‎⁨عمر الامين - مداعب الغصن الرطيب⁩

First set at the March 22 Noise Pancakes in San Francisco with Skozey Fetisch, Fslux, Mlocculsion and Failure Cock. 

Noise Pancakes - March 22, 2014 Set 1

Second set at the March 22 Noise Pancakes in San Francisco with Skozey Fetisch, Fslux, Mlocculsion and Failure Cock.

Noise Pancakes - March 22, 2014 Set 2

Tiberius at El Siam in Oakland, Ca on April 26, 2014

Tiberius is :
Dominic Cramp - organ, electronics
Mike Guarino - drums

Recorded and mastered by Zachary Watkins
http://zacharyjameswatkins.com/

http://tiberius.cc

Tiberius At El Siam

From the album Aynama-Rtama out now on CD, LP (black and ltd. edition red 12" vinyl) and Download. 

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خُيولي 
أخَفُّ مِنَ الرِّيحِ 

سَنابِكُها تَقدَحُ الشَّراراتِ 
إذْ نَدْخُلُ المُدُنَ 

الحَرْبُ تَسْتَلقي 
كالعَروسِ بِإنتِظاري 

والحَتْفُ يَتَكلَّمُ بِاسمي 
فأنا هولاكو: 

سَيْفٌ في غِمدهِ لا يَسْتَريحُ 

ظِلّهُ أَينَما ارْتَمى 
يَستَنسِلُ غَيْمَةً مِنَ العُقبانِ الجائِعَة 
تطفو فوق البيوت 

حيثُ يَراني 
اللاجئونَ في 
كَوابيسِهِم بَينَ الخَرائِبِ 

- شعر لسركون بولص (١٩٤٤-٢٠٠٧). الترجمة الانجليزية لناريمان يوسف 

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My stallions 
are lighter than the wind. 

The fire of their hooves 
singes the earth 
as we enter the cities. 

War reclines, 
a submissive bride at my call, 
and Death speaks in my name, 
for I am Hulagu: 

a sword untiring, 
its shadow, wherever it falls, 
begets a cloud of hungry vultures 
that circle the houses 
where refugees 
see me in their nightmares 
among the ruins. 

- Poem by Sargon Boulus (1944-2007). English translation by Nariman Youssef.

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Alif is Tamer Abu Ghazaleh (Vocals, Buzuq), Khyam Allami (Oud), Maurice Louca (Keys, Electronics), Bashar Farran (Bass Guitar), Khaled Yassine (Drums, Percussion).

Composed, Arranged, Performed and Produced by Alif

Recorded and edited by Khyam Allami at Tunefork Studios, Beirut, Lebanon, 19-22 Dec 2013 and in Cairo, Egypt May 2014, unless otherwise noted.

Drums recorded by Radwan Ghazi Moumneh and engineered by Fadi Tabbal at Boustros Palace, Beirut, Lebanon, 16-18 Dec 2013.

Bass recorded by Radwan Ghazi Moumneh at Tunefork Studios, Beirut, Lebanon, 18 Dec 2014.

Mixed by Alistair Chant at Toybox Studios, Bristol, UK

Mastered by John Dent at Loud Mastering, Taunton, UK

(c) & (p) 2015 Alif under exclusive license to Nawa Recordings. 

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Alif - Holako (Hulagu) الألف - هولاكو

The Tumbler was commissioned by Jon Bernson for his multi-media piece "Antiprism"; a work he premiered while in residency at the De Young Museum in San Francisco, Ca. in April 2015. 

You can read more about it here: 
http://deyoung.famsf.org/programs/artist-studio/antiprism-artist-residence-jon-bernson
and
http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2015/04/30/the-vessel-xii-controversy-an-otherworldly-tale/

The Tumbler

my edit of rhye's "open"

picture from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mylifeinblackandwhite/3196639284/sizes/l/in/pool-1264771@N24/

Work Sounds at St. Anselm's sanctuary

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