Turning Heads episode 29 features a conversation with German-Afghan producer Farhot. The Hamburg-based producer's latest album, Kabul Fire Vol. 2, came out in January 2021. Get in touch: [email protected] It's been seven years since the series’ previous instalment – Kabul Fire Vol. 1 – during which time Farhot has produced tracks for artists such as Isaiah Rashad, Selah Sue and Talib Kweli. Farhot’s production aesthetic is comparable to expert beatmakers like Madlib, J Dilla, Portishead and Quakers’ Geoff Barrow and The Avalanches. The new album finds Farhot reconnecting with the culture of his homeland, Afghanistan, which he left as a child more than 30 years ago. It includes audio clips taken from numerous Afghan films and a spoken word piece by fellow Hamburg-based Afghan artist, Moshtari. Vocalists JuJu Rogers, Nneka, Tiggs Da Author and Maverick Sabre also make appearances. In the podcast, Farhot speaks about his musical influences, changing artistic goals and growing engagement with Afghan culture. Turning heads is recorded on the stolen land of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation; the traditional custodians of the land. I pay my respects to their elders past and present, and acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded.