Radwan Ghazi Moumneh

Radwan Ghazi Moumneh
Radwan Ghazi Moumneh performing live.
Background information
OriginMontreal, Quebec, Canada
Genres
Occupation(s)Producer, recording engineer, musician
Instrument(s)Synthesizer, Guitar, Buzuq

Radwan Ghazi Moumneh is a Canadian recording engineer, producer, and musician.

Moumneh's family fled the Lebanese Civil War for the Sultanate of Oman, where he grew up, moving to Montreal in 1993.[1][2][3] Throughout the mid 1990s and early 2000s Moumneh recorded, and toured with, a number of Montreal-based hardcore and punk bands such as The Black Hand and IRE.[4] In 2004 Moumneh established the Hotel2Tango recording studio with Howard Bilerman, Efrim Menuck, and Thierry Amar (the later two are core members of Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra).[5] In 2005 Moumneh began performing live as Jerusalem in My Heart with a number of collaborators, a project with whom he has released two full-length records.[6] Jerusalem In My Heart also released a collaborative album with Suuns - Suuns and Jerusalem in My Heart- (whom Moumneh had previously recorded). As a recording engineer and producer Moumneh has worked with an assortment of acts including Suuns, Mashrou' Leila, ...And the Saga Continues, Matana Roberts, and Ought (band).[7]

In 2011 Ghazi Moumneh collaborated with Alexis O'Hara to create music for Montreal performance art drag duo, 2boys.tv's processional HIV/AIDS memorial Tightrope (2011-2016) which premiered at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre in Toronto.[8]

Discography

Jerusalem in My Heart

Radwan Ghazi Moumneh & Eric Chenaux

Land of Kush

Pas Chic Chic

Cursed (band)

The Black Hand

IRE

References

  1. ^ "The Restless Art of Radwan Ghazi Moumneh | Musicworks magazine". www.musicworks.ca. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
  2. ^ Sannicandro, Joseph (2014-05-15). "Jerusalem in My Heart hits the road". Cult MTL. Archived from the original on 2018-12-18. Retrieved 2018-12-17.
  3. ^ "Jerusalem In My Heart | Tiny Mix Tapes". www.tinymixtapes.com. Retrieved 2018-12-17.
  4. ^ "The Restless Art of Radwan Ghazi Moumneh | Musicworks magazine". www.musicworks.ca. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
  5. ^ "Interview: Jerusalem In My Heart". FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music. 2015-09-04. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
  6. ^ "Interview: Jerusalem In My Heart". FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music. 2015-09-04. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
  7. ^ "The Quietus | Features | Escape Velocity | Ink From The Eyes: Jerusalem In My Heart Interviewed". The Quietus. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
  8. ^ Dickinson, Peter (2018). "'Still (Mighty) Real': HIV and AIDS, Queer Public Memories, and the Intergenerational Drag Hail". Viral Dramaturgies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. ISBN 978-3-319-70316-9.


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