Junun

Junun

Nonesuch Records releases Jununâ€”an album from composer/musician Shye Ben Tzur, guitarist Jonny Greenwood, and the Rajasthan Express, a group of Indian qawwali musiciansâ€”on November 13, 2015. Recorded earlier this year in a makeshift studio inside the 15th-century Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur, India, the album was made with Radiohead's producer Nigel Godrich, who worked with the ensemble to create this two LP/CD album. The album features Ben Tzur's compositions, which combine ecstatic, devotional Sufi qawwal musical traditions and his native Hebrew.

The filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson, a friend and frequent collaborator of Greenwood, came along to document the recording sessions as well as daily life and the close camaraderie of artistic collaboration. Anderson's resulting impressionistic film, also entitled Junun, debuted at the New York Film Festival on October 8 and begins streaming exclusively on MUBI, where it will stream for 30 days, on October 9. Junun also will be shown at the Rome Film Festival in mid-October.

Greenwood made a guest appearance last year during Ben Tzur's London concert, where they previewed some of the music of Junun, and this summer, the two were joined by the qawwali party for two performances at the Jerusalem Sacred Music Festival. Further concerts are being planned for the future, as are additional screenings of Anderson's film.
Country USA
Brand Nonesuch
Manufacturer Nonesuch
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 75597948479
ReleaseDate 2015-11-20
UnitCount 2
UPCs 075597948479
EANs 0075597948479

Country	USA
Brand	Nonesuch
Manufacturer	Nonesuch
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	75597948479
ReleaseDate	2015-11-20
UnitCount	2
UPCs	075597948479
EANs	0075597948479

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