Mixing Khyam Allami
Mastering Jesse Osborne-Lanthier
Artwork Studio Kawakeb
Amygdala records 2021

Relentless and heavy dark electronic beats mingle with anger and anguish on Liliane Chlela’s latest album “Safala”. The Lebanese producer and hybrid DJ tapped into her personal memories to bring forth a sonic concoction anchored in the inherited oral epistemologies of her ancestors. Memories intertwine with Beirut, using incantations inherited from Chlela’s grandmother as building blocks to build an eight track album. From warding off the evil eye to protest sounds from the past year of events in Lebanon, the album haunts the listener to invoke a striking elegy on terror and anger, while inducing a rollercoaster of sonic eruptions.

Most of the sound palette was organically produced to mimic the remains of situations during which Chlela’s sonic memory aligned with the ‘keywords’ from the aforementioned incantations.

Safala

3arous

Taken from Kujo (@kujo-project) new album The Rebels Have No King, out May 30, 2021, via Modular Mind (@modular-mind)

Read: https://bit.ly/3gJQOPi
Pre-order: https://bit.ly/2QCJ4nE

The Rebels Have No King is a report on the current human condition, a decade long interpretation by Kujo. This magnum opus expressed in trinity form (of audio, image, and text) invites the subject to partake in a boundless experiment that brings forth the voices of the unheard with cross-cultural interpretation between Middle Eastern and Western schools. Unapologetic by nature, the execution of these 9 recordings showcase a raw and direct connection to the artist, disembodying the persona. Each piece is riddled with complex human interaction and memory capsules of events occuring in contemporary times channeled in form of outcries.
In classic Kujo fashion the weapons of choice are a pallet of haunting vocals, synthesizer noise and oriental percussion, recorded soundscapes of protesting under teargas rainfall, projecting you straight to the frontline.

The Rebels Have No King, Kujo’s 9-piece opus pressed at 45rpm on 2x 180g vinyl marbled disc in a limited run of 400 copies with an additional special edition of 50 copies that will include Kujo's hardcover artbook.

Written and Produced by Kujo

Photography Artwork by Kujo

Artwork Layout by Charlène Dannancier

Mastering by Ziad Moukarzel
https://soundcloud.com/ziadmoukarzel

Book publication in collaboration with Matt Plezier

Released by Modular Mind

Premiere: Kujo - Resurface [Modular Mind]

This was a special show marking the launch of the audio imprint 1800 Volt and its inaugural live show in Cairo Jazz on the 20th of July, featuring the artists that appeared on it and other members of the expanding 1800 Volt family, in addition to tracks that I really love

First premiered on Ma3azef radio on 19/7/2021

Besh - Cabrioleh
200 Shams feat. Besh - 7aga Momken Te7sal
Darb - Beg
El Waili - El 3alem Allah (fea. Djiza) [Remix]
Besh feat. 200 Shams - Bnakol Samak
NGM - Zarbia
ELDOKTOR - Dawsha
200 Shams - Bos 3al 7araka Di
Mortada - Safa
Djiza - 7aret El 3ez
Ugi - Balef Belad
Darb - 10.1
fuzzylittlebrain - Airport Please
Hassan Abou Alam - Elevate
ZULI - Penicillin Duck
Onsy - Cutoff V3
NGM - DAR FEEL
200 Shams - Hmmm
Al Nather - Shei2 Wa7ed

Mortada Elsada - Stories From The East 002 - 1800 VOLT Camp 1 Special - First Aired on Ma3azef

Hilal by Tarek Yamani (@tarekyamani). Taken from FLEE (@fleeproject) new V/A Nahma: A Gulf Polyphony, out November 12, 2021. 

Read: https://bit.ly/3GIcm9A
Pre-order: https://bit.ly/3CqDlUI

The pearls of the Gulf have stoked the imagination and desire of people around the world for centuries their magnificence matched only by the courage of the divers who found them.

"Nahma : A Gulf Polyphony / نهمة: تعدد الغناء الخليجي" aims to honor the memory of these valiant free-divers, their culture and their music by the means of a transmedia object including:

A 2xLP vinyl compilation containing undisclosed original recordings of pearl divers and inspired modern-day compositions by artists like Tomaga, YPY, Aya Metwalli, Joakim, Tarek Yamani or Hieroglyphic Being.

