Meen Bint Sgheeri مين بنت صغيرة

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كلمات : 
مين بنت صغيرة؟ 
هاي اللي واقفة عالشط
بتصفن، بتعدّ الموج 
تستنى
الشمس عم تغرب 
تتحرر من الوقت 
من البيت ومن التخت 
وتروح 

مين ربح الكنز 
هاد الولد الصغير 
عم يبحر بالغرب 
لو يطوش او يغوص 
بعده بيتنفس الحرب 
زفيره فيه نبض
كلماته اصلهن كبت 
وسموم

هي طفّت نار الشمس 
عاشت ظل الوقت 
لعنت التاريخ 
نكرت دين الارض 
واستنّت الربيع

كل شي بالاخر 
رح يكون كيف ما كان 
بس غير 
قلتلّك مرة انك عنيدة 
بتخافيش بعدك صغيرة 
 ما شفتيش كل الالوان 
بالرمادي الكل تمام 
وممنوع 

هي طفّت نار الشمس 
عاشت ظل الوقت 
لعنت التاريخ 
نكرت دين الارض 
واستنّت الربيع

القصة طويلة 
بتبلش بالموت 
اللي خلص بالحياة
الارض بتحبك وهو بحبها 
وحريتك سر مخبى 
تاريخك وهم مقبور 
وشعرك نار اتطّفت بالسكون 

وهي طفّت نار الشمس 
عاشت ظل الوقت 
لعنت التاريخ 
نكرت دين الارض 
واستنّت الربيع

English Lyrics translation : 

Who's a little girl? 
The one standing on the shore? Staring, waiting for the sun to set. 
To break free from time, from home and bed 
And go 

Who won the treasure ? 
That little kid is sailing in the west 
Either he floats or he drowns
He's still breathing the war 
His exhalation pulses
His words' origin is suppression
And drugs

She put out the flaming sun 
Lived the shadow of time 
Cursed history 
Denied the land's religion 
And waited for spring 

Everything in the end
Will be exactly as it was 
Just different 
I told you once
You're stubborn, you're fearless 
You're young 
You haven't seen all colors 
In the grey all is good
And forbidden

She put out the flaming sun 
Lived the shadow of time 
Cursed history 
Denied the land's religion 
And waited for spring 

It's a long story 
It starts with death 
That ends with life
The land loves you 
And he loves her 
Yet your freedom is a hidden secret 
Your history is a buried illusion
And your poetry is fire 
faded by silence

Meen Bint Sgheeri مين بنت صغيرة · Rasha Nahas

℗ Rmad Records

Meen Bint Sgheeri  مين بنت صغيرة

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‘Desert’ Credits

Music & lyrics by Rasha Nahas
Arranged with the band: Shaden Nahra - Violin, Gabor Hartyani - Cello, Basel Mfarrage - Drums, Gidi Farhi - Bass, Rasha Nahas - Guitars & Vocals.
Produced by Jonathan Kossov & Rasha Nahas
Engineered by Jonathan Kossov
Mixed by Jonathan Kossov
Mastered by Gregor Zemljic

About the album:

Poetic vocalization, evocative, delicate passages of guitar and wailing violins, Rasha’s work is awash with sweeping orchestration that slips effortlessly in and out of the spellbinding musical overtones of her native Middle East.

Written during a period of transition, Rasha describes it as a 'a chronicle of moments, when realizations rise from the depths to the surface, like tiny floods. I moved to Germany to allow myself to explore my identity. The record represents both the emptiness of the void and the complexity in between for me. It is the thirst, solitude, community, the mirage, the encounters along the way, the baggage, feelings of longing, and the idea of belonging to yourself or to something bigger"

"‘Desert’ navigates the gulf between the theatrical and the personal, between metaphor and raw storytelling. It evokes countless sentiments that define themselves and thrive in opposition to one another – arrival and departure, distortion and clarity, doubt and certainty."

One of the main goals of the album was to capture that live feeling. Rasha recorded together with her band in the same room, with some songs coming together in just one take. The recording bristles with unfixed, dynamic, performative, raw qualities. Guitars floating suspended in the air, strings howling, playfully woven between the different contours of rock and profound storytelling. Between distorted allegories and picturesque panoramas wrapped in lucid lyrics.
It’s all a journey... a Desert.

Desert

Lover

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‘Desert’ Credits

Music & lyrics by Rasha Nahas
Arranged with the band: Shaden Nahra - Violin, Gabor Hartyani - Cello, Basel Mfarrage - Drums, Gidi Farhi - Bass, Rasha Nahas - Guitars & Vocals.
Produced by Jonathan Kossov & Rasha Nahas
Engineered by Jonathan Kossov
Mixed by Jonathan Kossov
Mastered by Gregor Zemljic

About the album:

Poetic vocalization, evocative, delicate passages of guitar and wailing violins, Rasha’s work is awash with sweeping orchestration that slips effortlessly in and out of the spellbinding musical overtones of her native Middle East.

