Hey everyone, I'm Robin Hilton from NPR Music.

I am here with the editorial director for WRTI,

NationN. Hey, Nate. What's up, Robin?

So a couple of years ago, there was this incredible album out.

It was by the Pakistani artist, Arush Offtob, called Vulture Prince.

Mangalabande.

This is just a bit of one of the songs from that album.

It's called Last Night.

And we covered Vulture Prince pretty heavily at NPR Music.

Everyone loved it. It was on all of our year-end lists.

And we've all been anxiously awaiting a follow-up from her ever since.

And now that follow-up is finally here.

It's called Love in Exile.

But this time, it's a joint project.

With two other artists, we also love the composer and pianist,

Vijay Iyer, and the multi-instrumentalist producer and long-time collaborator

with Arush Offtob, Shazad Ismaili.

I

As you can hear from this track, Robin, this is a really magical convergence of these three artists.

And it's not exactly what you might expect.

You know, there is a folkloric aspect to this music.

But there's also a lot of electronic texture and timbre.

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