The third album from the Montr?al-Beirut avant-garde Arabic-electronic project following 2015's acclaimed full-length "If He Dies, If If If If If If", led by musician and producer Radwan Ghazi Moumneh (Suuns, Matana Roberts, Big Brave), with a full orchestral track on Side One recorded in Beirut and arranged by celebrated Egyptian-Canadian composer Sam Shalabi. RIYL: Matar Mohammad, Pauline Oliveros, Nadah El Shazly, Lucrecia Dalt, Chino Amobi, Sote, Arca, Fatima Al Qadiri, Tacita Dean, Stan Brakhage. Jerusalem In My Heart (JIMH) returns with Daqa'iq Tudaiq, the third full-length album from the Montr?al-Beirut contemporary Arabic audio-visual duo, following the acclaimed 2015 release If He Dies, If If If If If If (year-end lists at The Wire (#39), The Quietus (#24) and A Closer Listen (Top 10), among other accolades). Featuring voice, electronics, buzuk and other instrumentation from composer-producer Radwan Ghazi Moumneh (Matana Roberts, Suuns, Big Brave) and abetted by the 16mm analog film work of Charles-Andr? Coderre in live performance, JIMH continues to expand the horizons of its profound conceptual and aesthetic engagement with Arabic/MiddleEastern traditions. Daqa'iq Tudaiq translates as "minutes that bother/oppress/harass"_which presumably needs no further explanation_and features two distinct album sides of music. A masterful, mesmerizing artistic statement and confirms Jerusalem In My Heart as one of the most engaged and forward-looking avant-Arabic projects at work in contemporary music today.
