HIDDEN ASSEMBLAGES, by Phonodelica

HIDDEN ASSEMBLAGES

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lizastudio Beautiful music and sounds, with a very powerful message and inspiration. The tracks flow effortlessly into each other, all with Donia’s soulful energy and emotion shining throughout. The harmony and disharmony are expertly balanced and add to the raw emotion of this record.

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1.	Bodies 05:50	lyrics	buy track
i keep checking i saw that the message was delivered but you didn't open it so i keep checking did you wanna see me again? will you stay kind? I keep picking at myself I keep picking on myself will you stay kind?
2.	Overlaps, Crossroads & Distinctions 02:12		buy track
3.	The Black Stone 07:08		buy track
4.	I'm a Mermaid at your Door 02:23		buy track
5.	A Deep, Unbridled Joy 03:42		buy track
6.	Checkpoint 04:48		buy track
7.	Brotherhood 04:08		buy track

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HIDDEN ASSEMBLAGES is the first album from PHONODELICA in a trilogy highlighting the different sides of the artist's spirituality and sexuality as a queer/bi Muslim woman, both light and dark. This work unpacks the isolation and trauma of Islamophobia in all its forms while critiquing the racism that plagues all Arab and Muslim communities and celebrating the Black-Palestinian solidarity movements.

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released November 7, 2019

All tracks Written, Performed and Produced by Donia Jarrar
Piano on tracks 1,3,6,7- Donia Jarrar

with additional performances by:
Carolyn Michelle Smith (vocals on 2 & 3)
Fawzia Mirza (speech on 3)
Special Thanks goes out to writer and director Fawzia Mirza for her short film "Five Times a Day" whose music I scored & inspired these tracks, along with conversations with Tchaiko Omawale and Carolyn Michelle Smith.

The University of Michigan Symphony (live orchestral recording on 4)
Donia Jarrar - Solo vocals on 4
Donia Jarrar - Orchestration and Arrangements on 4. To request a copy of the perusal score for my piece "Border Crossings" for voice and orchestra, please e-mail me.

Performance Credits for A Deep, Unbridled Joy (large ensemble on 5)
Choir: Tanner Porter, Dory Mead, Paolo Debuque, Samuel Kidd
Violins: Grace Kawamura and Anita Dumar
Viola: Erin Napier
Cello: Julia Knowles
Bass: Tommy Hawthorne

Percussion: Julian Bridges and Ian Lang

Piano: Melissa Coppola

Flute: Anna Thompson
Clarinet: Kelsey Stewart
Oboe: Kinsey Fournier
Bassoon: Maddy Wildman
Mastering on 5: Patterson McKinney

A deep, unbridled joy is from Jarrar's opera based on the collected oral histories of Palestinian women and girls, "Seamstress". Perusal score requests via e-mail for the score.

Original audio samples collected by the artist on Checkpoint were recorded in various parts of Palestine, most notably at the illegal apartheid wall and Qalandia Checkpoint, that separates Ramallah from Jerusalem. Field recordings include sounds of the soldiers, the sound of the caged turnstile spinning and the echoes of the saxophone on the other side of the checkpoint. The choir was sampled from the artist's 2nd grade music class at the adjacent refugee camp.

Donia Jarrar (field recordings, original sampling, percussion, piano on 6)
Freya Aquarone (saxophone improvisation and co-production on 6)
Khaleel Abu-Ain (bass on 6)

Audio recordings taken from "The Noble Struggle of Amina Wadud" on 2 & 3 as well as the late President Gamal Abdel Nasser's 1966 speech in Cairo on 7.

Album artwork & photography by Donia Jarrar

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PHONODELICA is the experimental sound project from Palestinian-Egyptian-American composer, producer and performer Donia Jarrar.

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