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{"id":7931443478778,"title":"Zekkereya El-magharbel \/\/ Daytimes \/ Nighttimes TAPE","handle":"zekkereya-el-magharbel-daytimes-nighttimes-tape","description":"\u003cp\u003eアメリカ・デトロイトの実験音楽家\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eZekkereya El-magharbel\u003c\/span\u003eが、2023年5月に同国LAの実験／物音レーベル\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDinzu Artefactsから50本限定でリリースするカセットです。\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eトロンボーンとSP-404を用いたロングフォームなアンビエントドローン〜ドローン\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2曲を収録。DLコード付属。\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3831633017\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eレーベルその他作品は\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/da\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/da\"\u003eこちら\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\/\/\/ Click \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/da\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/da\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e to see more Dinzu Artefacts releases available at Tobira.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-------------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes DL code. Edition of 50.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDinzu Artefacts:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDaytimes \/ Nighttimes is a manifesto detailing the sonic possibility of abstraction through culture. Both works combine Trombone and SP-404 to create peaceful yet emotionally charged landscapes that juxtapose each other in character.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eZekkereya El-magharbel is an interdisciplinary artist currently living in Detroit. They have been a member of the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra (Los Angeles) for almost 10 years and have worked\/studied with luminaries such as Angel Bat Dawid, Tyshawn Sorey, Corey Smythe, Jaimie Branch, Steve Lehman, and George Lewis to name a few. Their main instrument is trombone and are currently conducting research on North African Maqam and adjacent sonic modalities.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ezekkereyaa's profile picture\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e++\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist statement by Zekkereya El-magharbel:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"DAYTIMES\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWestern tuning makes me uneasy. In the wake of aural colonization, sometimes it feels like the only thing I truly know.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt’s also part of the reason why its so hard for me to internalize any music, other than that which has been maimed by it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eEven though Islamic 24-step tuning has more range for specificity, the 12 added quarter tones still do not truly encapsulate the\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e spectrum of beautiful melodies that I hear.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis one, and ensuing “microtonal” notation systems, only provide a partial solution. They allow composers to write music that sounds different than what they’re used to hearing of the Western cannon, but still don’t attain the level of specificity of tuning models that exist outside of it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an earnest attempt at embracing my true ear.\u003cbr\u003eI accept that I am comforted by Western melodies,\u003cbr\u003ebecause I know them so well.\u003cbr\u003eI also accept, that I bare much bitter resentment towards this fact.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis piece is a letter of gratitude to John Coltrane, who's commitment, discipline, persistence, and heart, showed him the redeemable aspects of equal-temperament, in the form of its natural cyclicality. The geometric patterns explored by Coltrane abolish tonality, while still preserving a strong functionally harmonic core; the most elegant algorithm.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eColtrane’s music is a sonic pillar of creative freedom in the Black American artistic realm-\u003cbr\u003efreedom from labels of what Black American Music what ought to be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd yet, the very nature of the harmonic structure of Coltrane’s music, much like his own instrument, is European.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo find freedom for yourself and others,\u003cbr\u003ein the unrelenting continued aural genocide of European settler colonialism and its legacy, is something I still strive toward.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNIGHTTIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003enight can be static in its stillness,\u003cbr\u003ea small pool in which time blooms like algae,\u003cbr\u003ewriggling spawn materialize out of nothing,\u003cbr\u003eseparated by the surface of the water.\u003cbr\u003efor a moment,\u003cbr\u003eyour mild reflection is a portrait,\u003cbr\u003ein dialogue with them,\u003cbr\u003eyour face is a tapestry for their consumption.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003edo not be afraid,\u003cbr\u003ethere is more to you than flesh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003edo not be afraid,\u003cbr\u003ethere is more to sleep than eyelids\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ethere is no need to count the seconds,\u003cbr\u003ethere is no need to consult the sundial,\u003cbr\u003eand though the pool is shallow,\u003cbr\u003eit's a wonderful night for a dip\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNighttimes is an exploration of timelessness through the oversaturation of melody and harmony. These two spatial components of sound, can often help hold culture specific memory, and aid in conducting culture specific ritual. In the saturation and repetition of these components, I encounter catharsis in the form of a divine permission to lay down this burden to preserve culture in the face of white supremacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's an oddly welcome permission amidst our zeitgeist of cultural militancy. In these unceasing waves of appropriation, and this era of declining cultural exchange, the invitation to not uphold any sort of cultural obligation is somewhat anxiety inducing. I found in accepting it, a new form of peace, that is both fearsome and electrifying. Not the peace championed by modernist liberalism as a sort of faux multiculturalism for BIPOC to chew on while our cultural essences are pillaged, but the peace brought about by immersion in the unknown as a human being that does indeed exist in an inescapable cultural matrix.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIm reminded of when the late-great painter Sam Gilliam was asked if abstract art was political.