Eternal Poetry
Eternal Poetry
SHEDARK/MIROSA
SHEDARK/MIROSA
Dust of Time
Dust of Time
Misted Almond Legacy

5th studio LP, written & recorded in Hawai’i, containing mostly love songs set to a bare, lo-fi, electronic backdrop

Misted Almond Legacy
Ocean of Safety

Experimental film that took 4 years to complete and has, since being screened multiple times, changed the destiny of our universe. Starring Michael Douglas.

Ocean of Safety
Listen (Sound of the Divine) – Music Video

If the name doesn’t say it all, then perhaps you are not saying all of the Name

Listen (Sound of the Divine) – Music Video
Here

Intergalactic video for the mystical song “Here,” from, “If You Ask Me, Yes”

Here
Don’t Be Sad Ones

A reimagining of the 1962 documentary “Khaney Syar Ast” (The House is Black) by Iranian poet Forrough Farrokhzad. Yusuf re-redited her beautiful documentary in an optimistic light and set it to music.

Don’t Be Sad Ones
Frozen Fountain

A collaborative photo/poetry art book, with polaroids from German photographer Harry Nizard & accompanying poetry from Yusuf

Frozen Fountain
Oil Lights the Way

Clay sculpture, a painted ornament built for enduring beautiful times

Oil Lights the Way
Untitled Man Attempting to Climb into Love

Clay Sculpture

Untitled Man Attempting to Climb into Love
The Golden Circle (Binds with Love) – Music Video

A magical music video

The Golden Circle (Binds with Love) – Music Video
Lefke Automatic / Destiny of Love

6th volume in poetry series; part Mediterranean travelogue, part love story, part spirituality & its place in the modern city.

Lefke Automatic / Destiny of Love
Limon, Falcon Court

An oil painting from Yusuf’s time in Africa, 2011-12

Limon, Falcon Court
Moroccan Tanner, Fez

Yusuf’s second oil painting on a found woodblock

Moroccan Tanner, Fez
[No Title]

26-minute documentary filmed in Brighton, taking place during the course of a day.

[No Title]
Libyan Uprising

The final report on the 2011 Libyan uprising, from Yusuf’s time as field producer / director for Democracy Now!

Libyan Uprising
Narayan

2nd novel, written in 2008; Nominated by Penguin for a ‘Best Novel’ Muslim Writer Awards 2011; urban contemporary / existential; story of an Indian man who works in Hounslow train station.

Narayan
If You Ask Me, Yes

4th solo LP; a gargantuan 19-track sprawling epic of happiness that travels through landscapes of future hip-hop, experimental world-folk, dub, spoken-word, foundsound & far beyond

If You Ask Me, Yes
The Drive to Swim

Short documentary; an enterprising Afghan-American (Pashtun) businessman walks through his Queens neighbourhood, talks about life, risk & success.

The Drive to Swim
Dawn Song

Music Video from Yoshi’s 3rd solo LP, ‘Maghreb, Isha & Space’. This was the first publicly released music video.

Dawn Song
Song of Delicious Affirmation # 2

2nd video from Yoshi’s 3rd solo LP, ‘Maghreb Isha & Space’; shot in 2009, this video established Yoshi’s unique experimental approach to visual sampling

Song of Delicious Affirmation # 2
Perfect

Music video from Yoshi’s 2013 LP, ‘If You Ask Me, Yes’; filmed in Malawi, 2012

Perfect
A Bird dies on the way to Mecca

Video Art from the ‘Palace Prayers’ blog project, made in a day during Ramadan, 2009

A Bird dies on the way to Mecca
Eid Offering

Video Art; Final piece from the ‘Palace Prayers’ blog

Eid Offering
The Dark Traveler

Video Art / Street freestyle in a suburb of San Diego, CA.

The Dark Traveler
Cho-Sun Dynasty Jewel

Music video from, ‘If You Ask Me, Yes’
Filmed in Washington DC & Northern Virginia.

Cho-Sun Dynasty Jewel
The Beautiful / Palace Prayers

5th volume in the poetry series, also contains songs & short stories. The second half of this book is based upon the ‘Palace Prayers’ blog that Yusuf wrote anonymously (also featured on NPR in 2009)

The Beautiful / Palace Prayers
Spilling Kingdoms

4th volume of the poetry series; written after coming to the USA, exploring first impressions of life in America for an Englishman, as well as notions of place, spirituality, home, success, working life & the election of Barack Hussein Obama

Spilling Kingdoms
The Butterfly Gate

Third volume of poetry features ecstatic, euphoric, wild poems attempting to hack/tear away from the quotidian & enter into something profound.

The Butterfly Gate
Into Solidity

2nd poetry book; details an intricate and intimate journey from feelings of detachment, depression & formlessness in the modern world, towards the possibility of a new, real road towards physical & emotional solidity

Into Solidity
Brighton Streets

Poetry book set in Brighton, England circa Spring 2007. Explores & makes bold statements on topics like gentrification, modernisation, city-planning, fashion; the affection we hold for the places of our childhoods.

Brighton Streets
Maghreb, Isha & Space

3rd LP released in 2010 after a five year break from beat-making & producing; spacey, dreamy, emotional, searching music; embraces new experiments in World-Folk & Hip-Hop styles

Maghreb, Isha & Space
Watermelon Soup & Dates

A very pretty painting which was painted in Africa at some point between December 2011 & January 2012

Watermelon Soup & Dates
From a Western Box

Debut LP, released on Nefisa UK, March 5th, 2004. Comprises mostly of Electronica-inspired instrumental Hip-Hop; a reaction to & reflection of Western society circa the ‘War on Terror’ era.

From a Western Box
She was a Staunch Republican to the end (J. M. Otera)

Oil painting of a lady at a Mitt Romney rally circa. 2007

She was a Staunch Republican to the end (J. M. Otera)
Le Dual Mule: Experiments in Improvised Sound

A duet album featuring the production / performances of Mikrosopht & Yoshi (with additional production by Futureboots). Humans & their relationships to technology; released by Godxiliary, 2007

Le Dual Mule: Experiments in Improvised Sound
Pieces of a paki

Debut novel; coming-of-age story set in the future; written in large part while traveling & staying put in Morocco & Andalucia; this book was published in paperback by Nefisa UK in 2007

Pieces of a paki
Flowers & Trees

Widely praised 2nd album released in 2005; a Summery, Hip-Hop-flavored contemplation of childhood & purity.

Flowers & Trees