Releasing November 1st, 2024 on Ruptured Records:
Stuttering Music is the third album by Lebanese musician and video artist Yara Asmar. The album consists of 7 pieces recorded on accordion, metallophone & electronics. The music was initially recorded for a broadcast by Radio AlHara in Bethlehem, Palestine entitled ‘half-baked waltzes 2 fold your laundry to’ – a bi-monthly hour of improvisations.
The title of the album is an oblique reference to Japanese filmmaker Shūji Terayama’s magnum opus from 1971, “Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets”. The drawing on the cover is by Imad Kaafarani.
First excerpt ‘i am a terrible mathematician (and an even worse clown)’ is currently streaming on Bandcamp and digital platforms. The album will be released in full on November 1st. It will be available as a digital album and a limited edition of 50 cassettes, designed by Yara in the summer of 2024, and printed & packaged in Canada.
WATCH the video for “i am a terrible mathematician (and an even worse clown)”
Yara Asmar’s previous two albums, ‘Home Recordings 2018-2021’ (2022) and ‘synth waltzes & accordion laments’ (2023), were released by UK label @hive_mind_records. Hive Mind recently reissued both albums on vinyl in a gorgeous gatefold package. Get it here.
Last but not least, Yara is set to perform at Le Guess Who? Festival in Utrecht, The Netherlands, in November 2024, both as a solo artist and as part of fellow Lebanese artist Liliane Chlela’s project “I, the hybrid and the antidote”.
STUTTERING MUSIC: Listen/Order here
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