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A letter by Palestinian Sound Archive (Mo'min Swaitat​/​Majazz Project)

by Palestinian Sound Archive (Mo'min Swaitat/Majazz Project)

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    Originally recorded in Palestine, the second letter in the tape series of Belly full of blind highways is a reissued excerpt of a field recording made at a Bedouin event in a Palestinian village in the 1970s. Introduced by Mo’min Swaitat, the tape forms a powerful and urgent but delicate correspondence from the past to the future.

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Originally recorded in Palestine, the second letter of Belly full of blind highways is a reissued excerpt of a field recording made at a Bedouin event in a Palestinian village in the 1970s. Introduced by Mo’min Swaitat, the tape forms a powerful and urgent but delicate correspondence from the past to the future.

The tape was found by Mo’min Swaitat in 2020 amongst many other tapes, in Jenin, Palestine, in 2020 during the COVID lockdown, at Tariq Cassettes, a local shop he frequented while growing up. Unearthing the tapes from underneath a layer of dust together with Tariq, Swaitat discovered an invaluable collection of recordings that form a vital part of Palestinian and broader Arab cultural history and heritage, of which many were considered lost since the Nakba. The collection of tapes found at Tariq’s were salvaged by Swaitat and formed the start of the Palestinian Sound Archive: an archive, label and radio program that preserves the work and memory of the many artists who formed the backbone of Palestinian cultural identity.

The specific excerpt reissued for Belly full of blind highways comes from a recording of a Bedouin event, where Swaitat’s uncle Atef Switat, a famous wedding musician, plays the Yarghul (a handmade bamboo flute).


π˜‰π˜¦π˜­π˜­π˜Ί 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘭π˜ͺ𝘯π˜₯ 𝘩π˜ͺ𝘨𝘩𝘸𝘒𝘺𝘴, 𝘡𝘩𝘦 𝘴π˜ͺ𝘹𝘡𝘩 π˜ͺ𝘡𝘦𝘳𝘒𝘡π˜ͺ𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 π˜‹π˜¦π˜’π˜³, π˜ͺ𝘯 𝘀𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘒𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘒𝘡π˜ͺ𝘰𝘯 𝘸π˜ͺ𝘡𝘩 π˜’π˜ˆπ˜ˆπ˜—, π˜ͺ𝘯𝘀𝘭𝘢π˜₯𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘡𝘡𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘒𝘳𝘡π˜ͺ𝘴𝘡𝘴 𝘒𝘯π˜₯ 𝘸𝘳π˜ͺ𝘡𝘦𝘳𝘴 π˜“π˜’π˜Άπ˜³π˜’ 𝘎𝘳𝘒𝘀𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘳π˜₯, π˜—π˜’π˜­π˜¦π˜΄π˜΅π˜ͺ𝘯π˜ͺ𝘒𝘯 𝘚𝘰𝘢𝘯π˜₯ 𝘈𝘳𝘀𝘩π˜ͺ𝘷𝘦, 𝘞𝘦𝘯π˜₯𝘺 π˜”π˜°π˜³π˜³π˜ͺ𝘴 𝘒𝘯π˜₯ π˜™π˜’π˜°π˜―π˜ͺ π˜”π˜Άπ˜»π˜©π˜° 𝘚𝘒𝘭𝘦𝘩.

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released May 26, 2023

Track mastered by Yves De Mey
Graphic design by IvΓ‘n Martinez
Riso printed J-card by Risiko Press

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'Belly full of blind highways' brings together tape letters by Palestinian Sound Archive, Laura Grace Ford, Raoni Muzho Saleh and Wendy Morris. The series is made in collaboration with KAAP and designed by IvΓ‘n Martinez.

Platform for the epistolary form 'Dear,' invites artists, writers and poets to compose a letter, which is distributed by post to readers worldwide. ... more

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