A curated Christmas playlist between past and present
This Christmas playlist by KHAMSA is built through contrasts and correspondences. Jazz standards brush up against Arab voices, soul and salsa sit beside rap and alternative R&B, as a shared tempo. Duke Ellington’s melodies answer Fairuz’s intimacy; Yasmine Hamdan’s calm drifts into James Brown’s worn-in groove; PNL, Lithet and anaiis bring the present into conversation with memory. The curation follows mood rather than genre, letting warmth come from texture, repetition, and silence as much as from melody. A Christmas playlist that avoids spectacle, choosing instead slowness, distance, and the pleasure of listening without urgency.
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