Collaging: Fusing a memory and a sketch to create magic ✍🏽 🌴 Swipe across to see moments in Malindi with @slxmsol and a future Mass Movement logo (perhaps?) x #AlmassOnTour #Malindi #CollageArt #MassMovement

Touched back down in London just in time for the festive szn ❄️ 🎄 🎧 ✨ I’ve been back 1 week and so far I’ve: DJ’d for @macmillancancer ‘s Open House, which opened up conversation and connectivity for African, Caribbean and South Asian communities Celebrated @reubenchristian1 ‘s birthday 🎂 @kyravision and I supported our girl @iamsabrinaanne as she kicked off the opening of the 2025 @somersethouse skate rink - she ATE! Spun a 5hr set at @thestandardlondon for The Place x @salomon , which start off R&B, and then went across dancehall, Bhangra, afrobeats, Latin, house, club edits & more Headed to @livinproofmusic to relive our early raving days with @soundsbykhalil @rajirags & the crew What a week!!! This time of year can be hard as it’s so dark, which was initially bleurghhh but seeing loved ones and finding ways to be cosy and play uplifting music is helping 🥰🥰🥰 Ax Thank you to everyone that’s supporting me, booking me and believing in me! #AlmassBadat #livinproof #thestandard #saloman #macmilliancancersupport

Hittin OOO so hard 🏝️ 📖 ☀️ ❤️ 🇰🇪 🏝️ Ax

Are you navigating interracial dating and relationships?Join me and my mum Safirah in a live intimate intergenerational conversation about interracial dating, marriage and cultural exchange as part of the Dishoom Loves Market. Secure your ticket here: https://www.dishoom.com/dishoom-loves-market/ Some of us in the South Asian community really struggle with mixing (let alone dating) with people outside of our caste, race and class. My family is completely blended with race, faith and class. We are a mixture of people bonded through respect, values, patience, understanding and a common goal to work together. It’s not easy - we’ve had our struggles and I expect there’ll be more to come as we grow. That’s family, that’s life, that’s love. One challenge my family don’t have is prejudice based on where a person is from, their class or the colour of their skin. My mum and I advocates for being proud of our heritage and welcoming others to do the same. We’re both in mixed-heritage relationships, which have come with their own journeys. So, if you want to evolve your perspective, express yourself and make friends or be challenged, join us in a conversation inviting you to bring your own stories, have your viewpoint changed for the better, share advice and cook up ways to build a harmonious future (over a warm, spicy cup of chai). A heartfelt thank you to the @dishoom team and a special shout out to @sanskritii.sw and @alicegeorgiadaly for inviting me to host a much needed Chai Pe Charcha (discussion over tea) ☕️ Please share far and wide, and swipe across to see a window into my blended fam ❤️ Ax #AlmassBadat #Dishoom #DishoomLovesMarket #interracialdating

Enjoying every bit of Malindi, Kenya 🇰🇪 The first third of this trip was all for Beth and Kuleen 💘, who booked me as their wedding DJ. In between a total of 17hrs DJing across 3 days I soaked in the sun, found Esther who helped me realise some beautiful designs 🪡 , ate well, got to take my first trip with @slxmsol and made friends with the sound engineers, who made my DJing experience so much fun. Service with a big ass smile, we give thanks 🙏🏽 Ax #AlmassOnTour #AlmassBadat #WeddingDJ #Malindi

Elephant appreciation and protection post. The real Kings and Queens of the jungle (in my opinion 😌 🐘) Elephants are intelligent, emotionally in-tune and absolutely majestic creatures who can live up to 70 years. They are the largest land mammals and can weight up to 6 tonnes. The African elephants, regardless of male/females, both have beautiful tusks that should be left alone, as tusks are vital to their quality of life, defence and sourcing water by digging. Did you know that elephants can detect water through their feet? They can feel the water currents and either follow the flow to a water hole or dig for it under the ground in the dry seasons. In Tsavo East National Park where I visited with Ali from @maliksafari_ , we saw that the elephants had dug underground and hit the south to north Kenyan water pipes to access some of the water flowing underground. Their babies are so playful, so cute…and if you see a herd of elephants they will almost always be a group of females (think mums, aunties and best friends) who look after the young ones. The bulls (males) roll solo or with one or two companions, interacting with the females when it’s time to mate. I say they rule the jungle because unless they are super old, sick or young, no one is tryna move to them 😅 Poaching Elephants for their tusks has reduced (thank God), meaning that those working the parks are better protecting them and recognising that it’s our job to respect and preserve these beautiful animals. There has been an increase from 16,000 elephants in 1989 to 36,280 elephants in 2021 in Kenya, and hopefully this will continue to maintain and grow. The elephant carcass (slide 5& 6) in Tsavo West had been dead for about a month. We smelt it before we saw it. After the flesh starts to decay, lions will not touch it and the carcass becomes food for scavenger animals like hyenas and jackals. Note that the carcass doesn’t have tusks 💭 If you’d like to find out about how to respect wildlife when going on safari drop me a comment with your questions. Ax #AlmassOnTour #Kenya #safari #protectwildlife

