Born in Beirut and based in Montreal, Liliane Chlela is a producer, DJ and performer whose progressive sound experiments brought her to the forefront of the electronic and experimental music scene, both in Lebanon and far beyond.
At Le Guess Who? 2024, Chlela presented her new project I, the hybrid and the antidote together with a group of multi-instrumentalists and multi-disciplinary collaborators: Utrecht’s innovative ensemble Flare Quartet; Egyptian musician, producer and violinist Nancy Mounir; and Lebanon-born, Montreal-based recording engineer, producer and musician Radwan Ghazi Moumneh (Jerusalem In My Heart).
On Wednesday, 15 January (7PM CET), Liliane Chlela presents the exclusive online stream premiere of I, the Hybrid and the Antidote, captured at Le Guess Who? 2024. Tickets for the stream are available now.
I, the hybrid and the antidote portrays the particularities of being part of a diaspora when it comes to the way an artist’s work and identity are considered by others. Music genres play a significant role in shaping the informal work of different cultures, and its impact on gender and social inequalities is enormous, be it within the diaspora or externally. Norms, criteria, and geographic distinctions within genres are not constant, and can evolve as a result of social, cultural, and economic interplay. But as music genres traverse different cultures, sonic expectations and biases tend to persist.
I, the hybrid and the antidote finds Chlela delving into sound design, electronic beatmaking, and artistic collaboration in an effort to forge her own path and to advance a complex dialogue about the politics and pains of migration. Born out of spontaneous improvisational creation, the tracks bring to life an inner logic of vulnerable feelings and sonic musings.
I, the hybrid and the antidote was commissioned as part of The Consortium Commissions—a project initiated by Mophradat.
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