An antique yellow taxi pulls up on a desolate road as Ameen Khayer and Thorben Beeken — the rhythmic duo who make up the band Shkoon — signal to stop. The bright setting mimics a lost homeland as part of a nostalgic video clip. Sun beaming, Ameen leans towards the driver with intent. “Take me to Deir Ezzor,” he exclaims. Roots is a song intended to teleport listeners to memory and thought through the realm of longing, and with their latest album Masrahiya (theatre) the group has transcended conventional limits between reality and fiction, in an enthralling display of creativity. “The tradition…