Digital Audio AlbumStory of Another Soul / Reuben Lewis & Huda Fadlelmawla.
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Story of Another Soul (2024) — spoken voice with trumpet and live electronics | Reuben Lewis and Huda Fadlelmawla | Reuben Lewis, Huda Fadlelmawla | 44 mins, 48 sec. |
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A decolonial dreaming of new futures that seeks truth in the
roots of improvisation.
Award winning Naarm based musician Reuben Lewis and legendary
Meanjin based spoken word poet Huda Fadlelmawla combine forces in
the world premiere of their live duo. Known as 'Huda the Goddess'
on stage, Huda Fadlelmawla delivers powerful spoken word poetry
about equality, her journey as a Sudanese refugee and women's
rights. Through trumpet alongside live processing with pedals and
laptop Reuben Lewis devises an ever expanding and "vivid
listening experience that gleams with sinister detail" (The
Wire). There is a vast, monolithic intensity to this
collaboration. It plays on expectations, shattering all semblance
of familiar form, story and symbol. We are instead evoked to
create a new narrative, one that is just between us the listener,
the poet and the sound world. This is a first-time creative
exchange not to be missed!
"Together Huda and Reuben meld words and sounds into new
configurations, neither poem nor music, but something else.
Fields of electronic pulse and trumpet loops serve to buttress a
voice that speaks: all I know is who I am at this very moment and
how I feel in this very second. A poetry that foregrounds
instantaneity, that seeks truth in the roots of improvisation,
holding faith in the ephemeral." -- From the liner notes by Des
Cowley
"Story of Another Soul is an irresistible and unforgettable album
for its irrefutable honesty. It is a profound offering into the
poetics of presence and stillness. Inviting the audience to be
and to feel moved by the world seen and unseen and to in the
spirit of reciprocity move the world from a place of cup
overflowing where one's wellbeing is prioritised first. The album
is a decolonial dreaming of new futures and we get a sense that
this exercise is far from futile that it is indeed a necessity
for our very existence. It is the love letter, the love
dedication to humanity we so needed in these times." -- Tariro
Mavondo
When People Ask You -- Break -- That Hollow Wind -- These Stories -- The Type of Love -- Dress Ups -- Story of Another Soul.
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