Khalil Epi, biographie

Khalil Epi is the stage name of Khalil Hentati, a Tunisian composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer and videographer based in Tunis.

Trained in classical Arabic music and jazz, and the son of a former curator of the Phonotheque Nationale at the CMAM, he reinterprets traditional and popular North African music through electronic, club, jazz and pop forms. He manages the Franco-Tunisian label Shouka, producing Nuri, Ghoula and Ammar 808, and has collaborated with N3rdistan, Deena Abdelwahed, Arabstazy, Imed Alibi and Widad Mjama. His audiovisual solo Aichoucha (2023) was followed by Tuqus, which pairs documentary footage of trance rituals filmed in Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco, Italy and Greece with live electronic music.

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