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https://soundcloud.com/msylma
https://soundcloud.com/thisisismael

The Tenets of Forgetting is the long-awaited follow-up to MSYLMA’s lauded 2019 debut, Dhil-un Taht Shajarat Al-Zaqum. This time he’s joined by fellow musician and producer ISMAEL for seven tracks, built around a lush palette of synths and MSYLMA’s singular voice.

Written and produced in Cairo between 2015 and 2020, The Tenets of Forgetting is the first collaboration between MSYLMA and ISMAEL. Like his first record, The Tenets of Forgetting finds MSYLMA singing in classical Arabic, and the musicians have enlisted Nariman Youssef to provide translations of the lyrics. This gesture of openness runs parallel to the themes of the record; romance and vulnerability; growth and change; pathos and passion. Listeners who aren’t familiar with pre-Islamic poetry or classical Arabic will find the lyrics just as rich and beautiful as the vocal melodies imply, telling a story of love, loss, self-doubt, and grave introspection.

Musically, the album moves in broad, painterly sweeps of 808 kicks, rich synthesizer chords, and MYSLMA’s soaring, plaintive voice. The English translations reveal a second world of mathematically sound rhythmic structures and poetry in the lyrics. The music pushes and pulls in both tempo and timbre, swirling both around and underneath MSYLMA’s voice but never losing a sense of self-contained narrative.

The album is rounded out by Jesse Osborne-Lanthier and Omar El-Sadek’s immersive, esoteric art, and features additional production on track 7 by Osborne-Lanthier, Pierre Guerineau, and Asaël Robitaille.

Produced, recorded and composed by MSYLMA & ISMAEL.
Instrumentation and production on "The Tenets of Forgetting" by Pierre Guerineau and Jesse Osborne-Lanthier.
Guitar in "The Tenets of Forgetting" by Asaël Robitaille.
Mastered by Jesse Osborne-Lanthier & Pierre Guerineau.
Artwork by Omar El-Sadek and Jesse Osborne-Lanthier.
Design and layout by Jesse Osborne-Lanthier.
Lyrics translated by Nariman Youssef.
Produced and distributed by La Rama Records in Montréal, Québec.

نھایة إلى الطین / Ending Unto Dust

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50&50

yo7adesoni al shagar تجربة في ليلة حظر
Composed by Dina El Wedidi
Music by Nancy Mounir

Yo7adesoni - موسيقي يحدثني الشجر (For Dina El Wedidi )

هاوس

Speaker Paint

Gheychak, Piano, Guitar, Double Bass, Cajon, Recorder, Violins,Accordion By : Nancy Mounir 
Oud : yassmine baramawy 
Djembe : Wael Elsayed 

Home Recording 

Special thanks for :
 Eslam El Shaary 
Yasmine Baramawy 
Wael El Sayed 
Shady Habash 

Mashi

نوم الغرباء (ft ZULI)

Eggshell Goblin - Bouncy Pube (excerpt)

from the forthcoming album, 
@MSYLMA — Dhil-un Taht Shajarat Al-Zaqum
مسيلمة - ظل تحت شجرة الزقوم

credits:

Written and produced by MSYLMA
Track 4 produced by ZULI Track 5 produced by 1127
Acoustic drums on track 8 by Karim El Ghazoly
Track 9 produced by ZULI
Mastering by Al Carlson 
Arabic text design and calligraphy by Islam Shabana
Photos by Madison Dinelle
Design and layout by Jesse Osborne-Lanthier
Released by Halcyon Veil 2019

Dhil-un Taht Shajarat Al-Zaqum

MSYLMA - Fanaa Ghada فناء غادة (HALC027)

from the forthcoming album,
@MSYLMA — Dhil-un Taht Shajarat Al-Zaqum
مسيلمة - ظل تحت شجرة الزقوم

credits:

Written and produced by MSYLMA
Track 4 produced by ZULI Track 5 produced by 1127
Acoustic drums on track 8 by Karim El Ghazoly
Track 9 produced by ZULI
Mastering by Al Carlson
Arabic text design and calligraphy by Islam Shabana
Photos by Madison Dinelle
Design and layout by Jesse Osborne-Lanthier
Released by Halcyon Veil 2019

Speaker Paint

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