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TO THE MOUNTAIN (feat. Salma Arzouni)

from They Dance in the Dark by RENU

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►To the mountain was written and recited by Salma Arzouni. An activist and writer based in Berlin. The poem was written in a day and recorded in 1 day as the album had to sent to mastering studio the next day. Why the urgency and why at the 11th hour? RENU had been chasing the elusive TRICKY, who proved be very Tricky to get hold of. There is whole other story behind the Tricky saga, which will reveal itself in the future.

►The story of 'To the Mountain' is a real one. Salma was working for an NGO in Berlin at the time and had to go to a refugee camp and talk to a group of refugees. She met a man from the Druze faith. He told Salma how his grandmother predicted the Syrian War in a dream/vision.
The grandmother told her grandson, there will be blood up to the knees and you must go to the mountain to find safety.

►To the mountain is 10th single from THEY DANCE IN THE DARK; 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.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 introversion 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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In deinem Namen (In your Name)
Die du Leben einhauchst (you who whispers Life)
Die Vorafhren haben Wissen (The ancesters have knowledge)
Heilig (holy)
Älter als Zeit selbst (older than time itself)

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Lass Dich nicht täuschen (don´t be fooled)
von einer vergehenden Welt (from a passing world)

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In Deinem Namen (In your name)
die Du Leben zerstörst (you who destroys life)
sie sagte: (she said)
Blut wird fließen, (blood will flow)
kehrenlang (knielong)

Finde Zuflucht (Find refuge)


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Geh zum Berg (go to the mountain)


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Sei sanft zu dir (Be soft to yourself)
Du bist (you are)
mit wem Du (with whom you)
jede Nacht (every night)
das Bett teilst (share the bed)

credits

from They Dance in the Dark, track released September 29, 2017
Music: RENU
Poem & Vocals: Salma

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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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