The Tunis Diaries

by Emel

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1.	Holm 04:46	buy track
2.	Ma Lkit 04:49	buy track
3.	Fi Kolli Yawmen 06:13	buy track
4.	Libertà 05:43	buy track
5.	Princess Melancholy 03:59	buy track
6.	Merrouh 04:38	buy track
7.	Dhalem 05:18	buy track
8.	Everywhere We Looked Was Burning 04:46	buy track
9.	Sallem 03:51	buy track
10.	Something in the Way 05:13	buy track
11.	The Man Who Sold the World 04:28	buy track
12.	Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 04:36	buy track
13.	Every You Every Me 04:57	buy track
14.	One of Us Cannot Be Wrong 05:15	buy track
15.	Frühling in Paris 04:32	buy track
16.	Aerials 01:42	buy track
17.	New Year's Prayer 08:04	buy track
18.	Warchild 06:07	buy track

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On October 23, Tunisian-born/New York-based experimental singer Emel will release ‘The Tunis Diaries’ – a double EP that features a collection of newly recorded reworks from Emel’s catalog (‘Day’), paired with an eclectic selection of covers (‘Night’). Equipped with only a laptop, tape recorder, and a classical guitar she crowdsourced from a local fan via Facebook, Emel created ‘The Tunis Diaries’ entirely in Tunis after she was unexpectedly quarantined in her childhood home this Spring. The resulting project is a back-to-basics exploration of Emel’s roots, as well as a spontaneous and complex reflection on her relationship to her homeland. Two tracks from ‘The Tunis Diaries’ are available now – “Holm,” and a cover of David Bowie’s “The Man Who Sold The World.”

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released October 23, 2020

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Emel Brooklyn, New York

Emel isn't interested in being typecast as an exotic North African. For people who still haven't heard her ground her honeyed vocals in heavy, distorted electronics, and whose theatrical stage presence and arresting visuals call to mind the likes of Kate Bush and Björk — it's still useful to know how she rose onto stages across the world and become an anthemic voice during the Arab Spring. NPR ... more

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May 18

Grande Salle, Le Plan

Ris Orangis, France
May 21

Jazz Cafe

Camden, UK
Jul 31

Werkraum Schöpflin - Open-air

Lörrach, Germany

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