ABED KOBEISSY

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A Simple Song About Weather And Murder
2021
Commissioned work by Irtijal and Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

Composed by Abed Kobeissy and Sary Moussa
“A simple song about weather and murder” is an electroacoustic revisit of the muwashah “hal ‘alā al-astār” (هل على الأستار), portraying the resolve of lovers as a murderous act punishable by society’s judgement, and echoing its helplessness facing the singularity of a cataclysm"
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Hala Omran: Vocals
Abed Kobeissy: Tanbour, synthesizers and electronics
Sary Moussa: Synthesizers and electronics
Ali Hout: Riq and Iranian daf
N.B: The poet and composer of the original muwashah are anonymous.
Recorded by Fadi Tabbal at Tunefork Studios, Beirut
Mixed by Sary Moussa
Mastering by Rashad Becker at Clunk, Berlin

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From the rehearsals. August 2021
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