Naima Shalhoub

https://naimashalhoub.bandcamp.com

Naima ShalhoubSIPHR by Naima Shalhoub feat. Excentrik, released 06 August 20201. One (remembrance)2. Two (rivers in the desert)3. Three (loved)4. Four (roumieh prison blues)5. Five (the calling) ft. Excentrik, Marcus Shelby & Ed Baskerville6. Six (distraction suite)7. Seven (lamma bada yatathanna)8. Eight (arab amerikkki)9. Nine (the return)The concept of SIPHR materialized during Naima’s creative retreat in an apartment in Mar Mikhael Beirut, after spending 2 weeks on the road with family in their homeland, Lebanon. During her retreat she was guided to start studying the mystical meanings of siphr (sih-pher) which means zero in Arabic, and the meanings of numbers 1-9, life’s continuities, that are contained in the siphr. Siphr is our beginnings and endings, the meaningless and meaningful, and life's continuity through political, emotional, spiritual, physical, cultural realms that are always in flux. We are always evolving, always becoming, and held by grace, the zero-factor, the SIPHR.There are 9 compositions which was an intentional choice. 9 is a number of completion and each composition was envisioned holding the specific meaning of the number it represents. Each title is the corresponding number with a subtitle.It is meant to be listened to in order, although each composition stands alone.

Category: Arts & Entertainment

City: Oakland

State: California

Country: USA (US)

Currency : USD

Platform: Bandcamp

Technologies used: Fastly CDN