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In collaboration with the Kronos Quartet. WITNESS will be out Friday, March 14, 2025 on CD, vinyl and streaming on Phenotypic Recordings. The works featured on Kouyoumdjian’s first portrait album exemplify her use of the arts as an amplifier of expression, integrating testimonies from resilient individuals of the Lebanese Civil War and Armenian Genocide, field recordings of place, and folk recordings of the early 20th century to invite empathy around social and political conflict. Armenian-Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan contributes the liner notes introduction, writing, “This collection is an open letter to the tragic hymn of transmitted trauma and the possibility of art and magnificently gifted artists to help create new life.” Cover artwork and design has been contributed by Armenian-Canadian photographer Osheen Harruthoonyan, who merges movement with themes of cultural heritage and renewal.
Featuring recordings of Bombs of Beirut, Silent Cranes, Groung [Crane], and I Haven’t the Words. Read more about the album and listen to the first single, Bombs of Beirut: "II. The War". Phenotypic Recordings will donate its streaming proceeds from this album to Kooyrigs and the Lebanese Red Cross to support the Armenian and Lebanese communities. |
Dandelion [for Andie Springer] recorded by Andie Tanning
Audio album available through Bandcamp; Visual album available through andietanning.com |
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