Morphine x Beirut 2

25th Jan 2021 25th Jan 2021 20:50 23:10

Abed Kobeissy

21:50

Aya Metwalli & Calamita

22:10

Fadi Tabbal

22:40

Jad Atoui

23:10

NÂR + Akram Hajj

23:35

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  • Alex Freiheit

    PL

    Alex Freiheit is a performer, poet, writer, actress, dancer, and the lead singer/screamer of the duo Siksa.

  • Alex Freiheit

    PL

    Alex Freiheit is a performer, poet, writer, actress, dancer, and the lead singer/screamer of the duo Siksa.

  • Alex Freiheit

    PL

    Alex Freiheit is a performer, poet, writer, actress, dancer, and the lead singer/screamer of the duo Siksa.

  • NÂR

    LB

    Lebanese multi-instrumentalist and singer/spoken word performer Nadia Daou uses a variety of instruments including electric guitar, synth, guembri, and karakeb.

  • Christina Wheeler

    US/DE

    Hailing from Los Angeles and based in Berlin, Christina Wheeler is a vocalist, musician, and composer who effortlessly crosses from electronic music to jazz and beyond.

  • Floating Sound Nation

    PH

    Floating Sound Nation is the project of Filipino musician Apex Chuidian, who builds intense ambient soundscapes using unexpected sound palettes.

  • James Ginzburg

    INT

    James Ginzburg is an American-British artist based in Berlin, known as one half of duo emptyset. He co-founded the label Subtext, which has released artists such as Fis and Rob Thorne, Roly Porter, xin, and Cevdet Erek.

    • Photo courtesy of the artist

    This past October, Morphine and CTM Festival joined forces with several Beirut music initiatives – Irtijal Festival, Ruptured, Tunefork Studios, The Ballroom Blitz, and Frequent Defect – plus Unsound to create a 17-hour livestream fundraiser for the Lebanese Musicians' Fund, an initiative set up by Tunefork Studios in order to provide relief to musicians impacted by the deadly blast of August 4th in Beirut. The marathon event symbolically took place on the day of the Lebanese revolution.

    In order to revisit this extraordinary event, in which many of Beirut’s musicians and cultural producers came together with artists and organisers from Europe and beyond, select sets will be re-streamed as part of the CTM 2021 programme. Electro-acoustic musician Abed Kobeissy creates works inspired by his local urban soundscape. Lebanese multi-instrumentalist and singer/spoken word performer Nadia Daou aka NÂR uses a variety of instruments including electric guitar, synth, guembri, and karakeb, while exploring loops and creating complex rhythmical improvisations to present her words and poetry. For this unique performance, she is accompanied by Akram Hajj, the drummer from Lebanese post-rock ensemble Kinematik. Singer/songwriter Aya Metwalli joins her eerie sonic experiments with Calamita, the duo of guitarist and Irtijal co-founded Sharif Sehnaoui and rock improvisor Tony Elieh. Jad Atoui is a music composer, sound designer and electronic experimentalist that uses bio sensors, field recordings, and analogue gears to create a unique soundscape. Known as »the hardest working man in Lebanon's alternative music scene,« Tunefork Studios founder Fadi Tabbal creates solo work using guitar and stripped-down acoustics with a tinge of shoegaze.

    All Beirut concerts and DJ sets were filmed by Joe el Hage, Mezyed Azrai, and Shadi Jaber at The Ballroom Blitz, Beirut, Lebanon. Edited by Joe el Hage. Light design by Nader Feghaly. Audio recordings by Fadi Tabbal and Julia Sabra at The Ballroom Blitz, Beirut, Lebanon. Mixed by Fadi Tabbal at Tunefork Studios, Beirut, Lebanon.

    Except for NÂR + AKRAM HAJJ: Filmed by Mezyed Azrai and Shadi Jaber at Frequent Defect, Beirut, Lebanon. Recorded by Anthony Sahyoun at Frequent Defect, Beirut, Lebanon. Mixed by Anthony Sahyoun at Tunefork Studios, Beirut, Lebanon.