Inspired by the vast musical traditions from around the world; east and west, acoustic and electronic, modern and ancient. Dawoud uses these varied genres to provide a creative and sacred inspiration, and illuminate a new musical path.
His music has been described as sounding like “Hans Zimmer and Jimi Hendrix fighting over a beautiful princess from another galaxy.” As an accomplished multi-instrumentalist, composer, improviser, producer, writer / author, and artist, his experiments seek to extend the boundaries of his music.
He has performed in the US and Europe, appeared on many recordings, has composed for film, theater, and dance performances, and has enjoyed radio airplay in the US, Europe, Russia, and Indonesia. Dawoud has performed, either as a band leader, solo, or with others at virtually every venue of note in NYC (Including the Apollo Theater, Town Hall, the Blue Note, Birdland, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music).
Some of the people he has worked with include Mark Deutsch, Lauryn Hill, Nona Hendryx, Marie Alphonso (Zap Mama), DJ Celt Islam, SoSaLa, Gypsy Groovez Orchestra, and the Brooklyn Raga Massive Orchestra.
Dawoud also conducts Music Meditation Sessions, wherein he guides group meditation using musical form and sound.
The details of Dawoud’s career will be found here.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You Want to Hear the Music!
Digital Downloads of Dawoud’s entire catalog are available on
Check out the Official God’s Unruly Friends YouTube Channel, for music videos, live performances, and Dawoud’s Vlog.
Don’t forget to like, comment, subscribe, and hit the bell icon for notifications!
Visit Soundcloud Page for demos of Dawoud’s orchestral and chamber compositions, and new and rare music.
(NOTE: Physical CDs and other media are temporarily unavailable. Join Dawoud’s newsletter list to stay informed on when they are available.)
Here are a few things you can check out.
This is a demo of my first symphony, Dreamscape Entanglement.
Dawoud’s Writings.
Dawoud has always had a talent for writing.
Dawoud has a Substack Page! You can read his articles on spiritual philosophy, music, other writings, short stories, etc. here.
He regularly contributes to several online publications, most notably doobeedoobeedoo.info (a publication of Musicians for Musicians).
His two books A Quantum Hijra (a Sufi science fiction novel) and A Mansion With Many Rooms (A collection of short stories and poetry; both books are temporarily out of print) received critical acclaim.
.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dawoud’s Artwork
All of the artwork on the God’s Unruly Friends and Dawoud solo CD releases are Dawoud’s work.
The artwork melds stream of consciousness with beautiful hallucinatory dreamscapes. Many artists employ disturbing imagery to make a statement. While Dawoud respects this, his own work seeks to invoke beauty, peace, and depth of thought and contemplation.
Now, after some urging from friends and business associates, Dawoud’s art work is available to the public. New artwork is being produced (including the possibility of NFTs).
For purchase, public showings, and commissions, please contact Dawoud at godsunrulyfriends@gmail.com.
