- Ambient
- Folk
- Spoken Word
- Atmospheric
- Wintery
This show journeys into the theme of ‘doikayt’, the yiddish word for hereness: what does it mean to be here for ourselves, with each other, and in solidarity with everything around us when the systems of oppression seek to divide us? Under the guiding flow of spoken meditation, spell, and incantation, Dali Muru’s show dreamily meanders between newly composed soundscapes, field recordings, samples from archival chassidic melodies, folk songs, to stories of mystical encounters in Islamic Spain, weaving a thread of overlooked forces, resonances, and spiritual intersections across time and space.
Dali Muru & The Polyphonic Swarm (poet, filmmaker, vocalist-Dalia Neis, producer- Enir Da, & multi-instrumentalist-Charles Lmx) fuse troubadour poetics, film soundtracks and primordial electronics. Guided by the spell of the spoken word, minimal percussive refrains, and oneiric textures, they channel cinematic images, enigmatic narratives, and spiritual frenzy. Their eponymous album was released on Stroom in 2022, followed by the audiobook “Murmur of the Bath Spirits” in April 2023.
Dali Muru & The Polyphonic Swarm is an act of the SHAPE+ platform for innovative music and interdisciplinary art, co-funded by the European Union and Pro Helvetia.
Picture: Laurent Orseau
Playlist
• – 3.00 : Enir in Wonderland - Dali Muru & The Polyphonic Swarm (unre), 2mns• – 5.00 : Down - Dali Muru & The Polyphonic Swarm (unreleased), 2.35 mns / mixed with Samples of Hasidic tune
• – 7.40 : Ambient + Soundscape + Vocals by Dali Muru & The Polyphonic Swarm / mixed with an extract of Hasidic conversation
• – 10.05 : The Bath Philosophers - Dali Muru & The Polyphonic Swarm (album ; Murmur of the Bath Spirits/ Label ; STROOM), 4.40mns
• – 14.48 : Илми Јашаров - Тиквешка гајда, 3.30mns
• – 18.20 : Ambient + Soundscape + Vocals by Dali Muru & The Polyphonic Swarm
• – 19.30 : Swaddledidaf Rosé - Dali Muru & The Polyphonic Swarm (album ; Dali Muru & The Polyphonic Swarm / Label ; STROOM), 1.49mns
• – 20.10 : C''' est ainsi que les ombres dansent – Dali Muru & The Polyphonic Swarm (unreleased), 3.05mns / mixed with Samples of Hasidic melodies
• – 23.14 : Ambient + Soundscape + Vocals by Dali Muru & The Polyphonic Swarm
• – 23.50 : Un Cavretico – Dali Muru & The Polyphonic Swarm (Single/Label ; STROOM), 4.26mns
• – 28.05 : Alevanta Mordehai – Mara Aranda (Album ; Sefarad en el Corazon de Turquia) 4.08mns
• – 32.07 : Ambient + Soundscape + Vocals by Dali Muru & The Polyphonic Swarm / mixed with Samples of Hasidic melody
• – 33.20 : Centuries ago, I wore a hat – Dali Muru & The Polyphonic Swarm (unreleased) 4mns / story telling by Dalia Neis
• – 36.50 : Well preserved Bis (?) Instrumental – Dali Muru & The Polyphonic Swarm (unreleased) 4.37mns / story telling by Dalia Neis
• – 41.23 : Ambient + Soundscape by Dali Muru & The Polyphonic Swarm / story telling by Dalia Neis
• – 42.00 : La Tetlaa''i – Sanaa Moussa (Album ; Ishraq Reminiscence), 2.25mns
• – 44.25 : Ambient + Soundscape + Vocals by Dali Muru & The Polyphonic Swarm
• – 44.26 : Atydia – Temir Alcy (Album ; Temir Alcy / Label ; Stroom), 3.23mns
• – 50.46 :Prelude - Sheida Gharachedaghi & Mohammad Reza Aslani (Album ; Chess of the Wind), 1.31mns
• – 52.00 : Cantor Shimon Kugel - Kol Nidrei (Shlomo Meir Kugel), 5.30mns
• – 53.40 : Une lueur pas comme les autres – Temir Alcy (Album ; Temir Alcy / Label ; Stroom), 6.10mns