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Pharoah Chromium
Chronicles from the Arab Cold War
Discrepant - Cat No: CREP119
- updated:2026-05-15
Pharoah Chromium, a project by German-Palestinian musician and sound performer Ghazi Barakat—who has previously addressed the Palestinian issue and created works based on Yoshida Kishige’s concept of “Eros + Massacre”—has released a new album via Discrepant. A blow of mourning and resistance, innocence and rage, fueled by a punk-like sense of liberation.
Track List
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1. INTRO / RIAH ACH-CHARK
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2. IA JEBEL SARFIT 1
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3. MIRBAT ICHADI
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4. IA CHAID AD-DARB
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5. BAR SETIQUE KOUHSANRAN
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6. OUT A FAT AL-JEMAHIR
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7. IA JEBEL SARFIT 2
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8. SIAH-KHAL

This work combines sound materials built around flute, EWI (a wind-style synthesizer), and rhythm-driven electronic music inspired by belly dance beats with the 1975 record *Chants Révolutionnaires d’Oman*, which features the voices of Oman’s revolutionary youth. Side A is dedicated to the children of Gaza, an attempt to convey hope and resilience by borrowing the voices of Omani children. Side B is darker, taking on a funereal tone that reflects the escalation of the situation since October 7. The adolescent voices give way to adult voices, and the addition of Philipp Selalmazidis on trumpet adds a sense of tension. An ethical stance that avoids using recordings of the ongoing genocide and refuses to reduce suffering to a spectacle. A work in which listening becomes an act of witnessing. With serious situations persisting not only in Palestine but around the world, this is an album I want to slip into my record bag as a small act of resistance. (Original Japanese text by Adachi)