NTS Radio Guest mix for Nihal  - [5.10.2023]

Qow - ElMosameh Serine 
@hiqow

Every question is a track & all the tracks are samples of Sherine

"El Mosameh Sherine is built on unanswered immersive loops that repeat until they collapse and vanish in silence. It is entirely composed of samples and rearrangements of musical phrases taken from Sherine Abdel-Wahab. Sherine’s ability to musically and lyrically translate heartbreak was utilised on this album to emotionally investigate a specific state of strength that one gains from (un)forgiving a loved one.
This album is dedicated to my mom and I perceive it as a second-hand heartbreak experience."


Produced by Omar El Sadek
Harp on Track #8 by Mariana Jouzová
Mastering by Oliver Torr
Typography by Germine Walid
Artwork by Omar El Sadek

Limited Edition of 52 tapes.

ElMosameh Sherine

Qow - Menak Lelah

فات القطر شد سطر عشان نعدي للمحبوبة
افتح قلبي تلاقي المصل اللي استخلصته م المسمومة
مش القصد هنا الفصل بين المبدأ والمرونة
مش هتخض ولا أنقض ولا أعمل شيء يضر مصر
فات الضهر مفاتش العصر ودا من الحكمة وحسن الحظ
انت الأصل متستعبطش ومين ف الكوكب مبيغلطش

أنا ف مأزق
متشوق
أطلع منه 
متقوليش مش قصدك
لا قصدك
انتي قصدك 
عايزة تربيني من تاني 
تاخدي حقك
حقك
حقك

فات القطر شد سطر عشان نعدي للمحبوبة
افتح قلبي تلاقي المصل اللي استخلصته م المسمومة
مش القصد هنا الفصل بين المبدأ والمرونة
مش هتخض ولا أنقض ولا أعمل شيء يضر مصر
فات الضهر مفاتش العصر ودا من الحكمة وحسن الحظ

عندي الحدة تشد الخط
وفيا جراءة ودقة وصف
فيا النبض وفيها النبض
ومهما قلت هي مبتصفحش
وأنا متمخمضش
ووقت الحرب أنا كنت الصبر
كنت الصبر اما كان اليوم بسنة
كنت الصبر وكل ثانية مؤلمة
كنت الصبر وكل بصة للسما كانت محملة 
لحد ما جت هي
في الشمس شفت عينيها
في الدرا مسكت ايديها
احساسي بيها كان مكتمل وكل كلمة أعنيها
لقيت نفسي بيتسحب مني لمست الحاجة فيها 
وأما مسكت رجليها
عرفت اني كلي ليها 

كلي ليها
كلي ليها
مش عايز إني أمسك فيها
كلي ليها
كلي ليها 
مقدرش أغضب معاليها
كلي ليها أنا شفتها ف منامي
شفتها قدامي 
كله يهون لجل ساعة معاكي
كله عادي وفداكي 
كل اللي فيا أطلعه ف ثواني
وأديكي المعاني 
كل اللي نقوله بيزيد انسجامي 
يتحط في أغاني 
يتحط في أغاني ونخبي النوايا في قوافي مظبوطة وبتحرق
اديها فرصة وهي تحلى 
متقولش أنا قبل إحنا
كل لحظة خنت فيها أصلك ومكنتش حقيقي في المحنة
واجه نفسك بالحسبة
الحب أكبر من قصة

فات القطر شد سطر عشان نعدي للمحبوبة
افتح قلبي تلاقي المصل اللي استخلصته م المسمومة
مش القصد هنا الفصل بين المبدأ والمرونة
مش هتخض ولا أنقض ولا أعمل شيء يضر مصر
فات الضهر مفاتش العصر ودا من الحكمة وحسن الحظ
انت الأصل متستعبطش ومين ف الكوكب مبيغلطش

الحكمة وحسن الحظ (مع روزر) [رؤية وإنتاج جنة الخلد]

Written And Preformed: Lil Asaf 
Prod: Bashar Suleiman 
Mix: Bashar Suleiman & Amir Shoat 
Master: Amir Shoat

Hamy Barid

Tribute to Brian Eno, Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto

By This River PD Mix

I'm scared
So afraid to show I care
Will he think me weak
If I tremble when I speak?

So Afraid to Show I Care sees Theo Alexander & Qow assume the role of gleaners and foragers, collecting fragments from over a year of collaboration to produce a palimpsest of sonic layers. Their 30-minute micro-epic is built on an ethic of bricolage, covering tape-recorded ambience, voice note instrumentals, warped acapellas and growling double basses, all of which play out in an uninterrupted narrative.

As unabashedly experimental as it is emotional, the album’s diverse landscape features Egyptian spoken word artist otteswed (formerly known as Aly Talibab) and improvising contrabassist Klára Pudláková. On the leading single, Addictive, Pudláková’s double bass, enters into a melodic dialogue with yearning vocal samples. Towards the end of the album, otteswed delivers an existential soliloquy above waves of organ chords performed by Theo Alexander who sampled church organs from Prague, London and Orford. This album brings together material from a string of high-profile premieres across Europe and the UK featuring a rotating cast of collaborators.

Along with the digital release of the album, comes a limited-edition double cassette tape that includes both the album and selected Live performances from CTM festival ‘25, and PAF festival ‘24 featuring George Cremaschi on Contrabass.

Theo Alexander (London, UK) and Qow (Cairo, Egypt) began working together in 2023, and have respectively been featured in NPR, The Quietus, The Wire, and supported by Shape+, Britten-Pears Arts, and others. 
crédits

Music written and composed by Theo Alexander & Omar El Sadek
Double bass on Tracks 3, 5, and 9 by Klára Pudláková
Double bass on Live Recording tape by George Cremaschi
Vocals on Track 7 by otteswed
Mixed & Mastered by Oliver Torr
Live recording mixed by George Cremaschi
Artwork by Omar El Sadek, design by Niels Wehrspann

Theo Alexander & Qow - دنيا تجيبك تحت ft. otteswed

Theo Alexander & Qow - So Afraid To Show I Care (Continuous)


In this collaboration, Radboud Mens and I explore the tension between stasis and movement. Operating within the realm of drone and electroacoustic music, we construct a sonic landscape where sustained tones and microscopic events constantly shape and reshape each other. What initially appears static reveals itself to be rich with detail: tiny acoustic shifts breathe life into apparent stillness, inviting focused and attentive listening.

The album emerged from a process where sound research, improvisation, and sound design merge. Self-built instruments, the search for timbre and texture, and recordings of the learning process itself form the foundation of these compositions. Rather than following a traditional musical structure, the result is a sonic field in which the minimal continually transforms depending on the listener’s perspective. This is a layered and handcrafted album that doesn’t narrate, but questions. Marking A Boundary With The Turning Point is not a boundary. It’s an invitation to listen differently.


released June 9, 2025

All music by Ard Janssen & Radboud Mens
Mastered by Stephan Mathieu at Schwebung
Artwork & design by Ard Janssen

Manufactured by Record Industry
Distributed by Clone Distribution

Spirit Level I

From a series of (almost) daily ocean glimpses. The music is composed to a video of the sea (photons captured fresh every day). You can experience the full video version here: https://youtu.be/qAlEk3NpOPA

Theo Alexander & Qow - So Afraid To Show I Care (Continuous)

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