Jadwal

We plan to approach Mahmoud Darwish’s legacy and phenomenon by creating a space that acts as a time machine of sorts. To understand the way we perceive Darwish, we feel it is necessary to look at his personality and body of work chronologically. The motivation and ideas of a young Darwish are defined differently than the ones of his later journey in life. We aim to take a closer look at his history, his beginnings, and the transition all the way to the end in Ramallah.

Through this timeline, we can understand the phenomenon around him in regards to what was the state of the Palestinian struggle at the time. The medium plays a key role in our sound project. By going back in time, we feel it is necessary to also use the same medium and equipment that was being used to transmit Darwish’s poetry. Whether it is cassette, vinyl, or even a piece of paper, we plan to use all of these mediums to create a work that would transmit in a similar fashion.

It has always been a big question: is it possible to separate the art from the artist? If all art is political, especially the art that specifically falls under the political genre, then how should the artist creating that art be viewed? If the artist is involved in questionable practices, what does this mean to us as audience, who are consumers of their art?

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About Julmud & Asifeh

Julmud – Mohammed Nofal

producer, percussionist, keyboardist, vocalist/mc and a music researcher based in Ramallah, Palestine, who creates, composes, samples and combines sounds from across the globe to make a new non-generic form of music. He has produced work for different artists such as Haykal, Al Nather, Muqata‘a, Makimakkuk, and Walaa Sbait among others who are also part of the crew (Saleb Wahad -1), and is currently in the process of producing a variety of solo and collaborative works.

Asifeh – Abdulhadi Hashem

Asifeh (also known as Stormtrap): producer and rapper based between Vienna and Ramallah. Asifeh’s music consists of rap vocals, sampled material, and original compositions using modern and abandoned technologies. The music he makes does not have a specific genre, yet it could be considered a mixture of ambient, electronic, noise, and hip hop. Asifeh is co-founder of the former Ramallah Underground collective, who laid the foundations for a booming underground music scene in Palestine, active during the years 2003–2009. He is 1/3 of the AIWA Collective, who organize and perform regular hip hop events in Berlin. He is also co-founder of the NOISE&BEATS collective, who organize experimental and electronic events in Vienna. Asifeh has released three solo albums Iradeh (2012), Datura (2017) and more recently Makhazen Bukra (2020, Well Gedacht), and he has performed around the world in different cities such as Paris, Berlin, Brussels, Melbourne, Beirut, London, Istanbul, Ramallah, Rome, and many more. He regularly releases singles on his SoundCloud, which include collaborations with local and international artists