Three Voices by Munma [Jawad Nawfal]
"Three Voices " is the first vinyl release from Lebanese electronic Jawad Nawfal aka Munma, and the second vinyl release from Lebanon’s first alternative music label Ruptured, following radioKVM’s ‘Issrar’ in 2014.
Munma’s new album is marked by several vocal collaborations, a departure in style for this pioneer of Beirut's electronic scene. As such, the vocal element was always present in the music of Munma, whether through radio broadcasts, samples of political speeches, recordings of musicians’ voices and the like, but he had never actually used the human voice as an intrinsic element in his compositions.
Following his successful collaboration with rapper El Rass and other hip-hop artists from Beirut and the neighboring area (including Touffar, El Far3i and Boikutt, among others), Jawad Nawfal became drawn towards the capabilities of the human voice, more specifically the reciting of poetry by a human voice, and began to integrate this element in his music process. He called on various writers, mostly female ones, to write personal texts and recite them in spoken-word form in the studio. He then proceeded to build specific music beds around these voice recordings and recitations. The result is a fully collaborative yet vastly personal album of electronic treatments and human narration.
'Three Voices' featured in The Quietus' Middle Eastern & African Playlist For July 2016, by John Doran:
https://thequietus.com/articles/20567-african-middle-eastern-music-review-mr-bongo-mix
'Three Voices' featured in The Quietus' Top 100 Albums Of 2016 So Far: https://thequietus.com/articles/20621-albums-of-the-year-first-half-2016
Tracklist
| 1. | Eole | 5:49 |
| 2. | Muse | 4:31 |
| 3. | Three Voices | 4:02 |
| 4. | Chien Fou | 3:28 |
| 5. | Solstice | 2:56 |
| 6. | Cadavre Exquis | 4:22 |
| 7. | Reve eveil | 3:48 |
| 8. | L'arbre | 2:31 |
Credits
All music written, performed and produced by Jawad Nawfal [Munma].
Except Track 6, written and performed by Jawad Nawfal and Jad Atoui.
Vocals on tracks 1 and 8 written by Caroline Bourgeret, performed by Caroline Bourgeret and Caroline Tabet.
Vocals on tracks 2 and 4 written and performed by Diala Gemayel.
Mixed by Jawad Nawfal. Mastered by C-Drik at Syrphe, Berlin.
Illustration and design by Maya Chami.
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License
All rights reserved.Tags
Ruptured Records was co-founded in 2008 by radio host & DJ Ziad Nawfal and sound engineer & studio owner Fadi Tabbal, as an outlet for their activities as producers and promoters in Beirut. Ruptured releases music by artists from Lebanon and the MENA region in a variety of formats - with a strong focus on experimental rock and leftfield electronic music.