Mazen Kerbaj

Cover [Artwork] – Mazen Kerbaj
Cover [Design], Graphic Design – Alexander Meurer
Mastered By – Andreas Kauffelt
Mixed By – Alexander Meurer
Performer – Aaron Schmidt-Wiegand
Performer – Achim Rothe
Performer – Alexander Gibson
Performer – Anke Lucks
Performer – Armando Carrillo Zanuy
Performer – Arvid Maier
Performer – Axel Dörner
Performer – Brad Henkel
Performer – Callum G'Froer
Performer – Carina Khorkhordina
Performer – Claudia Habig
Performer – Cornelia Wolf
Performer – Cornelius Fritsch
Performer – Damir Bacikin
Performer – Daniel Allen Oberto
Performer – Dearbhla Nolan
Performer – Dennis Ginzburg
Performer – Didrik Ingvaldsen
Performer – Florian Scheffler
Performer – Frank Noé
Performer – Fritz Moshammer
Performer – Gabeyre Farah
Performer – Gaetano Gangarossa
Performer – Gisela Meßolien
Performer – Gülay Alagöz
Performer – Jan Kaiser
Performer – Johannes Böhmer
Performer – Juri Bell
Performer – Kelly O'Donohue
Performer – Kristin Schlicke
Performer – Leo Schmidt
Performer – Linus Bornheim
Performer – Mai Takeda
Performer – Martin Klingeberg
Performer – Milad Khawam
Performer – Nafea Abo Assi
Performer – Nikolaus Neuser
Performer – Nils Lennart Haack
Performer – Paul Brody
Performer – Paul Schwingenschlögl
Performer – Przemek Swiderek
Performer – Ruhi Erdogan
Performer – Sabine Ercklentz
Performer – Said Shafiei
Performer – Steffen Faul
Performer – Tom Arthurs
Performer – Tyge Jessen
Performer – Ulrike Arzet
Performer – Yannick Mäntele
Recorded By, Producer – Alexander Meurer
Recorded By, Producer – Ian Medina

"Walls Will Fall" is a site-specific composition by Mazen Kerbaj which premiered on May 19th 2018. The piece guided 49 Berlin trumpeters through the unique acoustics of a large water reservoir in Berlin-Pankow, whose winding corridors are reminiscent of a labyrinth as in early depictions of Jericho’s ancient city map: According to the old testament, Jericho’s walls collapsed under the sound of seven trumpeters, blowing their horns for seven days while circling around the city. Far from the religious background of the story, it is the idea of music breaking walls and barriers that is central to this composition. During the performance of "Walls Will Fall" the water reservoir’s natural reverberation becomes the accomplice of every sound and movement. As the musicians walk in the space while performing the seven parts of the composition, an acoustic labyrinth unfolds.

This performance was mainly captured by the 3D-perspective of a binaural “Kunstkopf KU-100“ microphone. Thus, headphones are recommended for listening.

The participating trumpet players come from from Australia, Austria, Cuba, Denmark, England, Germany, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Somalia, Spain, Sweden, Syria, Turkey and the United States.

Recorded on May 19th 2018
Mixed and engineered in 2018
Mastered & cut at "Schnittstelle" in Berlin, 2018
Cover artwork by Mazen Kerbaj (after a drawing in Elisha Crescas’ Farhi bible from the 14th century)

"Walls Will Fall" is a project by Franziska Buhre & mellowtown in collaboration with Mazen Kerbaj & bohemian drips
Funded by "Musikfonds e. V."

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