LAHWA, meaning the rain in Kabylian, is the debut EP by Yasmine Meddour.
Out soon.
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LAHWA reflects a quest for identity, in which Yasmine explores her relationship with memory, absence, and cultural heritage.
The composer draws inspiration from her childhood memories in Kabylia to reconnect with her culture and preserve a spiritual bond with her father.
Like an archaeologist, Yasmine returns to Kabylia in search of fragments of her childhood. She reconnects with Berber landscapes, sounds, and the Kabyle language, in which she chooses to sing.
Her voice becomes the emotional core of her work. She shapes it, layers it with the help of a looper, to sustain her connection to the past, to hold it, to transform it. Through a minimalist instrumentation and the use of analog synthesizers, the sounds unfold and stretch, giving way to her voice — pure and hypnotic.
Yasmine is joined by Paolo Castrini, whose modular synthesizers bring an organic depth to her sonic universe. LAHWA is a spiritual journey, a bridge between the earthly and the sacred.
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