Ghadrغدر
Amirtha Kidambi presents Outernational
Blazing electronics and distortion melt with vocals rooted in classical Arabic singing, yet seek to reroute tradition. The project Ghadrغدر (treachery) consists of three key figures of Lebanon’s resilient music scene: sound artist and improviser Jad Atoui, composer, musician and programmer Anthony Sahyoun and vocalist and sound artist Sandy Chamoun. On stage and on their self-titled record, the trio plays with chaos, building tracks on vibrant circuits of guitar and modular synthesis. The result are productions fuelled by stuttering sub bass, searing guitars, and layered melancholic vocals. Their music moves from ghostly renditions of Bedouin folk songs and reflections on the genocide in Gaza, floating atop expanding drones that build into blistering modular chaos and hammering beats.
