Emel Mathlouthi
Emel Mathlouthi
Sun 16 November 2025
Stage time / 8:30pm
Doors / 7:30pm
Celebrating the Jazz Clubs
Emel Mathlouthi: Revolutionary artist and creative returns to London.
Since her debut in 2011 with ‘Kelmti Horra’ (‘My Word is Free’), a track which became a hymn to freedom in the middle of the Arab Spring, Emel has not stopped to release revolutionary albums-where Emel collaborated with the composer behind Björk and SigurRós. Her fourth album, 'MRA'-which means 'woman' in Arabic is a pop, world, electromanifest for female emancipation.That’s why every single collaborator on MRA, from producers, featured artists, musicians, and beyond, is a woman - marginalized in recognition, but outsized in ability. The result is a multi-genre meld where African trap, batucada, Arabicreggaeton, hip-hop, and drum n’bass rub shoulders seamlessly with vibrant melodies and empowering lyrics. Emel has come a long way, she has established herself as an avant-garde artist on the international scene, doing ground-breakingperforming such as the invitation to sing at the Nobel Prize ceremony and collaborating with artists like ValgeirSigurdsson, Tricky, Barbara Pravi, Bachar Mar-Khalifé and Vitalic, and most recently with AcidArab on the song Lose My Mind, from her latest album, “MRA.”
Since her debut in 2011 with ‘Kelmti Horra’ (‘My Word is Free’), a track which became a hymn to freedom in the middle of the Arab Spring, Emel has not stopped to release revolutionary albums-where Emel collaborated with the composer behind Björk and SigurRós. Her fourth album, 'MRA'-which means 'woman' in Arabic is a pop, world, electromanifest for female emancipation.That’s why every single collaborator on MRA, from producers, featured artists, musicians, and beyond, is a woman - marginalized in recognition, but outsized in ability. The result is a multi-genre meld where African trap, batucada, Arabicreggaeton, hip-hop, and drum n’bass rub shoulders seamlessly with vibrant melodies and empowering lyrics. Emel has come a long way, she has established herself as an avant-garde artist on the international scene, doing ground-breakingperforming such as the invitation to sing at the Nobel Prize ceremony and collaborating with artists like ValgeirSigurdsson, Tricky, Barbara Pravi, Bachar Mar-Khalifé and Vitalic, and most recently with AcidArab on the song Lose My Mind, from her latest album, “MRA.”
