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Holiday Inn (January to March)

from Marjaa: The Battle Of The Hotels by Mayssa Jallad

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    Art print depicts the key events of Beirut's "Battle of the Hotels" in the year 1975 - it is based on Mayssa Jallad's Master's thesis ("Beirut’s Civil War Hotel District: Preserving the World’s First High-Rise Urban Battlefield")

    Album sleeve and art print designed in Beirut by Josette Khalil, Leen Charafeddine, Maya Chams and Mayssa Jallad.

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    140gsm vinyl pressed at Microforum (Canada). Jacket printed on 20pt board with aqueous gloss coating, with a 3.5mm spine and a black paper inner dust sleeve.
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    Double-sided, 34 x 68 cm art print printed on 150gsm woodfree paper, with digital download code.
    Art print depicts the key events of Beirut's "Battle of the Hotels" in the year 1975 - it is based on Mayssa Jallad's Master's thesis ("Beirut’s Civil War Hotel District: Preserving the World’s First High-Rise Urban Battlefield")

    Album sleeve and art print designed in Beirut by Josette Khalil, Leen Charafeddine, Maya Chams and Mayssa Jallad.

    Available from Six of Swords in the UK at the following link: sixofswordslabel.bandcamp.com/album/marjaa-the-battle-of-the-hotels

    The vinyl version of "Marjaa" is a co-release by Ruptured and Six of Swords.
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    Cover designed by Josette Khalil, Leen Charafeddine, Maya Chams, and Mayssa Jallad. Back cover and label designed by Leen Charafeddine.

    Available from Six of Swords in the UK at the following link: sixofswordslabel.bandcamp.com/album/marjaa-the-battle-of-the-hotels

    The vinyl version of "Marjaa" is a co-release by Ruptured and Six of Swords.
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    "Marjaa" art print consists of a map, 3D views and a referenced timeline depicting the key events of Beirut's "Battle of the Hotels" in the year 1975. The art print is based on Mayssa Jallad's Master's thesis ("Beirut’s Civil War Hotel District: Preserving the World’s First High-Rise Urban Battlefield") – it was designed in Beirut by Josette Khalil, Leen Charafeddine, Maya Chams and Mayssa Jallad.

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Lyrics by Mayssa Jallad.
Music by Mayssa Jallad and Fadi Tabbal.
Additional music by Pascal Semerdjian.

lyrics

Holiday Inn (January to March)

يختبئُ أزرقٌ في جسدي
يعْزِفُ الآلاتِ، يشربُ النبيــْــــذ
واقفاً في المصعدِ، متّكئاً على الصواريخ
ويدورُ المطعمُ ويدورُ التقنيصْ
ويدورُ المطعمُ ويدورُ التقنيصْ

على بُعدِ أربع ِ كيلومترْ في الكرنتينا
مجزرةْ
في الثامنِ عَشَرْ من كانونِ الثاني

وعلى بُعدِ عِشرينَ كيلومترْ في الدامور
مجزرةْ
في العشرينِ من كانونِ الثاني

كيفَ نستجيبْ؟ كيفَ نستجيبْ؟

Blue hides in my body
Plays music on the instruments, drinks wine
Standing in the elevator, leaning against missiles
And the restaurant spins while the sniping goes on

4kilometers away, in Karantina
A massacre
On the 18th of January

20kilometers away, in Damour
A massacre
On the 20th of January

How shall we respond
How shall we respond
How shall we respond

credits

from Marjaa: The Battle Of The Hotels, released March 3, 2023
Mayssa Jallad: piano, vocals
Pascal Semerdjian: drums
Fadi Tabbal: synth and bass

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Ruptured Records Beirut, Lebanon

Ruptured Records was founded in 2008 by DJ and radio host Ziad Nawfal and sound engineer & studio owner Fadi Tabbal, as an outlet for their activities as producers and promoters in Beirut. Ruptured releases music by artists from Lebanon and the MENA region in a variety of formats - with a strong focus on experimental rock and leftfield electronic music. ... more

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