Untitled by Muqata'a (@muqataa) and Mazen Kerbaj (@mazenkerbaj). Taken from Mazen Kerbaj new album Sampler / Sampled, out February 25, 2022, via Morphine Records (@morphinerecords)

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Sampler / Sampled is an album made of two interdependent parts rather than a double-album.

The first part of the project, Sampler, is a trumpet solo album that catalogues the unique sounds and extended techniques that Mazen Kerbaj developed for the instrument in the past 25 years; it consists of 318 pieces ranging from less than a second to forty seconds each, and presenting different sonic materials.

This catalogue of sounds works on various levels: first and foremost, it is a trumpet solo that could be played in its original order, or in random mode to create different pieces of music. But it is also a collection of samples that could be used for various applications (ringtones, phone sound effects, cinema) and, of course, to create new pieces of music based on sampling.

The second part of the project is the composition Sampled for a musician working with loops and/or samples. The composition has one instruction: create a piece of music using solely tracks from Sampler as your sound source (with the possibility to use all kinds of effects or treatment).

Each interpreter/musician becomes thus a co-composer who appropriates the piece and makes it their own. In this regard, the musicians that were commissioned to play Sampled were chosen from different geographical origins and musical genres to create highly different and personal pieces of music.

One important output of this project is putting in practice the overused idea of music as a universal language. This idea is very present in “free improvised music” where musicians from different origins can meet for the first time and make music together without the need to adapt to different musical traditions.

But here, the collective part of creating music in real time is not involved. It is rather the contrary: it starts with one middle-eastern musician creating a new language/vocabulary for his western instrument, to be later used by other musicians from around the globe who will appropriate this vocabulary and use it with their own language/grammar.

The final output of this double faceted album that was recorded during the Covid lockdown proved to be a very efficient new way to collaborate from a distance in times of world isolation, and ultimately put in practice the universality of music by breaking the boundaries of genres that are the most difficult to break.

Sampler / Sampled

Premiere: Muqata'a and Mazen Kerbaj - Untitled [Morphine Records]

Taken from @najibmusic new EP Until Rain Comes, out May 22, 2024, via Balacarta.

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Artwork by Lyncia Froidmont

Mastered by Dave Miller

Released by Balacarta

Premiere: NAJIB - ERR¥DA¥ Ft. False Prophet [Balacarta]

A beautiful music selection by Sarah El Miniawy of the awesome Simsara music created for Radio AlHara - راديو الحارة

The accompanying photo is shared by Sarah who writes:

“Listening room in Arabic, taken at the basilica turned public library in Oran, Algeria.”

Live now radioalhara.net Sept. 15, 2024.

01. Nass El Ghiwan - Sobhan Allah 
02. Dina El Wedidi, Maryam Saleh & Nancy Mounir - El-Ors 
03. Maurice Louca - Higamah (Hirudinea) 
04. Kamel Messaoudi - Chemaa 
05. Land Of Kush - "Trema" feat. Nadah El Shazly 
06. Irreversible Entanglements - Our Land Back 
07. Tamer Abu Ghazaleh - Alameh 
08. Meriem Fekkaï - Istikhbar Aâraq & Qalb Bat Sali Ouel Khater Fan 
09. Meryem Benallal - Kassidat Ibrahim el Khalil
10. Fifths - Long Gone - Never arriving
11. koeosaeme - II
12. koeosaeme - V
13. Lighter - Unwind
14. Lighter - Pins and Needles
15. Evitceles - Flawed (ft. Kloxii Li)
16. Leon Louder - Rockinghorse
17. Badawi - Deepening the Wonder
18. Badawi - Al Quds Transmission
19. Joël Lavoie & Sébastien B Gagnon - midi noir
20. Andy Aquarius - La Force Aquarienne
21. Dali de saint paul + Maxwell Sterling - 5
22. Budapest Blacklights - Blacklight District (excerpt)
23. Rick Countryman - Suspension of disbelief

Sarah El Miniawy mix for Radio AlHara, راديو الحارة

Jooklo Duo are Virginia Genta and David Vanzan. Their suitcase, filled with personal cassettes and records is as versatile as their music projects are.
Both have been improvisers in residence in Moers for 2024 and this evening was filled with wonderful music, laughs and conversations. Thanks for coming and sharing Virgo, David & Mine, your presence is just enriching 🫶🏼🛝🔥🎶

Cup of Tea mit Jooklo Duo 12.2024

“Dream_1” by Mirjam Baker
engl. translation of the vocal text:

“…and then there was a rampant fire, and..
I call the rescue service first because maybe
and then I call the fire department 
because if there's nobody up there
then I have to pay a fine or something

OK ( yawn) and then there was this paramedic guy 
who actually just wanted to see his girlfriend (yawn) 
…maybe she was somewhere....ahhhhh... 
maybe she was somewhere in a shed 
or by chance somewhere behind a rock
or they were able to save themselves and then they survived... miraculously survived
 yes... can be”

Dream_1 _ Mirjam Baker

Corrusted _ Virginia Genta

The Twelve Apostles Of Ilkley Moor _ Noko

springald _ Malte Dahlberg

It means skeleton _ Zach Rowden

60 second sonic artworks podcast. 
By artists from everywhere.
A new one every second week.

crew: Marie Gavois+George Kentros+Susanne Skog+Michel Klöfkorn

springald _ Malte Dahlberg

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