The Travelers Podcast with Brother Ali · Travelers Media

Going On Tour with Ant!

·1 hr 23 min·5 clips

The announcement lands with real charge. Brother Ali has been holding back news he clearly wanted to share, and even that waiting becomes part of the episode. He and Ant are touring together. From there, he starts thinking about music, audience, and the different ways people find him. Some listeners do not follow his rap, and he says that gently, leaving space for people who came through conversation, guests, or just hearing him talk. So the tour is bigger than dates and logistics. It feels tied to patience, discipline, and the relief of finally being able to say the thing plainly. Then the memory gets physical. He talks about mornings spent walking for hours, out in nature, singing, crying, rejoicing, and praying his way through heaviness. At night, the work picked back up. Ant has kids now and creates late, so Brother Ali would bring him new songs at ten, at midnight, or later. The basement becomes the whole scene: write during the day, play the song for Ant, take the advice, record before morning. They kept that pace for a month. By the end, the album was probably two-thirds done, with the rest finished after he returned to Istanbul. Ramadan is part of the timeline too. The last song was recorded during Ramadan, while he was also finishing another album around the same time. Love and Service with Unjust and Satisfied Soul with Ant come through as separate bodies of work, different in sound and feeling. The closing turns inward. Brother Ali does not want old cases, old anger, or unwanted weight dragged into the record. Freedom here sounds humble, almost cautious. He hopes the release is real, then jokes that some forgotten grudge could still pop up later. The goodbye stays plain and devotional: love, stay safe, keep supporting the work and the people you believe in.

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A tour announcement that opens into the quiet labor behind the music.

Brother Ali turns the tour announcement with Ant into something more reflective than a simple heads-up. The pace is loose, and it takes its time getting to the point, but that fits the way he talks through the moment instead of rushing past it.

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For when you want tour news wrapped in a real creative partnership.

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