Slow Radio: A Journey Through Ramallah

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A Journey Through Ramallah

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A journey through Ramallah captures nature sounds and a community's musical rhythm.

Palestinian artist YA Z AN discovers the soothing sounds of the streets and hills of his hometown, Ramallah, Palestine. Using binaural technology, he creates immersive soundscapes.

YA Z AN, a Palestinian Berlin-based artist, travels around his hometown of Ramallah, located in the heart of the West Bank. During his journey, YA Z AN encounters sounds that comfort and remind him of home. He uses binaural technology to collect audio pieces from the verdant Palestinian landscape and sculpts them with sounds from everyday life to create a complete surround sound experience. 

Setting off with an ‘oud player singing folklore music during a post-wedding ceremony and followed by a walk to home where family is gathered at a dinner table chit-chatting about food and how it is prepared, the recent events that resulted in the death of martyrs in Palestine and the earthquake that occurred in Syria/Turkey. Progressing through the day, Yazan goes down to the city centre farmers market (Al-hisbeh) where a number of street vendors are shouting out the prices of their products. 

Upon joining friends to hang out, the journey travels further to a jam session when surprisingly the rhythm of the community turns into a small choir. 

The journey ends with Sufi singer Shadi Al-ahmad intoning his voice in his historical Palestinian home with a cross vault ceiling that accents his baritone.

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