Author: Yara Asmar
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Le Guess Who/Radio Al Hara
“Radio Alhara presents an unprecedented collaboration between Beirut-based multi-instrumentalist and puppeteer Yara Asmar, electronic musician Sary Moussa, and Bethlehem-based tenor of the Greek Orthodox chorus of the Nativity church Laurence Samour. The experiment is as much an attempt of apprehending an unforeseen encounter, as well as resisting physical boundaries through sonic content. The collaboration is…
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The Moon is a Malevolent God (But it’s Safe to Rest Here for a While)
Something happened here once, and there’s a reason you’ve forgotten it.
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Clocks for Dinner
A study of derealization and the distortion of time that accompanies isolation, through data corruption, puppets and music.
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Half-Baked Waltzes 2 Fold Ur Laundry To
An hour of musical improvisation on accordion, metallophone, toy piano and synth, usually solo but sometimes in collaboration with other musicians, artists and writers.
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Numbers Don’t Make Good Friends
Written for piano, kinderklavier, accordion, music box and synthesizer. Beirut and Beyond’s compilation entitled Beirut 20/21 features 20 Lebanese musicians: “A postcard of its time that represents a snapshot of Beirut’s widely diverse and varied musical landscape”.