Written during a period of transition, Rasha describes it as a 'a chronicle of moments, when realizations rise from the depths to the surface, like tiny floods. I moved to Germany to allow myself to explore my identity. The record represents both the emptiness of the void and the complexity in between for me. It is the thirst, solitude, community, the mirage, the encounters along the way, the baggage, feelings of longing, and the idea of belonging to yourself or to something bigger"

"‘Desert’ navigates the gulf between the theatrical and the personal, between metaphor and raw storytelling. It evokes countless sentiments that define themselves and thrive in opposition to one another – arrival and departure, distortion and clarity, doubt and certainty."

One of the main goals of the album was to capture that live feeling. Rasha recorded together with her band in the same room, with some songs coming together in just one take. The recording bristles with unfixed, dynamic, performative, raw qualities. Guitars floating suspended in the air, strings howling, playfully woven between the different contours of profound storytelling. Between distorted allegories and picturesque panoramas wrapped in lucid lyrics.
It’s all a journey... a Desert.

Ashes

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Credits

Music & lyrics by Rasha Nahas
Arranged with the band: Shaden Nahra - Violin, Gabor Hartyani - Cello, Basel Mfarrage - Drums, Gidi Farhi - Bass, Rasha Nahas - Guitars & Vocals.
Produced by Jonathan Kossov & Rasha Nahas
Engineered by Jonathan Kossov
Mixed by Jonathan Kossov
Mastered by Gregor Zemljic

About the album ‘Desert’ :

Poetic vocalization, evocative, delicate passages of guitar and wailing violins, Rasha’s work is awash with sweeping orchestration that slips effortlessly in and out of the spellbinding musical overtones of her native Middle East.

Written during a period of transition, Rasha describes it as a 'a chronicle of moments, when realizations rise from the depths to the surface, like tiny floods. I moved to Germany to allow myself to explore my identity. The record represents both the emptiness of the void and the complexity in between for me. It is the thirst, solitude, community, the mirage, the encounters along the way, the baggage, feelings of longing, and the idea of belonging to yourself or to something bigger"

"‘Desert’ navigates the gulf between the theatrical and the personal, between metaphor and raw storytelling. It evokes countless sentiments that define themselves and thrive in opposition to one another – arrival and departure, distortion and clarity, doubt and certainty."

One of the main goals of the album was to capture that live feeling. Rasha recorded together with her band in the same room, with some songs coming together in just one take. The recording bristles with unfixed, dynamic, performative, raw qualities. Guitars floating suspended in the air, strings howling, playfully woven between the different contours of rock and profound storytelling. Between distorted allegories and picturesque panoramas wrapped in lucid lyrics.
It’s all a journey... a Desert.

The Fall

‘Desert’ is an intricate collage, documenting a journey from Palestine to Germany, from the personal to the political – and back.

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About the album:

Poetic vocalization, evocative, delicate passages of guitar and wailing violins, Rasha’s work is awash with sweeping orchestration that slips effortlessly in and out of the spellbinding musical overtones of her native Middle East.

Written during a period of transition, Rasha describes it as a 'a chronicle of moments, when realizations rise from the depths to the surface, like tiny floods. I moved to Germany to allow myself to explore my identity. The record represents both the emptiness of the void and the complexity in between for me. It is the thirst, solitude, community, the mirage, the encounters along the way, the baggage, feelings of longing, and the idea of belonging to yourself or to something bigger"

"‘Desert’ navigates the gulf between the theatrical and the personal, between metaphor and raw storytelling. It evokes countless sentiments that define themselves and thrive in opposition to one another – arrival and departure, distortion and clarity, doubt and certainty."

One of the main goals of the album was to capture that live feeling. Rasha recorded together with her band in the same room, with some songs coming together in just one take. The recording bristles with unfixed, dynamic, performative, raw qualities. Guitars floating suspended in the air, strings howling, playfully woven between the different contours ofprofound storytelling. Between distorted allegories and picturesque panoramas wrapped in lucid lyrics.
It’s all a journey... a Desert.

‘Desert’ Credits

Music & lyrics by Rasha Nahas
Arranged with the band: Shaden Nahra - Violin, Gabor Hartyani - Cello, Basel Mfarrage - Drums, Gidi Farhi - Bass, Rasha Nahas - Guitars & Vocals.
Produced by Jonathan Kossov & Rasha Nahas
Engineered by Jonathan Kossov
Mixed by Jonathan Kossov
Mastered by Gregor Zemljic

" Ya Binti يا بنتي " by Rasha Nahas out now! 
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RMAD Records


LYRICS
YA BINTI (My Girl)

There’s a tear in your eye my girl
A red cherry 
Hair turned gray 
And years passed

There’s a shiver in your voice my girl
The sound of an echo 
Sitting
Without anyone
Without anything 

I am here 
And you are there
Sitting there, far away 
You are you 
But who am I? 

