Khonnar by Deena Abdelwahed
Deena Abdelwahed’s first album is shifting the epicenter of contemporary electronic music south: “Khonnar“ will be released on November 16, 2018 by InFiné.
Pronounced “Ronnar“ (an essential detail so as to avoid facile misinterpretation by French- speakers) it is a term that makes the most of Tunisia’s cultural and linguistic spectrum. It evokes the dark, shameful and disturbing side of things, the one we usually seek to hide, but which Deena instead sticks our noses in with her debut. It is a testament to Deena’s coming into her own as a world citizen, and as an artist. A self-construction made of frustrations and constraints, borne of retrograde mindsets, which are not the prerogative of either the East or the West, and which she tirelessly strives to expose and break.
Throughout the 45 minutes of “Khonnar“, Deena breaks down the codes of bass, techno and experimental music, and writes the manifesto for a generation that does not seek to please or to conform, taking back control of its identity – with all the attendant losses and chaos. A new creative world order is taking shape, a new tilting point between north and south, the response of a connected and liberated youth who takes the control of the new decolonization.
Mask and photography by London based artist Judas Companion, who’s work is about transformation of human identity. She makes masks and masked portraits to create different layers of the human being.
Drawing inside + poster "De quoi rêvent les martyrs n°7 & n°4" by Nidhal Chamekh © Adagp 2018
Design by Motoplastic
All lyrics by Deena Abdelwahed except Rabbouni and Al Hobb Al Mouharreb written by Abdullah Miniawy
All tracks performed by Deena Abdelwahed
All tracks mixed by Edu Tarradas
Mastered by Beau Thomas @ Ten Eight Seven Mastering (UK)
Tracklist
| 1. | Saratan | 3:42 |
| 2. | Ababab | 5:40 |
| 3. | Tawa | 3:53 |
| 4. | Fdhiha | 5:51 |
| 5. | Ken Skett | 5:12 |
| 6. | Al Hobb AL Mouharreb | 5:37 |
| 7. | 5/5 | 4:42 |
| 8. | A Scream In The Conciousness | 7:01 |
| 9. | Rabbouni | 2:45 |
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License
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A Tunisian producer and DJ, Deena Abdelwahed arrived in France at the age of 26 after earning her stripes on the Tunis scene.
she was the creator of an acclaimed performance at the CTM Berlin Festival. Her first EP “Klabb“, released in early 2017 on InFiné, That same year, she collaborated on Fever Ray’s second album.