: ' .. .:.... . ' ' ______________ : ________ : ' \ / .. .:. .. \ / : : \ /_________ \ / . .. ... .. . : .\ / /___ /\ \ / ______________ ___ _. : \ / / \ / \ \/ / \ \ \ \ \ . ...:..\ / _______/ \/ \ ___/__ / / / / / : /\ / / \ \/ \ / / / . sH! ' / \/ / / / \ / / . ... .:.... .. . :/ _______/ / / / _______/__ ___ __ .\ / / / / / / / / / / / \ / / / / / / / / / / / . . \ /\______/ / / / / \___ / / : \/ ____ \ / / / / / : \ / \ /\____/\ / / : : ________\/ \ / \ / / : ' \ / \/ \ /\ / : . ..:.. . \ / \/ \ / \ / \ / . ' : \/ F A N G \ / : ' ____ \ / . . .. .. .:.. . \ / presents \ / . . \/ \/ : : . ..:.. , : Artist......: Jerusalem In My Heart : Album.......: Qalaq : : Label.......: Constellation Records .. .:.. . Genre.......: Avantgarde : Catnr.......: CST158 . ' Source......: CD , ; Rip.date....: 2021-10-18 Str.date....: 2021-10-08 Quality.....: 255kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :.. .:. Url.........: http://jerusaleminmyheart.bandcamp.com ' ' , ________ ________ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / # title time \ / \/ \/ 1. Abyad Barraq with Greg Fox 4:46 2. Sa'at with Alexei Perry Cox 4:37 3. Istashraqtaq with Beirut 3:10 4. Tanto with Lucrecia Dalt 3:21 5. Ana 'Lisan Wahad with Farida Amadou and 5:02 Pierre-Guy Blanchard 6. Qalaq 1 with Alanis Obomsawin and Diana Combo 2:04 7. Qalaq 2 with Roger Tellier Craig 2:29 8. Qalaq 3 with Moor Mother 1:39 9. Qalaq 4 with Rabih Beaini 3:03 10. Qalaq 5 with Oiseaux-TempΩte 4:35 11. Qalaq 6 with V═Z [RΘka CsiszΘr] 2:23 12. Qalaq 7 with Tim Hecker 2:32 13. Qalaq 9 with Mayss, Sharif Sehnaoui, Mazen 2:02 Kerbaj and Raed Yassin ______ \ / ________ Runtime 41:43 ,\ /... . . .... .... \ / ' Size 80.47 ______ :\/ ', \ / , \ / ' '... ..\ /.. .. .....:. .. .... .. . ..\ /. : Release Notes: \/ , \/ , ' ' ,: One of the most renowned and uncompromising entities working in :, : 21st century avant-garde Arab-Levantine art and music, Jerusalem : :' In My Heart presents a new album of vital and haunting ': ,: electronics and electroacoustics, framed by founder and producer :, : Radwan Ghazi MoumnehÆs spoken and sung Arabic, buzuk-playing and : :' sound design. ': ,: :, : Qalaq is the most distilled, variegated and finely wrought : :' Jerusalem In My Heart album to date û featuring a different ': ,: guest/collaborator on every track, yet as cohesive, emotionally :, : resonant, sonically adventurous and narratively powerful as any : :' release in JIMHÆs celebrated discography. Guests across the ': ,: album's 13 tracks include Moor Mother, Tim Hecker, Lucrecia :, : Dalt, Greg Fox, Alanis Obomsawin, Rabih Beaini and many more. : :' ': ,: Qalaq is an Arabic word with a meaning Moumneh particularly :, : intends as ôdeep worryö û on various universal levels, needless : :' to say, but also specifically with respect to Lebanon/Beirut, ': ,: its collapsing domestic politics, economy and infrastructure, :, : its adjacent countries and its tragic geopolitics. : :' ': ,: ôThe Side 2 tracks are all named æQalaqÆ and then numbered, :, : representing the degree to which the layered and complex : :' violence Lebanon and the Levant has reached in the last couple ': ,: of years, from the complete and utter failure of the Lebanese :, : sectarian state that drove the economy to a grinding halt, to : :' its disastrous handling of the migrant influx from neighbouring ': ,: failed states, to the endemic corruption that led to the August :, : 2020 port explosion, to the latest chapter of Palestinian : :' erasure and yet another brutally asymmetrical and ': ,: disproportionate bombing campaign on Gaza.ö :, : : :' Moumneh calls Qalaq a sister album and ômirrored imageö to ': ,: DaqaÆiq Tudaiq, the previous JIMH full-length released in 2017, :, : where one album side featured a 20-minute piece in four : :' movements by a 15-person orchestra of acoustic players ': ,: following a written score and channeling MoumnehÆs :, : re-interpretation of "Ya Garat Al Wadi" by Mohammad Abdel Wahab : :' and Ahmad Shawqi. ': ,: :, : By contrast, Qalaq was composed with a ôdismantled orchestra, : :' across dissociated/isolated space-timeö: invited musicians ': ,: collaborated through distanced file-exchange on atomised pieces, :, : working from MoumnehÆs initial through-composed source materials : :' (and emotive background discussions) with an otherwise ': ,: completely open canvas. :, : : :' ôI composed the album as a bare skeleton, giving each artist a ': ,: section to decompose, edit, re-interpret and recompose as they :, : desired, sending me back their stems which I then mixed into my : :' own, remoulding newfound coherence in the overarching ': ,: composition.ö :, : : :' The resulting work contains almost double the number of tracks ': ,: of any previous JIMH album but arguably flows the best of them :, : all. Qalaq is marked by a range of artistic processes and : :' diversity of tactics, while maintaining a fundamental sonic ': ,: aesthetic and a profound synthesis of emotional and narrative :, : power. The album artwork, with a front cover image captured by : :' photographer Myriam Boulous during the Beirut October ': ,: Revolution of 2019 and inner sleeve photographs of the Beirut :, : port explosion aftermath by Tony Elieh, further contextualizes : :' the specificity and lamentations of Qalaq û the deep worry at ': ,: its heart. :, : : :' Qalaq also (re)introduces the newest member of Jerusalem In My ': ,: Heart: experimental filmmaker Erin Weisgerber, who had just :, : embarked on her first JIMH tour in March 2020, performing six : :' shows before the tour was abruptly suspended due to the ': ,: coronavirus outbreak. WeisgerberÆs phenomenal short film for :, : ôQalouliö, the duoÆs first new work made for ConstellationÆs : :' Corona Borealis Longform Singles Series last year, provides a ': ,: glimpse of whatÆs to come. :, : : :' ': : ' '.. ..' .. . :........... . . . . ............: . . ______________ ______________ \ / \ / \ / Shout out to all our homies from: \ / \ / \ / \ / iPC BOSS HiT2000 1way UKi i8 RNS \ / \ / RAGEMP3 MANDY DV8 pLAN9 BUTT \ / \ / \ / \/ ____ ____ \/ \ / F A N G \ / \/ 2 0 2 1 \/