Alif Hilal

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Compelled by collectivity, spirituality, consciousness and care, the Berlin-based, American multidisciplinary artist Alif Hilal (formerly Lyra Pramuk) offers a unique form of devotional music, harmonizing the open-ended potential of the human voice.

09/06/2026

I am changing my name to Alif Hilal.

( pronounced: AH-lif hi-LAHL )

rooted in Islamic and Arabic traditions, the name joins Alif, the first letter of the Arabic alphabet, with Hilal, the crescent moon, a symbol of renewal that marks the beginning of the lunar month. in keeping with a tradition observed by many converts to Islam, the name reflects my spiritual path and a renewed sense of personal and artistic alignment while remaining in continuity with the work that has brought me here.

when I was first introduced to Islam, I was taught that everything is worship, and any true expression can be considered worship. with this change, I plant a seed of lifelong commitment to my devotion as the central axis of my life, my work, and my art.

I feel deeply grateful for the path that has been laid before me and for the opportunity to become more honest in the ways I live and create.

I hope that we all find spiritual disciplines, languages and practices that help us live in truth, with integrity, courage, and radical love.

— Alif Hilal, formerly Lyra Pramuk

photo by Cy Klock

28/05/2026

still feeling peaceful from our beautiful night with at .berlin 🌙

an intimate, hybrid DJ set modulating a broad spectrum of song and story interspersed with readings of poems by Emily Dickinson and – lyric that opened something tender and luminous in the space between us, our grief, our rage, our love and hope.

thank you to everyone who came, listened, felt, and contributed through your donations.

22/05/2026

🔊OPEN STEMS 🔊

the Hymnal (Resung) Open Stems activation begins today.

the stems for ‘Incense’ are now open to the community, inviting artists, producers, and listeners to create their own sonic translation of the piece.

throughout Hymnal (Resung), artists from very different worlds have reshaped these songs through their own sensibilities and musical languages – now that process opens further.

all forms of experimentation, hybridity, and reinterpretation are welcome for this activation. we encourage participants to push the material into unexpected directions.

all participants who submit a remix will receive the Calandrelli Female Choir from Orchestral Tools’ Metropolis Ark 2 collection.

→ submission deadline: June 12
→ duration: 3 weeks

participants are also invited to share fragments of their process online and within the Telegram community throughout the activation.

🔗 visit the link in bio for stems, full guidelines, and submission details.

send this to collaborators, friends, and communities who should be part of this

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17/04/2026

Ending (Djrum Endless Rework) is out now
the first offering from HYMNAL (RESUNG), full release out June 5 via .soil featuring reworks by , & , and

it is the greatest gift to feel how artists I admire sense and reinterpret my work. feeling Djrum’s sensibility and vision cross with my own, changes how I see my own voice and music. ever grateful for musical exchange like this, for the richness of dialogue unfolding between us through sound.

listen & save via the link in bio

more soon 🌀

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first slide pic by

16/04/2026

where Hymnal ended, something begins to open again…

Hymnal (Resung) invites a global constellation of voices to reimagine and reconstruct my album in collective voice, united in grief and change.

I’m really happy to share the first glimpse with you:
Djrum’s temporal vortex of (Ending)

my musical background straddles classical, folk, rave and the avant-garde. but the longer I make music, the more I feel just how much my artistic sensibility orbits the communal ecstasy of the dancefloor – no matter the form or context.

Hymnal is no different, and I wanted to make that explicit.

more beauty to share soon.
so much love and thanks to these talented artists for seeing and being with this work…

full release arrives June 5
you can listen & save via the link in bio

stay close 🤍

soil

09/04/2026

the latest .soil guest mix by Islam El-Ghazouly is now archived and can be streamed online at and via the link in my bio ✨
 as part of my radio residency, I’m sometimes inviting friends and members of my community to create their own mixes that explore ideas of transformation, catharsis, and healing in their many different personal and cultural forms. when Islam first shared this mix with me, I knew it would be a perfect fit for the show.  in Islam’s own words:  “This mixtape is a homage to my lineage that stretches across a long Sufi heritage from Morocco to Egypt. It is a tribute to my late grandfather and his commitment to Sufism.

I have named this set “taking off my shoes”. This is because when you enter a place of worship in many cultures – and certainly including mine – you remove your shoes. It is a small gesture, almost mundane. A gesture of setting an intention, of announcing an arrival, the simple act of crossing that door, is also a crossing from one realm to another. And here in this mixtape my intention is to transport the listener to this part of the world. So, I hope you take off your shoes, however metaphorically, and have a glimpse into the rich world of Sufism as you listen to this set.

The set itself digs deep into the underbelly of Sufi traditions in Sudan, Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia. While the focus remains on North Africa, I have also given a nod of respect to the Mevlevi order from Turkey, the order that offered Sufism a global platform.

Lastly, these traditions I try to showcase here, are often characterized as a purification of the soul, or an exorcism of the bad spirits. I simply call it a rave, a rave because it’s a gathering around a sound and the repetition of the beat, this relentless repetition is a core part of Sufi traditions, and it’s where one experiences the dissolving of self-consciousness. It’s an experience where hierarchy fades, where senses are heightened on a natural ecstasy, where unity is felt and a collective sense of belonging takes over.”
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thanks to Islam for this special sonic journey, and to NTS for the continued support.

30/03/2026

what a ray of light to hear these q***r Berlin voices come together to sing my song ‘Tendril’ last weekend in Berlin! I’m grateful for the care, presence and warmth you brought to my music in that room!

thank you , , choir and Marius Bernhard for this beautiful offering 🤍 the whole concert was deeply moving.

***rart

19/03/2026

[ AnOther Thing I Wanted to Tell You ]
by Mark Peckmezian for spring/summer 2026

I feel grateful to be included in this feature alongside many inspiring artists and practitioners… I’ve gotten to share some reflections on Hazrat Inayat Khan’s generative, cosmological philosophy on sound and music that resonates so closely with the heart of my own, a proposition that all beings are vibration and music in our essence. I can strongly recommend Khan’s ‘The Mysticism of Sound and Music’ if you haven’t picked it up already, I know many friends have also already been deeply moved by this book, and with good reason.

thanks Mark for capturing me in my more private and inquisitive tenderness.

photography
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17/03/2026

yesterday in Yogyakarta, I had the greatest pleasure to spend two hours with Mbak Wahyu to learn sinden singing, the traditional Javanese vocal style accompanied by gamelan.

she was such a great and patient teacher, and this was a really special moment for me. it’s just a stunning art form and I feel a bit transformed having tuned my body to its affect, scales and melodies just a little bit.

please excuse my pronunciation of the text! I just wanted to share this cute moment from our session 🩶 thanks so much to
for organizing this!

12/03/2026

still feeling the cavernous resonance of our special performance inside the Psychosphere installation by in Copenhagen a few months ago.

deep thanks to Jakob and for the invitation and trust.
I was honored to let my voice drift through this unique space.

Address

Yogyakarta City

Website

https://linktr.ee/lyra.pramuk, http://lyrapramuk.com/, https://lyrapramuk.bandcamp.com/

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