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BADR (with Sarah Yaseen)

from They Dance in the Dark by RENU

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►Imagine a party, where Gary Numan is married to The Orb, who is slow dancing with Massive Attack, while Oum Kalthoum French kissing Prince and finally, Daphne Oram is mixing the drinks. THEY DANCE IN THE DARK largely references 80’s & 90’s electronic dance music. The height of hooky, dark electronic anthems with an underlying post-colonial narrative.

►BADR features the vocals of Sarah Yaseen from the UK. RENU met Sarah a few years ago on a Sacred Sounds gig. Sacred Sounds was and still is an all female interfaith choir from Manchester. Sarah was a muslim member of the choir. RENU was playing percussion for Sacred Sounds.
RENU was invited a number of times to play with choir and a particular 1400 hundred year old song/nasheed kept on presenting itself - Tol Al Badru. THIS PARTICULAR STYLE PRODUCTION OF THIS NASHEED (HYMN) IS THE FIRST OF IT'S KIND.

►Two years on and off in the Holykuti Studios, produced in London, Berlin & Beirut with singers & performers from Ireland, Iraq, Pakistan, UK & Lebanon, They Dance in the Dark first started as an experiment. Realising her true introvertism RENU worked through mainly the computer and the philosophy of playing Tablas in mind: creating big & infinite sounds with a minimum set up.

THEY DANCE IN THE DARK is RENU´s personal imprint as a weird queer femme in a weird queer world.
lyrics

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Tala'a al-Badru 'alayna
Min thaniyyatil Wada'
Wajaba al-shukru 'alayna
Mada'a lillah ida

Ayyuha al-mab'utha fina
Ji'ta bi-al-amri al-muta '
Ji'ta sharrafta al-Madinah
Marhaban ya Khayra da'

Tala'a al-Badru 'alayna
Min thaniyyatil-Wada'
Wajaba al-shukru 'alayna
Mada'a lillah ida

Tala'a al-Badru' alayna
Min thaniyyatil-Wada '
Wajaba al-shukru' alayna
Mada ' a lillah ida

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from They Dance in the Dark, track released September 29, 2017
Music: RENU
Vocals: Sarah Yaseen

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RENU Berlin, Germany

RENU
(Renu Hossain)
Producer, Composer, Percussionist (Tabla, Cajon, Latin) & Curator.
Composing for theatre, film, dance, hosting her own nights, Percussionist for artists such as Grace Jones etc.
RENU is currently producing Filmy Electronica & Experimental impressions. 2022/2023 brings a plethora of new work, including a percussion/electronic focused EP.
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