The Brvtalist is pleased to premiere a new track from Kujo. “Al Moukawama” comes off the excellent new album, The Rebels Have No King, which is out on Brvtalist favorite Modular Mind. Kujo is the solo project of K Choueiri a multidisciplinary Lebanese artist, label founder & mastering engineer. Weaponizing noise, drone and oriental drums as means of confrontation, Kujo's uncompromising approach is to observe, report and interpret the current state. The now-based in Amsterdam artist expresses angst through their conceptualized records on Modular Mind and hardware-based live performances in repurposed cultural spaces such as abandoned military shooting ranges or morgues. Under the Modular Mind imprint they propagate a strict ethos with the select contributing artists, prioritizing a slowburn and relevant recordings.
The Rebels Have No King is a report on the current human condition, a decade long interpretation by Kujo. This magnum opus expressed in trinity form (of audio, image, and text) invites the subject to partake in a boundless experiment that brings forth the voices of the unheard with cross-cultural interpretation between Middle Eastern and Western schools. Unapologetic by nature, the execution of these 9 recordings showcase a raw and direct connection to the artist, disembodying the persona. Each piece is riddled with complex human interaction and memory capsules of events occuring in contemporary times channeled in form of outcries. In classic Kujo fashion the weapons of choice are a pallet of haunting vocals, synthesizer noise and oriental percussion, recorded soundscapes of protesting under teargas rainfall, projecting you straight to the frontline.
This 9 track vinyl magnum opus is out May 30th. Pre-order yours on BANDCAMP.
-JRS
