“The album is named ‘Falak,’ [Universe] consisting of 12 songs. I will release them in digitally in two weeks,” Haco told Rudaw. “There is nothing that can be called a Kurdish music market. The Kurdish business music is zero.”
The 61-year-old Haco insists he has no plans to rest and plans to release a second album in 2018.
“Although my working activities have decreased, I still do have energy. I am planning to record another album this fall,” Haco said.
It took Haco a year to finish work in the album.
He added he has dedicated one of the songs to Rudaw’s Shifa Gardi because she is "the symbol of martyrs."
Rudaw Media Network is sponsoring his album release.
“I was very saddened by the martyrdom of Shifa Gardi. Martyr Shifa became the symbol of martyrs. Her martyrdom echoed around the world. I am very to have sung a song for her in my new album,” Haco said, adding the text of the song was written by Jano Shakir.
Haco was born in Tirpa Spi in Rojava. He went to Germany in 1979. And at the age of 17, he started singing at public places.
So far, he has released 15 albums.
His first work was titled 'Amina Amina.’ The most recent was an album in 2012 named 'Vagar [Comeback].’
When the fight between ISIS Peshmerga forces peaked in 2014 and 2015, Haco released a video clip to boost Kurdish morale.
He plans to come to the Kurdistan Region and record a music video.
Haco added he did not forget the fighters who have sacrificed in defense of Rojava as he also dedicated a song for YPG fighter Arin Mirkan.
She detonated explosives that she was carrying in order to stop advancing ISIS militants on Mishta Nur hill in Kobane in 2014, killing an estimated 70 extremists.
Haco has been living in Germany for 39 years. He studies music at Ruhr University Bochum, where he says German musicians have influenced his work. It has made him to blend traditional Kurdish music with European pop and rock ‘n’ roll genres.
Haco said the new album is “very different” than his previous ones.
“Everybody can see him/herself in it. In includes classics, model, rhythms such as arabesque, rock, pop, jazz — all of them."
He will release a limited run of 500 original copies for gifts.
Haco was allowed to hold a concert in 2004 in the Kurdish city of Batman in Turkey. An estimated 200,000 of his fans attended.
He said he holds very few concerts because, "Kurds have not yet learned about concerts.”
He expressed that currently music and art is doing poorly Rojava.
“People there are not in a situation to be able to pay attention to music. People are inside wars. Musical values are diminishing to zero during wars. People are now running after bread there, not songs,” he lamented.
