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‘État Coupable’ is the 2nd single of Use Knife’s upcoming album ‘État Coupable’ (March 28) and features Jerusalem in My Heart’s Radwan Ghazi Moumneh on buzuq and synths. It’s the only track that has Stef Heeren singing in English, addressing those that need to be addressed in the Western World's lingua Franca. "All eyes on us," he repeats. "Dogma upon dogma, how on earth did we get to this point?" These words cut through the mix like post-punk chants, echoing over acidic, technoid squelches and distorted 4/4 thump before the track dissolves into a pensive ambient soundscape provided by Radwan Ghazi Moumneh, who also mixed the record. It's a pivotal moment on the album that contextualizes the meaning of the title itself: is it the nation state that's culpable, or are we all trapped by the guilty state of mind?
Mixed by Radwan Ghazi Moumneh at Hotel2Tango in 2024.
Mastered by Heba Kadry, NYC.
Use Knife is:
Kwinten Mordijck: baritone & alto saxophones, synthesizers, sampling
Saif Al-Qaissy: dohola, darbuka, daf, tar, riq, raq, kishba, vocals
Stef Heeren: beat programming, synthesizers, vocals
with
Radwan Ghazi Moumneh: buzuq and electronics
Youniss Ahamad: visuals
VIERNULVIER records 010
Production by VIERNULVIER
Co-production by STUK, Wilde Westen, Donaufestival, Vlaams Cultuurhuis De Brakke Grond, Les Halles de Schaerbeek
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