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 โhalf-baked waltzes 2 fold your laundry toโ – a bi-monthly hour of improvisations.
The title of the album is an oblique reference to Japanese filmmaker Shลซji Terayamaโs magnum opus from 1971, โThrow Away Your Books, Rally in the Streetsโ. The drawing on the cover is by Imad Kaafarani.
First excerpt โi am a terrible mathematician (and an even worse clown)โ 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 Asmarโs previous two albums, โHome Recordings 2018-2021โ (2022) and โsynth waltzes & accordion lamentsโ (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 Chlelaโs project โI, the hybrid and the antidoteโ.
STUTTERING MUSIC: Listen/Order here
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