Remixes
Deqqat Assif Ou Aqellal
Tamegroute, Morocco
Khadija El Warzazia
Marrakech, Morocco
Kálmán Balogh
Budapest, Hungary
Alexandra Berta
Budapest, Hungary
Mourad Belouadi
Sale, Morocco
Côco Trupé
Arcoverde, Brazil
About HAT
Since 2012, Hatim Belyamani – aka HAT – unites artists in an ever-evolving audio-visual dance between traditional music and digital remix art. In his one-of-a-kind live show, HAT is as an orchestra conductor from the future, beaming traditional musicians from the four corners of the world onto a big screen, and shaping them harmoniously into new electro beats.
Growing up in Morocco, surrounded by sounds of the country’s Arabic, Amazigh, and Sub-Saharan African origins, Hatim was an award-winning classical pianist and guitarist before finding his voice in electronic music. In 2012, inspired to celebrate his roots, Hatim founded Remix ⟷ Culture, a non-profit organization that bridges cultural divides through the transformative power of traditional music, film, and remix. Hatim and his team traverse the globe, capturing the sights and sounds of underrepresented musical traditions, which they share for free online under a Creative Commons license. HAT’s performances are a live remixing of these videos, seamlessly blending the traditional with the experimental – acoustic trance with electronic dance – connecting his audiences to distant cultures in a unique audio-visual journey.
HAT has performed at various festivals and venues around the world, notably at Chicago’s Millennium Park Summer Music Series where he opened for the legendary Femi Kuti , Habibi Festival and Lincoln Center in NYC, Roskilde Festival in Denmark, WOMEX in Spain, and Rec Beat Festival in Brazil.
The project has received increasing acclaim since its inception, in countless print, TV, radio, and online media outlets.
I am delighted to see the work [HAT is] doing, I feel that Moroccan traditional music is a vast treasure that needs to be valued, and bringing it into the digital world as [HAT is] doing is a vital and powerful project.
-Justin Adams - Guitarist (Robert Plant & the Sensational Shapeshifters)
Hatim is currently based in NY, leading Remix ⟷ Culture's growth and facilitating various collaborations with underrepresented traditional musicians, filmmakers, and remix artists.
Shows
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
Past Shows
2017
2016
2015
Cover photo by Andy Isaacson