Artist statement:

These recordings were made at an abandoned dome designed by Brazilian mastermind Oscar Niemeyer during the 1960s and mid-70s. While the very few sources available tell the story of the fair being abandoned because of the civil war, the people of Lebanon all told me that he abandoned the whole project a year earlier because of his clashes with the municipality. The main structure has ever since been abandoned, surviving the ongoing wars and conflicts that have since been part of everyday life there. During the recordings, I only used brushes and sticks, and pretty much used the building as my instrument. Approximetly an hour after the recordings, we walked into a crazy gunfight that escalated into full insanity, with tanks entering the city and snipers on every possible rooftop, which made the recording and the whole trip even more special.

Mixing and mastering: James Plotkin

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