و [wa] ist ein 45 minütiges zusammenhängendes musikalisches Stück. Eine zeitgenössische Version einer Suite – oder arabisch Wassla – in der sich kurze Texte oder lautmalerische Wortfetzen mit kontrastierenden Klanglandschaften vermählen.
و [wa] ist das dritte Werk in siebzehn Jahren durchgehender Zusammenarbeit im Duo. Kamilya Jubran, eine der meistgepriesenen Referenzen einer jüngeren Generation der alternativen und experimentellen arabischen Musikszene, und Werner Hasler, Trompeter, Klangforscher und eine Referenz in interaktiv gespielter elektronischer Musik, lassen ihr Werk jeweils lange reifen. Sie setzen einen Prozess in Gang, der musikalische Herkunft in Improvisationen und Kompositionen vermengt. In der Alchemie zwischen Kamilya Jubran und Werner Hasler entstehen so einzigartige, zeitlose, musikalische Welten.

و [wa] ist ein 45 minütiges zusammenhängendes musikalisches Stück. Eine zeitgenössische Version einer Suite – oder arabisch Wassla – in der sich kurze Texte oder lautmalerische Wortfetzen mit mäandrierenden und kontrastierenden Klanglandschaften vermählen, um eine sich progressiv komplettierende Geschichte zu erzählen.

About the Duo:

Musician, composer and one of the most revered figures for today’s younger generation of experimental and alternative Arabic music scenes, Kamilya Jubran (text, oud & vocals), collaborates with long standing musical partner, composer, accomplished trumpet player and seasoned electronic musician Werner Hasler (trumpet & electronics). They have been collaborating since 2002. Their first collaboration Mahattaatwas their earliest experiment into bringing together disparate cultural and artistic roots. Their next collaboration, Wameedd, released in 2004, combined Jubran’s vocal skill and limitless imagination with Hasler’s melodies and his original aesthetics in electronic music. The duo then released Wanabniin 2010 followed by Waslin 2016, featuring French double bass player Sarah Murcia. 2019 They have released Wa, a 45’ Suite of music

Kamilya Jubran:

After her long career as the lead singer and qanoun player with the monumental Palestinian group Sabreen, Kamilya Jubran moved to Europe in 2002 and continued her search for an original musical expression on vocals and oud, whilst exploring new spaces and horizons for her compositions and texts through the various projects she instigates and is part of. Werner Hasler and Sarah Murcia featured in her first solo project Mahattaatin Switzerland in 2002, since then both becoming her main musical collaborators. Her collaborations with other artists include Sylvain Cathala, Mela Meierhans, Sawsan Darwaza, Mark Tompkins and Jon Balke. Jubran is the artistic director for Zamkana Association, which she also co-founded in October 2014 in Paris. Zamkana supports and accompanies original innovative artistic projects, supporting freedom of expression and secularism. Sodassi (Arabic for sextet, featuring Youmna Saba, Dina el Wedidi, Maya Khaldi, Ayed Fadel, Rasha Nahas and Sama’ Abdulhadi) is Zamkana’s fist artistic production starting in 2018. Terrae Incognitae is the new project to be supported by Zamkana, conceptualized and and directed by Kamilya Jubran for 2023-2024. http://www.kamilyajubran.com

Werner Hasler:

Werner Hasler a composer, electronic musician and trumpet player who focusses on live sampling and sound spatialisation. Besides his long standing collaboration with Jubran, he has been working on OUT Projectsin various collaborations (with Hugo Ryser, Carlo Niederhauser, Vincent Courtois, Julian Sartorius and many more) on hybrids of exhibition/installation and live performance. His works including OUT(2016), OUT TOO(2018) and OUT THERE(2019) THREE SUNS (2022) are space filling, audio-visual installations including live sets with audio-surround. With the format OUT Sessionshe creates hexaphonic Audio Surround Soundbubbles with the cello player Carlo Niederhauser. Werner Hasler is currently working and performing with Stefan Schultze on Boussole Animale,with Jim Black on Discontinued Rhythmand with Hardi Kurda on Augmented Reality Orchestra.Werner Halser has performed with Jon Hassell, Karl Berger, Sidsel Endresen Don Li and many more. He also lectures on Electronics & Music at Hochschule der Künste in Bern. http://www.wernerhasler.com