Saint Abdullah - Stars Have Eyes
| Artist: | Saint Abdullah |
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| Genres: | Field Recording, Sound Collage Ambient Dub, Arabic Music, Post-Industrial |
| Released: | 2018 |
| Type: | Album |
| Label: | Purple Tape Pedigree |
| Link: | Bandcamp |
Saint Abdullah is the sound project of Iranian-Canadian brothers, Mohammad and Mehdi. Motivated by the history of Western misconception and opposition towards Muslims and the Islamic Faith, they began writing music to serve as "cultural translators,” with the goal of challenging stereotypes, acting as “a conduit between unnecessary enemies." 'Stars Have Eyes' is their 2nd album – a weaponized narrative of field recordings from the streets of Tehran transformed into hulking instruments of information, then sunk into a dreadscape of sub frequencies and foreboding echo chamber clatter....
“We were in an angry state of mind when we made these tracks. It began around the same time the US condemned Syria and Assad for the use of chemical weapons. The events took us back to the Halabje chemical attack in Kurdistan, Iraq, where exactly 30 years ago, Saddam, with the blind support of the West, killed between 3000-5,000 and injured 7,000-10,000, mostly Kurdish civilians. Have we not learned anything? It feels like history is less a source for understanding and growth, and more so to be exploited, mined, in search of tactics that are sure to cause havoc on humanity. These tracks are dedicated to the next generation of Muslim kids who are left feeling sad, frightened, angry.”
released April 6, 2018
“We were in an angry state of mind when we made these tracks. It began around the same time the US condemned Syria and Assad for the use of chemical weapons. The events took us back to the Halabje chemical attack in Kurdistan, Iraq, where exactly 30 years ago, Saddam, with the blind support of the West, killed between 3000-5,000 and injured 7,000-10,000, mostly Kurdish civilians. Have we not learned anything? It feels like history is less a source for understanding and growth, and more so to be exploited, mined, in search of tactics that are sure to cause havoc on humanity. These tracks are dedicated to the next generation of Muslim kids who are left feeling sad, frightened, angry.”
released April 6, 2018
Editions:
2018
Original Release
Purple Tape Pedigree
| PTP2008
| Digital/Vinyl
| 01. | Taxi Ride Through Tehran | (16:56) | |
| 02. | Children at War | (5:02) | |
| 03. | I'm Sad, I'm Frightened, I'm Angry | (7:29) | |
| 04. | hy.poc.risy | (10:06) | |
| 05. | Friday Nights (Secret Song) | (3:12) |