The Wonder Cabinet W/ Sary Moussa

This program is mirrored on Radio alHara. Years in the making, “Wind, Again” approaches distinct musical worlds and languages by bringing together improvisations by musicians performing on Western and West Asian instruments, featuring Julia Sabra on the Hammond organ and piano, Paed Conca on clarinet, Fadi Tabbal on guitar, Pascal Semerdijan on drums, Abed Kobeissy on buzuk and Moussa on saz and electronic arrangements and textures. Composed of six tracks, each of which demonstrate an array of recording and processing techniques, the album generates moments of tension produced by the synthesis of textural, tonal, and harmonic encounters that Moussa calls “shadows” which outline an impressionistic musical language, existing at the edge of familiarity. These shadows are articulations of sounds steeped in traditions they are never quite tethered to. Such articulations are implied and alluded to, they play within a musical reference without the latter explicitly existing in the recording, always teetering, never completely here nor there. For the second part of this set, we featured the new collaborative album by Charbel Haber, Nicolás Jaar, and Sary Moussa ‘Crashing waves dance to the rhythm set by the broadcast journalist revealing the tragedies of the day. Recorded live on August 2, 2024, at Tunefork Studios in Beirut-during the Israeli aggression against Lebanon-the album was improvised in a single session. No overdubs, no edits. Just electric guitar, bass clarinet, electronics, and live signal processing, shaped in real time. All three artists bring long-standing experimental practices grounded in improvisation, critical inquiry, and responsiveness to context.