, Yetsuby, and Kisewa, via a partnership with underground label SoundSupply_Service.
Zines and vinyl go on sale at all three venues, with proceeds partly funding The Sameer Project's work supporting displaced families in Gaza.
Tickets to each event available here.
