A monthly selection of alternative, ambient and experimental music from Lebanon and the MENA region, selected by music promoter and label owner Ziad Nawfal – this broadcast features a guest mix by Lebanese musician and sound artist Nour Sokhon. Originally commissioned by Stegi Radio and produced by Onassis Stegi.
Nour Sokhon is a Lebanese artist based in Berlin, Germany, whose work explores diverse methods of artistic research, including interviews, field recordings, and site-specific interventions. Her findings are translated into sound/music compositions, performances, interactive installations, and moving image work.
“This mix, “Qulubuna”, is named after a track I composed for the Zilzal: Sonic Ceremony compilation. Qulubuna means “our hearts” in Arabic, and it reflects the whirlwind of emotions I’ve been experiencing over the past year and a half, watching the violence escalate—and continue to escalate—from afar. Through sound, I try to process the grief, helplessness, and longing that come with bearing witness from a distance.”
TRACK LISTING:
- Q: Scattered Memory of Syria
- Nour Sokhon: Your Silence is Loud
- Flugen: Piramatozo
- Nour Sokhon & Ensemble Modern (Jaan Bossier, Rumi Ogawa, Jagdish Mistry, Megumi Kasakawa, Nathan Watts and Alexander Kolb): Voyaging Through Silent Rumbles (live performance excerpt)
- Asifeh: Asafeer /عصافير
- Sara Persico: Voices Organ
- Viki Steiri: I Want You Too In My Private Dream
- Makoto Sakamoto: Trust
- Beirut drone (Field recording)
- Underwater hydrophone (Field recording)
- Sara Persico: Domescape
- Saba Alizadeh: Temple Of Hope
- Elyse Tabet: 4 A.M.
- Nour Sokhon & Stefan Christoff: Cascading effects
- Flugen: Twenty Nine
- Nour Sokhon: Qulubuna
- Saba Alizadeh: Plain Of The Free
Ruptured Music 