Charif Megarbane - Hawalat Artist_South Penguin

Charif Megarbane - Hawalat Artist_South PenguinIf Hawalat sounds like a world tour thats because it essentially is. As much as Marzipan is a picture of Lebanon from the inside, Hawalat kind of picks up from where Marzipan finished but more looking to the outside, the diaspora, to the notion of exile. Megarbane says he is interested in the connections between the global and the domestic, the mundane and the cosmic, and wanted to create space for non linear progression. Hawalat is based on the idea

I already see people being like

and is joined by saxophonist Frank Lowe

but for what is unbelievably the first official compilation covering the full breadth of Asha's illustrious career

both of whom also worked on his 2013 released album

and Netherlands

‘You Can’t Turn Me Away’ by Sylvia Striplin

the songs speak of the life experiences of the band

Pinô is the first full-length release by Totland

experimental hip-hop

September autumn one-man tour-Wriggling in the darkness- (7 performances in total) scheduled to be held

" as well as in Wamono Groove: Shakuhachi & Koto Jazz Funk 1976 (180g)

Recorded on the More Songs About Buildings and Food tour