• Apr 17, 2025 from 7:00pm to 10:00pm
  • Location: karamel, 4 Coburg Road, Wood Green, London N22 6UJ
  • Latest Activity: Apr 1

Free Flow Classikal is returning to Karamel on popular demand with a very exciting lineup: sitarist and bassist Jihad Darwish, drummer Moses Boyd and percussionist Magnus Mehta. Join us for a moving exploration of South Asian Classical music through the medium of free improvisation. No boundaries - No limits.

Jihad Darwish is a musician, composer, and producer whose artistic journey has evolved towards a deep exploration of sitar and Indian classical music. After years of working across jazz, folk, and contemporary music, collaborating with artists such as Sting, Van Morrison, Anderson Paak, Eric Bibb, Imelda May, Mica Paris and Arthur Verocai, he has increasingly focused on integrating the sitar’s rich tradition into his compositions. His 2023 album 4 Parakeets marked a pivotal moment in this transition, drawing from traditional ragas while blending jazz modal harmony and Western song structures. The album received 4-star reviews from Jazzwise and UK Vibe and was featured on BBC Radio and Jazz FM. Having performed at venues from Ronnie Scott’s and the Barbican to the Sydney Opera House and Montreux Jazz Festival, Darwish now channels his diverse musical background into reimagining the sitar’s role in contemporary music, exploring new sonic possibilities through improvisation, electronics, and cross-genre collaboration.

Moses Boyd is a Mercury-nominated composer, producer and drummer, known as a prominent figure within the modern London jazz scene. Nominated for a Mercury Prize for his debut album Dark Matter. Born and raised in South London, Moses began playing drums at the age of 13, taking as much inspiration from jazz greats like Miles Davis as from the grime albums of Dizzee Rascal, contributing to his original approach. After graduating from Trinity Laban College of Music and Dance, cutting his teeth at local jam sessions, he formed the duo Binker & Moses; their debut, Dem Ones, earned an award for Best Jazz Act at the MOBO Awards, which he then won again for himself a few years later. Boyd has also collaborated with Artist such as Lonnie Liston Smith, Obongjayar Zara McFarlane, Floating Points and Four Tet and many more.

*Magnus Mehta *is a percussionist, drummer, music producer and composer. London born to an Indian father and Scottish mother, Magnus was excited by rhythmic sounds from an early age, initially requesting a drum kit aged 10, and consequently studying timpani and percussion at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. After playing in all of the major Scottish orchestras Magnus took a radical change of direction and relocated to Cuba to further his musical studies. Magnus has built a reputation as a session musician who moves fluidly between a multitude of genres, having worked with artists such as Jacob Collier, Brian Eno, Damon Albarn, Bastille, Moses Boyd, Ibibio Sound Machine, Sarathy Korwar, Dengue Dengue Dengue, El Búho, Cassie Kinochi and Melt Yourself Down. He is also in demand on the London musical theatre and live performance scene on shows such as Abba Voyage, Tina the Musical, The Lion King, Ain’t Too Proud, Bend it like Beckham, and for companies such as Royal Opera House, LSO, National Theatre, Shakespeare’s Globe, Matthew Bournes’s New Adventures, and Rambert. Magnus has played on numerous soundtracks including ‘Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One’, ‘The Hobbit, an unexpected journey’, the Channel 4 ‘Indian Summers’ series, and the Iranian film ‘Hussein Who Said No’.

The zerOclasikal project was set up in 2013 as platform for a radical approach to south Asian classical music - facilitating progressions, experiments, and developments in the genre, through a ‘contemporary’ mindset.

Commissioning of new work and organizing the frequency of performance is our central mission and activity. We are also setting up infrastructures for an industry for next-gen south Asian classical musicianship, trained in the UK - such as building of a touring circuit, agency and recording label.

Karamel - 4 Coburg Road, London N22 6UJ. The Karamel vegan kitchen will be serving food until 9.30pm. Email karamel8775@gmail.com to book a table for groups of 3+.

Doors open 7pm, music starts at 8pm.

£7.50 Early Bird £10 General Admission £5 Student

https://www.musicglue.com/karamel/events/2025-04-17-free-flow-classikal-karamel

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Events and Activities


 

 
This week and the next at Karamel, 4 Coburg Road N22.

Last chance to see: Women in Jazz Photography at Karamel, 4 Coburg Road, until the end of June.

Events at All Good Bookshop for the rest of June.

Throughout June - Go Green Eco Urban Festival (Haringey) at various locations in Haringey.

Sunday 22 June – Ally Pally Allotments open for charity, 1-4.30pm.

