Radwan Ghazi Moumneh Explained

Radwan Ghazi Moumneh
Origin:	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation:	Producer, recording engineer, musician
Instrument:	Synthesizer, Guitar, Buzuq
Associated Acts:	Jerusalem in My Heart, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Suuns, The Black Hand, IRE, Cursed

Radwan Ghazi Moumneh is a Canadian recording engineer, producer, and musician.

Moumneh's family fled the Lebanese Civil War for the Sultanate of Oman, where he grew up, moving to Montreal in 1993.^{[1] [2] [3]} Throughout the mid 1990s and early 2000s Moumneh recorded, and toured with, a number of Montreal-based hardcore and punk bands such as The Black Hand and IRE.^[4] In 2004 Moumneh established the Hotel2Tango recording studio with Howard Bilerman, Efrim Menuck, and Thierry Amar (the later two are core members of Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra).^[5] In 2005 Moumneh began performing live as Jerusalem in My Heart with a number of collaborators, a project with whom he has released two full-length records.^[6] Jerusalem In My Heart also released a collaborative album with Suuns - Suuns and Jerusalem in My Heart- (whom Moumneh had previously recorded). As a recording engineer and producer Moumneh has worked with an assortment of acts including Suuns, Mashrou' Leila, ...And the Saga Continues, Matana Roberts, and Ought (band).^[7]

In 2011 Ghazi Moumneh collaborated with Alexis O'Hara to create music for Montreal performance art drag duo, 2boys.tv's processional HIV/AIDS memorial Tightrope (2011-2016) which premiered at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre in Toronto.^[8]

Discography

Jerusalem in My Heart

• Qalaq LP/CD/BOXSET (2021, Constellation Records (Canada))
• Daqa'iq Tudaiq LP/CD (2018, Constellation Records (Canada))
• If He Dies, If If If If If If LP/CD (2015, Constellation Records (Canada))
• Suuns and Jerusalem in My Heart LP/CD (2015, Secretly Canadian)
• Mo7it Al-Mo7it LP/CD (2013, Constellation Records (Canada))

Radwan Ghazi Moumneh & Eric Chenaux

• The Sentimental Moves LP (2012, Grapefruit (music label))

Land of Kush

• Monogamy LP (2010, Constellation Records (Canada))
• Against The Day LP/CD (2009, Constellation Records (Canada))

Pas Chic Chic

• Au Contraire (album) LP (2008, Semprini Records)

• II (Cursed album) LP/CD (2005, Goodfellow Records)
• II (Cursed album) LP/CD (2003, Deathwish Inc.)

The Black Hand

• War Monger (album) LP/CD (2002, Scorched Earth Policy Records)
• Pulling Your Strings (album) LP/CD (2001, Scorched Earth Policy Records)

IRE

• What Seed, What Root (album) LP/CD (1999, CrimethInc.)
• I Discern an Overtone of Tragedy in Your Voice (album) LP/CD (1998, The Mountain Collective For Independent Artists, Ltd.)
• Adversity Into Triumph (album) LP/CD (1996, Ellington Records (music label))

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Restless Art of Radwan Ghazi Moumneh Musicworks magazine. www.musicworks.ca. 2017-07-14.
2. Web site: Sannicandro . Joseph . Jerusalem in My Heart hits the road . Cult MTL . https://web.archive.org/web/20181218010932/https://cultmtl.com/2014/05/jerusalem-in-my-heart/ . 2018-12-18 . en . 2014-05-15. 2018-12-17.
3. Web site: Jerusalem In My Heart Tiny Mix Tapes. www.tinymixtapes.com. 2018-12-17.
4. Web site: The Restless Art of Radwan Ghazi Moumneh Musicworks magazine. www.musicworks.ca. 2017-07-14.
5. Web site: Interview: Jerusalem In My Heart. 2015-09-04. FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music.. 2017-07-14.
6. Web site: Interview: Jerusalem In My Heart. 2015-09-04. FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music.. 2017-07-14.
7. News: The Quietus Features Escape Velocity Ink From The Eyes: Jerusalem In My Heart Interviewed. The Quietus. 2017-07-14.
8. Book: Dickinson, Peter . Viral Dramaturgies . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. . 2018 . 978-3-319-70316-9 . 'Still (Mighty) Real': HIV and AIDS, Queer Public Memories, and the Intergenerational Drag Hail.