Sandy Chamoun - Sawt El Doumouh Format:Indies Only LP When bassist John-Michael Hedley unwittingly

When bassist John-Michael Hedley unwittingly wrote what his bandmates considered their equivalent of a hip-hop number

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converging by the fireside to discuss the day’s work before coming together to hone and finish the songs

LABEL: Ninja Tune

Sandy Chamoun - Sawt El Doumouh Format:Indies Only LP When bassist John-Michael Hedley unwittinglyOn her second album, Sawt El Doumouh (The Sound of Tears), Beirut based Sandy Chamoun summons flickers of light from sadness. Influences from the Arabic tradition of Tarab one of the first styles Chamoun learnt to sing and polyphonic Cantu are reinterpreted and reimagined through her voice and electronics, synths from her SANAM and Ghadr bandmate Anthony Sayhoun, and live percussion from Ali Hout. Marked by its times, the record isnt what Chamoun had