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Raed Yassin: A Short Biography of a Snake

for six voices and electronics

(2021)

The recitation of Quranic verses often has a hypnotic yet penetrating sound. The preacher employs the full range of their intonation and articulation to showcase their skill and reach new heights of devotion and sublimity in their voice.

Many years ago, I discovered a very rare vinyl recording from the 1970s at a flea market in Aleppo, Syria, featuring a female preacher reciting the Quran in a distinctive manner. Over the years, as I listened to the recording repeatedly, I was so inspired by the emotion and agility of her voice that I decided to compose a musical piece based on this particular recitation. In this work, it is transformed into a vocal ensemble for six non-Arabic-speaking singers.

The piece is dedicated to Sheikha Fatima Mhanna (the reciter) and imagines her angelic presence hovering over the ruins of what was once a great city—Aleppo—now filled with ghosts and shadows.

(Raed Yassin)

As a musician, Raed Yassin has been a significant figure in the Lebanese underground music scene for many years. He is one of the organisers of the Irtijal Festival for experimental music since its inception and founded his concept music label Annihaya in 2009. He is a member of several bands and groups, including ‘A’ TRIO, PRAED, and others. As a double bassist, he has developed a personal and distinctive extended technique by using various preparations and objects on his instrument. His focus is more on textures, energies, and vibrations, the density of volume and sound, rather than conventional melodic structures.

As an electronic musician and experimental turntablist, his approach to vinyl ranges from the deconstruction of Arabic pop music to the reworking of traditional music archives from countries of the Global South.

With his duo band PRAED (alongside Paed Conca), he serves as lead vocalist and synthesizer player, blending free jazz with psychedelic rock and Egyptian Shaabi music.

Biography, as of February 2021

raedyassin.info

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