Photo: Simone Scardovelli
SUFI DUB BROTHERS
29/8/2026
The garden opens: 16:00 // Concert: 18:00 // Free admission
When the deep resonance of the sitar meets the pulsating bass of dub, a space emerges where boundaries dissolve and new connections begin to take shape.
Sufi Dub Brothers – the duo of Ashraf Sharif Khan and Viktor Marek – have, in recent years, created a truly distinctive live format where virtuosity, humor, and experimental soundscapes merge into an intense and immersive concert experience. Nothing is fixed here: classical ragas weave into echo-drenched beats, acid loops spiral through organic grooves, and the music moves freely between meditative depth and euphoric movement.
It is neither quite world music nor quite club – and that is precisely why it resonates as something both new and familiar at once. A place between Hamburg and Lahore, between tradition and future, between inner and outer landscapes.
With their new release, “The Return of The Sufi Dub Brothers,” they return with full force – inviting the audience into a sonic universe that is as much a journey as it is a concert. A kind of soundtrack to a film that has yet to be made. Or perhaps to something we only discover when we find ourselves in it together.
PROGRAM
➤ The Garden opens: 16:00
➤ Concert: 18:00
Please note that the concert takes place outdoors in the garden next to turkis.
ASHRAF SHARIF KHAN
The unmatched sitar virtuoso is regarded as a "national treasure" in Pakistan, yet preferring a quiet life in a suburb of Hamburg. He is the son and disciple of Pakistan's legendary sitar maestro, the late Ustad Muhammad Sharif Khan Poonchwale, and hails from the illustrious Poonch Gharana of classical sitar playing. The past two decades has seen Ashraf represent Pakistan as a cultural ambassador at various major International music festivals abroad, transcending regional boundaries and winning adulation for his country.
VIKTOR MAREK
The globe-trotting producer, sampling wizard and DJ Marek is the CEO of St. Pauli's notorious Golden Pudel Club, and owns homes in Sicily and in Burkina Faso. He is known for his involvement in projects like The Kings of Dubrock, 8 Doogymoto, and, more recently, for his production work for West African artists such a Patrick Kabré, and the Les Soeurs Doga.