\u003c\/span\u003e \"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist : Zekkereya El-magharbel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel : Dinzu Artefacts\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-03-06T15:10:56+09:00","created_at":"2023-03-06T12:22:15+09:00","vendor":"Tobira Records","type":"","tags":["ambient","dinzu artefacts","drone","new","tape"],"price":165000,"price_min":165000,"price_max":165000,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":44050329043194,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Zekkereya El-magharbel \/\/ Daytimes \/ Nighttimes TAPE","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":165000,"weight":60,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/1637\/9780\/products\/ni1_9fab53be-adff-4400-b5c8-e71aea3e8742.jpg?v=1678072936"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/1637\/9780\/products\/ni1_9fab53be-adff-4400-b5c8-e71aea3e8742.jpg?v=1678072936","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":31634343166202,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":700,"width":700,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/1637\/9780\/products\/ni1_9fab53be-adff-4400-b5c8-e71aea3e8742.jpg?v=1678072936"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":700,"media_type":"image","src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/1637\/9780\/products\/ni1_9fab53be-adff-4400-b5c8-e71aea3e8742.jpg?v=1678072936","width":700}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eアメリカ・デトロイトの実験音楽家\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eZekkereya El-magharbel\u003c\/span\u003eが、2023年5月に同国LAの実験／物音レーベル\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDinzu Artefactsから50本限定でリリースするカセットです。\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eトロンボーンとSP-404を用いたロングフォームなアンビエントドローン〜ドローン\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2曲を収録。DLコード付属。\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3831633017\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eレーベルその他作品は\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/da\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/da\"\u003eこちら\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\/\/\/ Click \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/da\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/da\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e to see more Dinzu Artefacts releases available at Tobira.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-------------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes DL code. Edition of 50.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDinzu Artefacts:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDaytimes \/ Nighttimes is a manifesto detailing the sonic possibility of abstraction through culture. Both works combine Trombone and SP-404 to create peaceful yet emotionally charged landscapes that juxtapose each other in character.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eZekkereya El-magharbel is an interdisciplinary artist currently living in Detroit. They have been a member of the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra (Los Angeles) for almost 10 years and have worked\/studied with luminaries such as Angel Bat Dawid, Tyshawn Sorey, Corey Smythe, Jaimie Branch, Steve Lehman, and George Lewis to name a few. Their main instrument is trombone and are currently conducting research on North African Maqam and adjacent sonic modalities.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ezekkereyaa's profile picture\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e++\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist statement by Zekkereya El-magharbel:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"DAYTIMES\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWestern tuning makes me uneasy. In the wake of aural colonization, sometimes it feels like the only thing I truly know.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt’s also part of the reason why its so hard for me to internalize any music, other than that which has been maimed by it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eEven though Islamic 24-step tuning has more range for specificity, the 12 added quarter tones still do not truly encapsulate the\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e spectrum of beautiful melodies that I hear.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis one, and ensuing “microtonal” notation systems, only provide a partial solution. They allow composers to write music that sounds different than what they’re used to hearing of the Western cannon, but still don’t attain the level of specificity of tuning models that exist outside of it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an earnest attempt at embracing my true ear.\u003cbr\u003eI accept that I am comforted by Western melodies,\u003cbr\u003ebecause I know them so well.\u003cbr\u003eI also accept, that I bare much bitter resentment towards this fact.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis piece is a letter of gratitude to John Coltrane, who's commitment, discipline, persistence, and heart, showed him the redeemable aspects of equal-temperament, in the form of its natural cyclicality. The geometric patterns explored by Coltrane abolish tonality, while still preserving a strong functionally harmonic core; the most elegant algorithm.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eColtrane’s music is a sonic pillar of creative freedom in the Black American artistic realm-\u003cbr\u003efreedom from labels of what Black American Music what ought to be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd yet, the very nature of the harmonic structure of Coltrane’s music, much like his own instrument, is European.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo find freedom for yourself and others,\u003cbr\u003ein the unrelenting continued aural genocide of European settler colonialism and its legacy, is something I still strive toward.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNIGHTTIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003enight can be static in its stillness,\u003cbr\u003ea small pool in which time blooms like algae,\u003cbr\u003ewriggling spawn materialize out of nothing,\u003cbr\u003eseparated by the surface of the water.\u003cbr\u003efor a moment,\u003cbr\u003eyour mild reflection is a portrait,\u003cbr\u003ein dialogue with them,\u003cbr\u003eyour face is a tapestry for their consumption.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003edo not be afraid,\u003cbr\u003ethere is more to you than flesh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003edo not be afraid,\u003cbr\u003ethere is more to sleep than eyelids\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ethere is no need to count the seconds,\u003cbr\u003ethere is no need to consult the sundial,\u003cbr\u003eand though the pool is shallow,\u003cbr\u003eit's a wonderful night for a dip\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNighttimes is an exploration of timelessness through the oversaturation of melody and harmony. These two spatial components of sound, can often help hold culture specific memory, and aid in conducting culture specific ritual. In the saturation and repetition of these components, I encounter catharsis in the form of a divine permission to lay down this burden to preserve culture in the face of white supremacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's an oddly welcome permission amidst our zeitgeist of cultural militancy. In these unceasing waves of appropriation, and this era of declining cultural exchange, the invitation to not uphold any sort of cultural obligation is somewhat anxiety inducing. I found in accepting it, a new form of peace, that is both fearsome and electrifying. Not the peace championed by modernist liberalism as a sort of faux multiculturalism for BIPOC to chew on while our cultural essences are pillaged, but the peace brought about by immersion in the unknown as a human being that does indeed exist in an inescapable cultural matrix.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIm reminded of when the late-great painter Sam Gilliam was asked if abstract art was political.\u003c\/span\u003e \"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist : Zekkereya El-magharbel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel : Dinzu Artefacts\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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