Forever gassed that @whatisthisbehaviourpodcast is on all @british_airways long haul flights! ✈️ This is a project so special and dear to our hearts, and one that’ll evolve and live on no doubt. You can listen to all 80ish episodes on your favourite podcast platform now (and forever!) featuring the likes of @varadasethu @nikeshshuklawriter @nabhaanr @imranamed & more. Follow your dreams, collaborate with good people and keep on creating. You never know where your work will end up. Big love to @reubenchristian1 @aaronchristian_ for co-piloting WITB together and @hark1karan for the iconic thumbnail photo. Ax #AlmassBadat #BritishAirways #podcast

Yes I’m an international showcase producer, but I’m also an international destination wedding DJ…throwback to last year in Tuscany, where we celebrated the union of Fab & Ruch…the most beautiful, thought out and creative union 💘 swipe across to get a get flavour of this epic event. Bring on Kenya in a few days 😉 #AlmassBadat #WeddingDJ

Ever wondered what I do when I’m not DJing and creating? I’m an International Showcase Producer at @british_underground “What the hell does that mean, Almass??!!” Okay okay, I hear you. Swipe across to see a window into some of the work I do at music industry conferences, where I use my skills to help our music scene and our artists. This work brings me a lot of joy 🗺️ 🎵 🙌🏽 I hope that sharing what I do inspires you to follow your own path, however unconventional it may initially appear. You can have the career that suits you 🧿 Pls share with anyone that might need an example of a freelance pathway ❤️ ———- P.S. Thanks for reading through my typos. There are a couple commas missing and it’s “15+ years” on the last slide. You get the drift :) #AlmassBadat #britishundergroundproduces #horizonsatwomex #womex2025 #industryshowcase #songlinesmagazine #industryaccess

Come with me to @154artfair 🖼️ ❤️ Every year, 1-54 Art Fair, first and only international fair dedicated to contemporary African art descends at @somersethouse Founded in 2013 by Touria El Glaoui, 1-54 this global art fair commits to providing visibility to contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora. The cover photo is me and @lakwena ‘s beautiful work, and a fun fact is that I used to assist Lakwena. Lowkey wish I could do that for the rest of my life. Thanks for teaching me about the art of clean lines and colourfully inspiring power in people, Lakwena ❤️🩷💜💙💚🩵 The art at 1-54 itself has no bounds - paint, photography, sculpture, installation, tapestry, beading…the list goes on. This is my third year going, and it was a special one as I got to meet @sanaginwalla , curator of @everydaylusaka - a project that reconstructs Lusaka’s Fine Art Studios, the oldest existing and first and only photographic studio to offer services to Black Zambians during the segregated era of Northern Rhodesia. Founded in the 1950s by the late Indian-Gujarati photographer Prabhubhai Vilas, Fine Art Studios represents a rich and layered intersection of the Indian diasporic presence in Zambian visual history. In particular, I loved seeing the work of Alick Phiri – the 77 year old Black Zambian photographer who began his career at just 17 as an apprentice to Mr Vilas’ studio Photo Art Studios. As an Indian-Gujarati woman who grew up in Zambia myself, it warms and inspires me to see more examples my own people who share the same values of uplifting the Black community, who often face challenges with anti-blackness from South Asian people. Anyone can attend 1-54 by buying a ticket, and you can buy the art there too. So, put this weekend in your diaries for next year. I’ll see you there!! Ax PS I realise I should have taken note of all the artists - if you know any, please tag them so I can credit them :) #154ArtFair #somersethouse #AlmassBadat

What an incredible experience to host the 2025 edition of @mehfil.arts at the Royal Albert Hall 🎤 ✨ I guided a beautifully attentive audience through an afternoon of poetry, spoken word and live music formed by a line-up of bold, skilled and creative storytellers and a special performance from the living legend Baluji Shrivastav OBE @balujisitar 🪕 We held each other, smiled, cried and released, leaving comforted, challenged and charged. Thank you to @shareefaenergy @jamalmehmood Words by the Blues and @print_makerlady for sharing your stories, making opportunity for us to acknowledge that we’re more similar than we realise, and @vishnu.__vijayan and @theoarchermusic for adding rhythm and depth to the poet’s storytelling. Thank you all the open mic artists too, showing courage and commitment to the power of sharing your voices. A moment of acknowledgment for the wonderful staff at @royalalberthall , who opened up their doors and simply, warmly, let us *be*. Thank you @daytimers_uk @rohan_rakhit for amplifying us. While silence screams loud around us, moments like these are necessary so we can express and be heard. Ax Images by @klodhia & @worksofintent ❤️ #daytimers #mehfil #AlmassBadat #RoyalAlbertHall #hostingduties🎤