Katharsis June 15 '14 (Jerusalem in My Heart Live Set)

This week a special live performance and interview with Jerusalem in My Heart, the musical project of Radwan Ghazi Moumneh and collaborators. JIMH will be performing live this week at Sled Island.

Download the show recording mp3

Born in Lebanon, Radwan came to Canada in 1993 where he put down roots in the Montreal music scene. He is still based in Montreal where he is a partner and recording engineer at the renowned Hotel2Tango recording studio. Radwan also regularly spends time in the Beirut music scene and has developed a unique musical melding of contemporary experimental Arabic music and analog electronic music.

For many years this was only an infrequent live performance project, a marriage of sight, sound, and space using carefully crafted film loops projected throughout the venue via multiple 16 mm projectors. With the support and encouragement of Constellation Records, Radwan recorded and released JIMH's first record, Mo7it Al-Mo7it (Ocean of the Ocean), last year.

He is currently working on new material and shared a piece of it tonight on the show.

The tracks: [format: Artist - Song - Album (Label)]

Dama/Libra - Sravinsky - Claw (Northern Spy)
Ilyas Ahmed - Some of None - Goner (Root Strata)
Land of Kush - Iceland Spar - Against the Day (Constellation)
Nickolas Mohanna - Down Yonder - Parallax View (Low Point)
Jerusalem in My Heart - untitled (live in-studio performance) - unreleased (N/A)
Jerusalem in My Heart - Ko7l El-3ein, 3emian El-3ein (Eyeliner Of The Eye, Blindness Of The Eye) - Mo7it Al-Mo7it (Ocean of the Ocean) (Constellation)

Live interview with Radwan and Charles (Jerusalem in My Heart)

Jerusalem in My Heart - 3andalib Al-Furat (Nightingale Of The Euphrates) - Mo7it Al-Mo7it (Ocean of the Ocean) (Constellation)
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Requiem (for Violin & Magnetic Tape) - Requiem (for Violin & Magnetic Tape) (Infinite Greyscale)
Erik K Skodvin - Cypress Reverb - Flame (Sonic Pieces/Miasmah)
Sarah Davachi - Banyan - August Harp (Cassauna/Important)
Julianna Barwick - Two Moons - Rosabi EP (Dead Oceans)
Maxwell August Croy & Sean McCann - Momiji - I (Students of Decay)
Richard Crandell & Masumi Timson - Like a Bird - Pacific Bridge (Panai)
 
Thanks to Radwan and Charles for the wonderful performance and interview. Thanks also to Jason for teching the live set.

Be sure to tune in next week for a live in-studio performance from Sarah Davachi who will also be in town for Sled Island.