Father Fugue, by Nour Mobarak

Father Fugue

by Nour Mobarak

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Father Fugue LP: Deluxe Edition
Includes Father Fugue LP, Libretto Booklet, and 12″ x 12″ acrylic glass etching made by the artist, with signed and numbered certificate (includes signed LP).
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Father Fugue LP
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Limited edition of 250 copies
24-page libretto booklet (Arabic/French/Italian/English transcriptions & translations by Tatiana el Dahdah)
Credits / photo card

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1.	Father Fugue: Dawn 03:44		buy track
2.	Father Fugue: Oaxacan Shower 03:53		buy track
3.	Father Fugue: Neurodiversity 06:16		buy track
4.	Father Fugue: Father Fugue II 06:52		buy track
5.	Un Aveu 01:53	info	buy track
6.	Eye of Donkey 02:24		buy track
7.	Monte Albán Scream 01:03		buy track
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Father Fugue is Nour Mobarak's first full-length album. The Los Angeles-based artist spent years sculpting this LP, and the result is piercingly emotional. A foray into her being; a sound artist, a songstress, a sculptor. Nour's creativity orbits an ever-moving center. Thus, glimpses, reflections, and splinters of her oeuvre embody Father Fugue.

The side-long titular piece on the LP is unlike anything I have ever heard. Nour describes the piece: "the left channel of 'Father Fugue' is composed of conversations with my father, Jean Mobarak, a polyglot who has a 30-second memory and lives in the mountains of Lebanon. The right channel is composed of improvised song." Nour and her father speak through four different languages (French, Italian, English, and Arabic), a full transcription and translation is included with the LP in a 24-page booklet. They speak of cars, of soccer, of Italy. They speak in games, in rhymes, and in song. The sonic division of voice and time across the stereo pattern is captivating.

The second side of the album is comprised of eleven songs. The word "song" must be taken widely and liberally in this instance. Elements were recorded in her car, in the shower, in the ruins of Oaxaca, Mexico: a rainbow of personal documentation. The vase holding the bouquet is of jubilation and abstract humor. A chanson written by Nour's great-great-grandmother, at the turn of the 20th century in Constantinople, is sung throughout the LP. The first side concludes with her and her father singing it in duet, as Nour's solo performance begins the second side.
Bound by time, Father Fugue reveals Nour Mobarak's expression from and response to her father's place and memory. A flip of the record uncovers her expression and response to her own.

Sean McCann, June 2019

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released July 17, 2019

Nour Mobarak - Father Fugue
Recital, cat.# R66
Copyrights and all rights reserved, Nour Mobarak & Recital
Published in 2019 in an edition of 250 copies
Produced by Nour Mobarak
Recorded by Nour Mobarak
Mastered by Sean McCann
"Monte Alban Scream" recorded in Monte Alban, Mexico by Conor Walker
Photography by Nour Mobarak
Drawing of Jean Mobarak by Sacha Mobarak
LP Cover photography editing by Diana Relth
Photography of Nour by John Hulsey
Sculpture by Nour Mobarak
Sculpture typography by Scott Ponik
Book Transcription/Translation by Tatiana El Dahdah
Additional Book Transcription/Translation and Editing by Nour Mobarak
Back LP cover Design by Sean McCann

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