I am here 
And you are there
Sitting there, far away
You are you 
But who am I? 
Your eyes are black
Your hair is long

What has happened, my girl? 
Burning fire 
Holding the coals
With two fingers

What has happened, my girl? 
Burning fire 
Holding the coals
With two fingers

I am here 
And you are there
Sitting there, far away
You are you 
But who am I? 

I am here 
And you are there
Sitting there, far away
You are you 
But who am I? 
Your eyes are black
Your hair is long

يا بنتي

في دمعة بعينك يا بنتي 
كرزة حمرا 
شابت شعرة
ومروا سنين 

في رجة بصوتك يا بنتي 
صوت الصدى قاعدة 
من دون حدا 
من  دون شي

وانا هون 
وانت هناك بعيدة قاعدة 
انت انت 
وانا مين 
وانا هون 
وانت هناك بعيدة قاعدة 
انت انت 
وانا مين 
عيونك سود شعرك طويل 

شو اللي صاير يا بنتي 
نار مولعة 
ماسكة الجمرة باصبعين 
شو اللي صاير يا بنتي 
نار مولعة 
ماسكة الجمرة باصبعين 

وانا هون 
وانت هناك بعيدة قاعدة 
انت انت 
وانا مين 
وانا هون 
وانت هناك بعيدة قاعدة 
انت انت 
وانا مين 
عيونك سود شعرك طويل 

Lyrics, music, guitars & vocals - Rasha Nahas
Produced by Rasha Nahas & Shaden Nahra
Recorded at 67 Recording Studio in Majdal Shams.
Bass -  Rimon Haddad
Percussions - Rami Nakhlee
Mix - Kartikeya Dixit
Master - Schuller Sound

Ya Binti

Written and recorded by Néant

Mixed and Mastered in White Linn Studios

Kraut

Random Collective 
https://soundcloud.com/randomcollectivecr

Anatta
https://soundcloud.com/anattasoundwaves



Album Release Date: June, 11th

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PREMIERE : Anatta - Methuselah [Random Collective]

Lyrics:

how to heal
اذا متربة مش حاسة بالأمان
how to feel
إذا بطفولتي كنت فاقدة للحنان
التفاصيل
مستحيلة النسيان
والرحيل مستحيل
 من عقلي السجان

ضل عندي
 ثقة وصبر وشوية أمل
بلاهن قلبي
كل قرف الكون ماتحمل
لهيك بدي
شجع للإصلاح بالمجمل
 بلكي
يصير شي يوم هالكوكب أجمل

مش اعجوبة
كمية التراما المجمعينها
الغربة
قفص سكره الأسد علينا
التوبة
ماعد نسكت اتربينا
وهالحقبة
لازم تخلص عايدينا


بدي حارب هال 
system
بقدرتي على التعبير
قرفت كلمة
 victim
أنا بحلم بالتغيير
بدي انشر
 my wisdom
وشجع للتطوير 
بدي ابحر بدي طير
بس بلا حرية بضل اسير

أنا عندي الحماس
للعلم بيروي عطشي
فعم دور عالناس
يلي بتدعي للتحرير متلي
نقية الراس
البدا تقاتل وبدا تبني
أنا بالاساس
عن التضامن والصمود بغني


مش اعجوبة
كمية التراما المجمعينها
الغربة
قفص سكره الأسد علينا
التوبة
ماعد نسكت خلص اتربينا
وهالحقبة
لازم تخلص عايدينا

Enana's Instagram:
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Production by Dred Sama
https://soundcloud.com/greenblood-3

Artwork by Joure
https://www.facebook.com/qussai.az.6

Thanks to everyone that contributed in this work!

Still Healing

Palestinian singer, composer and instrumentalist Rasha Nahas has a distinctive approach to songwriting, storytelling and performance. As a genre-defying, narrative-focused artist, Rasha Nahas has been crafting a keenly singular music universe, cultivated in and loyal to the underground. Driven by candid lyrics with disarming vulnerability, Rasha has created a sound that moves seamlessly between the resonances of the old school rock ‘n’ roll singer-songwriter era, and the anarchic heyday of ‘80s electronica.
 
Rasha’s critically acclaimed debut album, Desert chronicled her journey from Haifa to Berlin. It was featured by BBC Radio 4’s Loose Ends and the Spotify-produced podcast, Spotify:Mic Check. Her upcoming two-chapter LP, 'Amrat', is due for release in January 2023, with tours scheduled across Europe and West Asia. Rasha's first foray into Arabic-language lyrics, ‘Amrat’, is a sentimental body of work, maneuvering seamlessly between the thematic duality of urban and rural landscapes.
 
Rasha is among the first to receive the Bertha Foundation's Artivism Award in 2022.

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