Sunday 22 June – Hustle Wrestling at Karamel, 4 Coburg Road, Wood Green, 5.30-8.30pm.

Saturday 26 July – Haringey Welcome Makers Market! at Blue House Yard, Station Road, N22, 12-4.30pm.

Saturday 28 June – Muswell Hill Repair Cafe at Muswell Hill Methodist Church, 28 Pages Lane N10, 2-5pm.

Sunday 29 June – Famous Local Garden open for charity at 5 St. Regis Close, Alexandra Park Road N10 2DE (near St. Andrew’s Church), 2-6.30pm.

Sunday 29 June – London Metropolitan Brass in the Grove, Alexandra Park, 2-4pm.

Sunday 29 June – Music in the Gardens: Ceilidh with the Red River Band at Muswell Hill Methodist Church, N10 1PP, 2-5pm.

Sunday 6 July – The gardens of Railway Cottages, Dorset Road N22, are open for charity, 2-5.30pm.

Sunday 6 July – Music in the Gardens: English Jazz Orchestra at Muswell Hill Methodist Church, N10 1PP, 2-5pm.

Thursday 10 July – Refugee Tales at Muswell Hill Methodist church, Pages Lane, 7-10pm.

Thursday 10 July – Bowes Park Community Choir: 15 years of harmony at Alexandra Park School (entry via Rhodes Avenue), 7.45-10.30pm.

Saturday 12 July - Lunchtime Concert at St. Andrew’s Church, Alexandra Park Road N10, 1pm.

Sunday 13 July – Music in the Gardens: Life and Mission Choir at Muswell Hill Methodist Church, N10 1PP, 2-5pm.

Sunday 20 July – Music in the Gardens: Rock in the Gardens at Muswell Hill Methodist Church, N10 1PP, 2-5pm.

Wednesday 23 July to 1 August – Children’s Art Club at CUFOS (top of The Avenue, N10), see post for times.

Sunday 27 July – Music in the Gardens: London Metropolitan Brass at Muswell Hill Methodist Church, N10 1PP, 2-5pm.

Sunday 3 August – Famous Local Garden open for charity at 5 St. Regis Close, Alexandra Park Road N10 2DE (near St. Andrew’s Church), 2-6.30pm.


Ongoing courses and activities

5 and 6-a-side Football League on Wednesday evenings from 14 May to 17 December at Christ’s College, East End Road (where it meets the North Circular), East Finchley N2 0SE, 8-10pm. Leisure Leagues.

Museum of Homelessness will be open from 17 April to 1 November, at the Manor House Lodge, inside Finsbury Park, Seven Sisters Road N4 2DE 12.30-4.30pm.

Illustrating Children’s books, course for adults on Wednesday mornings at The Green Shed, 1 Tetherdown N10, 10-11.30am. April 30 – July 9.

Geekstraveganza – regular boardgame meetup on these dates at Karamel, 4 Coburg Road, Wood Green, 1-6pm.

Em Power fitness classes – Monday and Friday mornings in OR Tambo Rec, 9-9.30am (term time only). The main focus is on core and legs.

Life drawing sessions – alternate Saturdays during term time at Rhodes Avenue Primary School, 1-3pm.

Painting for Pleasure – Thursdays at CUFOS Community Centre (the old railway station), Top of The Avenue N10, 10-12.30pm or 1.30-4pm. Jan 9th - March 27th.

Fortismere Community Symphony Orchestra rehearses Tuesday evenings during term-time at Fortismere School, 7-9pm. Get in touch for more info.

Fortismere Community Choir rehearses Wednesday evenings during term-time at Fortismere School, 7-9pm. Get in touch for more info.

After School Sewing Club on Fridays at Stitch crafts, 2 Hazelwood Lane Palmers Green, 4.30-6pm. Term time.

Bowes Park Community Choir - Thursday evenings during term time at Bounds Green School, 7.15-9.15pm.

Salsa Wednesdays – Wednesday evenings at Bounds Green School, Bounds Green Road N11 2QG, 7-8pm. 

V&J Ensemble: Vocal group for ALL Singers on Wednesdays at St. Andrew's Church, Alexandra Park Road N10 (corner of Windermere Road), 6.50-8.30pm.

  

All Good Bookshop has many regular events - book groups of course, also music, writing, yoga - and special events .... at 35 Turunpike Lane.

Many Music and Art events are held at Karamel, including Collage Kids performance events on Saturday mornings at 11.30am. At 4 Coburg Road,

 

Wood Green N22 6UJ.

 

 

 

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