About:

Following The Question, A Way Out is the second single from YUS in a series leading up to his next album, Hyperspiritual, to be released in 2023.

The song denotes a longing for an exit from the ephemeral nature of romantic relationships, and for finding one's self within, instead of seeking outside counsel.

It was written in Spring 2012, released under the Youceff Kabal moniker in 2016, then subsequently taken down in 2018 when the YUS moniker was readopted, and revised between 2019 and 2022. The single includes a version recorded at Endless Noise in Santa Monica as a B-side. Both were professionally mixed and mastered in Spring 2021. The Bandcamp digital release includes the Youceff Kabal version from 2016, and the original demo from 2012.

The cover art is a thought form, one of many that inspired Wassily Kandinsky during his career. This one depicts Radiating Affection.

Lyrics:

If I ever
Find a way out
Would it matter
How it came about?

A way to
Forever
Be with you
I'd never 

Wanna go back
When I see ya
Knowing there's just
Nothing better

I want you
However
You want to

Can I find it in myself
To be me and no one else
For the one that I want
To be with when I can't
Find it in anything else
Hoping in and of itself
Just won't do
I'll need to
Keep my cool
Surely to
Find a way out
A way out
A way out

Credits:

A Way Out was composed, written, performed, and produced by Youceff Yunque Kabal. It was mixed by Youceff Yunque Kabal with the assistance of David Chapman, and mastered by Dietrich Schoenemann at Complete USA

A Way Out (Endless Noise Version) was composed, written, and performed by Youceff Yunque Kabal, and produced, mixed, and mastered by David Chapman at Endless Noise

Illustration by John Varley Jr

A Way Out

A Way Out (Endless Noise Version)

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“Leve Palestina” (“Long Live Palestine”) was written in 1975 by Nazareth-born artist George Totari. After migrating to Sweden from Palestine following the 1967 war, and soon finding that anti-Palestinian racism made it impossible for him to work at a university, Totari concluded that the best way to teach the world about the history and plight of his beloved Palestinian people was through music. Along with other Palestinian immigrants in Gothenburg and a few Swedish allies, Totari formed the solidarity band Kofia, a group which remains active today despite decades of political censorship and repression. Totari explains the purpose of the group in simple terms: “I started Kofia in order to tell the people the story of my country.”

The song has since become one of the most popular anthems of the Palestinian resistance movement worldwide. It has been translated into Arabic, remixed into countless electronic versions, and adapted for a wide range of progressive causes.

We at Songs for Ceasefire are honored to have worked with George Totari in bringing this English version of the song to the movement to help meet this crucial moment in the history of the Palestinian struggle and the history of the world. We are bearing witness to a genocide unfolding in real time across our screens while the governments of the world appear unable or unwilling to stop it. At the same time, the majority of people around the globe are rising up in solidarity with the people of Palestine, recognizing in their cause a common struggle for freedom and dignity for all humanity. It is a moment when, as Totari wrote in this song nearly 50 years ago, “all the world will come to bear witness.” 

We are a group of musicians, singers, and cultural workers from many faiths and communities based in Chicago, IL, USA, working for a ceasefire and a free Palestine. Like Kofia, we are a solidarity musical project that grew out of the urgent need to harness the power of music to uplift the movement to stop the genocide of the Palestinian people, end the illegal occupation, and dismantle the Zionist apartheid state. 

We offer our version of the song in the same spirit as the original by Kofia: an act of musical solidarity to amplify the long-silenced cry of the people of Palestine for freedom, homeland, and self-determination. We sing this song to interrupt the silence. We sing because our souls demand that we speak loudly and with moral clarity, having heard the cries of the oppressed. We sing for a free Palestine, for freedom for all lands and all peoples. We offer this song to you to learn and to teach, to sing and to share on the streets, on stages, on social media, in your car, in jail cells, in the offices of your elected officials, and wherever the sound of our resistance needs to be heard. May it spread in a wave of joyful resistance to tyranny and fascism in all forms, like poppies across a wild countryside racked from bombs. Thank you for listening, for sharing, and for bringing this energy into every space where silence must be interrupted. 

Long live Palestine, Abolish Zionism!

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* On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SongsforCeasefire
* On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/songs-for-ceasefire

“Leve Palestina”
Song by George Totari © 1975
Originally recorded by Kofia

“Leve Palestina (Long Live Palestine)”
English adaptation by Adam Gottlieb
Recorded and produced by Adam Gottlieb and Songs for Ceasefire
At StarRise Studios (on Potawotomi, Odawa, and Ojibwe land)

Vocals: Adam Gottlieb, Leah Shoshanah, Ethan Aronson, Patrick Baranovskis, Deborah Adelman, Dan Eberhart, jireh l. Drake, Joseph Ozment
Guitar: Adam Gottlieb
Darbuka: Kai Movagh  
Bass: Patrick Baranovskis
Percussion: Adam Gottlieb
Artwork by Mouna K

Leve Palestina (Long Live Palestine)

Epiphany By: Ace Boogsz
Produced By: Louie LaFlare

Epiphany

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YUS is the sound of American artist Youceff Yunque Kabal. Drawing from an eclectic set of influences, YUS creates emotive soundscapes that strike listeners with their depth and impactful lyrics.

Contact: info@yusnotyus.com

Picture by Zayra Diaz

A Way Out (Endless Noise Version)

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