Ayni is the room you can’t get into at a show.
No stage, no line, no load-out — instead, a shared meal, and an intimate circle of world-class artists from the Global Majority. Eat with them. Talk with them. Play music with them.

This is Ayni — a monthly gathering hosted by Remix ⟷ Culture (RC) in partnership with Barzakh Café: part dinner, part conversation, part jam. Each gathering, 30 people join in mutual appreciation for the vital work of RC's artist-led network and build solidarity, one communal dinner at a time.

The evening:

🍽️ A family-style dinner, served at 7 PM
🎤 A featured-artist spotlight — Sidiki Condé shares what he's navigating as an artist, and the room leans in
💬 A facilitated discussion on streaming music platforms — the good, the bad, the ugly — led by RC founder Hatim Belyamani — your voice in the room, not just theirs. Learn about how different music platforms align or don't align with our values of ethically archiving and remixing Global Majority music. Join a conversation around where the rich music of our artist network should be distributed vs which platforms we should boycott.
🥁 A musical jam where you’re invited to play alongside the artists — all levels welcome, even a clap or a shaker

Everyone who joins is welcomed into the RC Collective community afterward, where the connections and conversations keep going.

🎟️ Only 30 seats.
Tickets close Friday, July 10 at 11:59 PM so our friends at Barzakh know exactly how many to cook for.

Come hungry. Come curious. Bring a musical instrument. Come ready to meet and exchange with people you’ll be glad you met.

Note: Barzakh's bar menu (including alcoholic beverages) will also be available for purchase throughout the private gathering. After the gathering ends at 10pm Barzakh will be open to the general public.

About Ayni
-------------
Ayni is a series of intimate gatherings presented by Remix ⟷ Culture (RC) in partnership with Barzakh Café. Barzakh’s dedication to serving the Crown Heights community as a vital sanctuary for NYC’s rich and diverse musical traditions aligns with RC’s mission of countering cultural erasure through connecting underrepresented traditional musicians, remix artists, and storytellers to co-create collective experiences. Since 2012 we’ve worked with more than 247 artists across 20+ Global Majority and diaspora communities and produced 56+ live experiences. Ayni is where that community gathers around a table.

Ayni comes from Quechua, Aymara and other Indigenous communities in the Andean mountains. It loosely translates to "reciprocity," and serves as one of the guiding principles defining their way of life. We honor this principle and invite it into the RC Collective.

Barzakh Cafe