Khab Nisan

It never stops snowing where I live
I found her in the snow. Snow White Rabbit in the snow.
It never stops, it never stops
When all this singing is done
Don’t scream when you jump into the freezing water
In sleep things can get mixed around but really they are more true. 
Sleep is death’s brother, don’t you know. 
So things have to get real.

We are leaving soon &
I have a White Rabbit tucked under my arm
Don’t tell no one. 
I found her in the snow. Snow White Rabbit in the snow.
When all this singing is done
Don’t scream when you jump into the freezing water
In sleep things can get mixed around but really they are more true. 
Sleep is death’s brother, don’t you know. 
So things have to get real.

The Rabbit

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Hymn To Ishtar

From upcoming release, "Inner Rhyme" (In a Circle Records).

Violin, composition : Layale Chaker
Cello : Jake Charkey
Piano : Phillip Golub
Bass : Nick Dunston
Percussion : Adam Maalouf

Relentless - Layale Chaker & Sarafand

The Mkhammas Suite in three movements (Hawwel ya Ghannam, Frah al Donniyeh and Ya Fajr) is part of "Inner Rhyme", violinist and composer Layale Chaker's debut album that explores aesthetics of Arabic poetry. It unveils musical threads that are  mapped through the rhythmical cycles of the twelve classical Arabic poetic meters, the fluidity of oral and free forms, the abstraction of language into the physical contour of verses and the percussive potential of words.

Beyond expression, the composition process tries to capture the shape and essence of epic testimonials on life, death, war and love that make the heart of Arabic poetry.  

Album Credits :
Layale Chaker, violin & composition 
Jake Charkey, cello 
Phillip Golub, piano 
Nick Dunston, bass 
Adam Maalouf, percussion

Layale Chaker

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