A 240 pages art book (Arabic – English) featuring the contributions from artist, writers and experts in this tremendously rich theme such as Monira al Qadiri, Talin Hazbar, Toufik Kerbage or Talal Mattar.

Mastered by Jaakko Virtalähde

Released by FLEE

Nahma : A Gulf Polyphony

Premiere: Hilal - Tarek Yamani [FLEE]

Exclusive sets featuring an unpredictable spectrum of regional music and secret gems by Kujo & Murk b2b rknddn.

Kujo @modular-mind is the solo project of K Choueiri - a multidisciplinary Lebanese artist, label founder & mastering engineer. Weaponizing noise, drone and oriental drums as means of confrontation, Kujo's uncompromising approach is to observe, report and interpret the current state.
Now based in Amsterdam, the artist expresses angst through their conceptualized records on Modular Mind and hardware-based live performances in repurposed cultural spaces such as abandoned military shooting ranges or morgues.
Under the Modular Mind imprint, they propagate a strict ethos with the select contributing artists, prioritizing a slow-burn and relevant recordings.
 
Intro sample: "Abou Dawoud"
Cover photo by Kujo (Beirut)
 
Murk @bigmurk is a Palestinian producer and drummer based in Amman, specializing in UK grime and hip-hop sub-genres. His beat-making style is centered around heavy swinging drums and sloppy yet calculated basslines, always aiming to make his beats as bouncy and neck-snapping as possible. Murk has collaborated with numerous big names in the local rap scene as well as underground legends. He has landed placements with a handful of well-established UK artists and released his first solo project “El Shmurk EP” in October 2020.
 
@rknddn is a contemporary writer specializing in Grime and Hip-Hop. The style revolves around drumless hip-hop as well as fast-paced Grime beats. Throughout the past year, he has released multiple singles to showcase his new endeavors in Arabic Hip-Hop with his fellow producer, rapper and friend Murk, alongside a scene of artists in Palestine as well as Jordan.

https://modularmind.bandcamp.com/
bigmurk.bandcamp.com/releases
https://rknddn.bandcamp.com/

Exist playlist:
soundcloud.com/threadsradio/sets/exist-palestine
facebook.com/Existfestivalpalestine
instagram.com/existfestival.ps

For more shows: @threadsradio
Listen live: www.threadsradio.com

Exist w/ Kujo & Murk + rknddn (Threads*Palestine) - 03-Nov-21

@abdallah-dabbas & @sara-al-zubi-123101004 guided badlcukwind for March episode on @internetpublicradio 

Tracklist:
Red Scape - Billy Bultheel
Qalaq 9 - Jerusalem in My Heart, Mayss, Mazen Kerbaj, Sharif Sehnaoui, Raed Yassin
Divided Love - Ike Yard
Portal - Safa
The More You Say It, The Stronger It’ll Get - T.U.
Violent Shine - 7777 の天使
Cò Pie Tà - Tran Uy Duc
The coming elation - Oxhy
Fatshaudi - LastKiss - 02 憎しみからは何も生まれない
Wear it (100.000 petals fell like rain) - Varg
Last Signal - Broken English Club
Lactic Acid - Robin Stewart
Excision After Love Collapses - FRKTL
Idari - Muqata’a
Weight - Slikback
Do Not Be Afraid Of Tenderness - Giant Swan
Economy of Freedom - Yves Tumor
Volosy - Lovozero
I Am a Victm of This Song - Pipilotti Rist, Anders Guggisberg

Internet Public Radio - Badlcukwind w Abdallah Dabbas & Sara {Mar 2022}

Procédure classique propose un moment d’introspection
débutant avec une mise en abyme lente et douloureuse, nous 
guidant le long d’un paysage musical acéré et chaotique.
Nous allons explorer un monde suffocant et qui pourtant,
laissent saisir une lueur d’espoir.
Procédure Classique est aussi le maitre-chien de l’émission de 
radio mensuel « God saw I was a doG » sur Station Station.

Tracklist : 

rverside.com

On Air 013 : Procédure Classique.

POISONED WELLS 010 w/ Re/Act invites Veronica Moser

Armin van Buuren – Mirage (Hispali Hardstyle Bootleg)

I wish I could tell you but when I try it burns my throat--
I wish I could tell you--
I wish I could--
I wish I--

haunted ground; tendrils burn like fuchsia

WALKING THROUGH THE ESCITAL FOREST

Connecting local communities across the world and empowering people to express themselves through music, discussion and art.