'Voice of Resistance' Rim Banna?s new album, a conceptual piece of art blending her heroic spirit of resistance, her defiant poetry and her medical scans with Checkpoint 303?s electronic beats and Bugge Wesseltoft?s edgy piano improvisations. The idea behind the album was born in May 2015, just after Rim was told by doctors that her vocal cords were partially paralyzed and that she would not be able to sing anymore. But?nobody tells Rim what she can or cannot do. Rim met in Oslo with her Norwegian producer Erik Hillestad (KKV record label) and Tunisian sound cutter ?SC MoCha? from the electronic activist collective Checkpoint 303. Together they came up with a plan for an unprecedented audio experiment; Checkpoint 303 would remix data from Rim?s medical files (PET and X-ray images) by converting them into sounds to which Rim would then recite (and whenever possible sing) her own poems describing her resistance and her struggle. The outstanding jazz pianist Bugge Wesseltoft, who collaborated with Rim on her last album, immediately accepted to be part of the project and the adventure began. Rim Banna passed away on Saturday morning March 24th, 2018, may she rest in peace and power.
Tracks:
1. LANGUAGE OF SILENCE 4.01
2. A ROSE IN THE BATTLEFIELD 3.59
3. DAUGHTER OF THE DESERT 3.40
4. RELEASED 3.43
5. DEADLY MUSIC 3.47
6. THIS IS MY VOICE 3.16
7. I DON?T CARE 4.24
8. THE LAST CORD 3.56
9. RIM 4.37
10. MY DREAM ROAD OF ROSES 4.00
11. ASCENDING TO THE SUN 3.23
12. MY SONGS WILL SOUND 4.34
13. UNABLE 4.27
14. LOVING YOU 3.08
15. MARYAM 5.23
