Kindly recorded for Brain Pickings. Poem text and context: https://www.brainpickings.org/2021/07/26/david-whyte-the-truelove

POEM TEXT / CONTEXT

David Whyte reads his poem "The Truelove"

Heroin - written by Lou Reed

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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

Majikal

David Whyte reads "Vulnerability," an excerpt from his book "Consolations." 

"Vulnerability" by David Whyte

Machines | Wael Koudaih (Rayess Bek)
Electric Oud | Mehdi Haddab
Keyboards | Julien Perraudeau
Recording | Julien Perraudeau at Garibaldi Studio
Mixing | Ludovic Joyeux at Kuroneko Studio
Mastering | Benjamin Joubert

Love and Revenge is a performance created by Randa Mirza
(La Mirza) and Wael Koudaih (Rayess Bek) with Mehdi Haddab
(Electric Oud) and Julien Perraudeau (Keyboards)

01 - Batwaness Bik

A raw recording Yasmeen Ayyashi did while we were rehearsing , i think it catches the spirit of the songs and also the spirit of the band .

much love to Yasmeen , Gihane and Sarah . 
Hopefully we ll fall in love again.



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DABAKA is a musical project that brings together Lebanese and Syrian artists around an audio-visual performance. 
 
Revisiting the folkloric dabkeh, a dance and musical practice emerging from the Levantine’s common heritage, the artists joined their passion and talent to reclaim its place within a contemporary context.
 
The project hopes to encourage more dialogue between artists on the cultural scene and to foster a greater understanding of the unique role art can play in bringing people together.
 
DABAKA is funded and supported by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

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