Ostermarsch 12. April 2004 - Wameedd |
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Wameedd is a dynamic and symbiotic creational process between Kamilya Jubran and Werner Hasler. In the unique opportunity of their meeting, Kamilya and Werner started an experiment with no definition, nor an intended destination. They both have different roots yet their central current worlds meet. At every meeting, Kamilya and Werner experiment and go to a different orbit as they get inspired with the questions that mobilize their imagination. Every outcome becomes consistent with strong and new meanings yet at the same time associated with the simplicity of sound .It is an open communication with less cultural preconceptions .This is a smooth outcome of Kamilyas voice quality and its limitless utility, Arabic words, Arabic phonemic rhythms and Kamilyas compositions. It is also an outcome of the roots of Werners vocal instrument, his own melodies and his unique lead in electronic music. They both come in on common grounds with a common vision of the world and a shared knowledge of how to communicate with it. The outcome at every meeting is fragile, uncertain, yet at the same time expressive and definitive. Kamilya and Werner continue questioning and moving in unwalked territories towards a horizon they have not experienced before. This creation may result in a unique alchemy in a harmonious universe and may become a distinctive language of art which is hard to name.
Kamilya Jubran
is born in 1963 in Aakka, to Palestinian parents who are from Al-Rameh- a northern Palestinian village in Al-Jaleel. Elias Jubran, Kamilyas father, an authentic instrument maker and a music teacher; was her first source of musical education. From the age of four, Kamilya started learning and interpreting the classical Arabic Egyptian repertoire.. In 1982; she joined the Palestinian musical group Sabreen in Al-Quds-Jerusalem .For twenty years, Kamilya was Sabreens lead singer/ performer, Qanoon and other oriental instruments player, and partner in the production of four albums which Sabreen toured with in Palestinian cities and in many other cities in the world. The period Kamilya lived with Sabreen represents a deep and dynamic process that created a new style of a unique modern Arabic song. At the end of 2002, Kamilya premiered her production Mahattaat2 from Bern, which she toured with for one year, in many European and Egyptian cities. Kamilya Jubran is a singer-composer, inspired by classical Arabic music, traveling through alternative worlds, and searching for new dimensions in artistic freedom.
www.kamilyajubran.com
Werner Hasler
is born in 1969 and now living in Bern, Switzerland. Werner Hasler studied music (trumpet) at Swiss Jazz School of Bern. He toured and recorded with bands such as Nits, Tonus, William Bell, and Eddy Floyd. Since 1997, Werner Hasler runs his own band: Manufactur (www.manufactur.ch) where he develops his own style of audio researched electronic music. Recordings: Manufactur #1 (Manufactured Audio/RecRec) Manufactur #2 (Braincells Records, RecRec). Werner Hasler was a soloist in the Swiss Pavilion of the World Expo 2000 in Hanover, performed electronic live music and trumpet with the Ballet of Stadttheather Bern in 2001; and in 2002 toured with Kamilya Jubran on Mahattaat. Werner Hasler is currently recording with the Japanese sound designer Sunao Inami;, and working on a new recording and repertory of Manufactur.
Wamedd
Wamedd means Stations. It is an audio visual production of Kamilyas musical existences with French and Swiss artists .It toured in Europe and Egypt form Oct 2002 to December 2003.