Belgian/Iraqi band Use Knife releases ‘Sowieso F***ed’, ‘F***ed على أي حال’ or ‘F***ed anyway’. A cynical "c'est-la-vie" anthem, set to a heavy 95 BPM beat and a disarray of fucked up samples & sounds, about ten little wanderers who wander kilometers from home trying to belong.
But home is where the heart is. And the House will never share its wealth.
Radwan Ghazi Moumneh (Jerusalem in my Heart) did the mix once more and Youniss Ahamad deconstructed his live-visuals into distorted video loops to accompany this sing-along.
‘Sowieso F***ed’ is a digital-only release, but comes with a T-shirt for you to wear, depicting a great design by graphic designer Farah Fayyad, so you can spread the message even further. You can pre-order the t-shirt until Nov 5.
Head over to this link to buy:
linktr.ee/useknife
The release was initiated before the brutal reality of the genocide happening in Gaza. Now, the cynical message must make way for solidarity with the Palestinian people. The profits made from this release and the accompanying t-shirt will therefore go to the Gaza Crisis Appeal of Oxfam International.
And the band played on,
towards a climax of disruptive noise.
Use Knife is Stef Heeren, Kwinten Mordijck & Saif Al-Qaissy.
released October 20, 2023
Video by Youniss Ahamad.
Artwork by Farah Fayyad.
Mixed by Radwan Ghazi Moumneh at Hotel2Tango.
Recorded at Finster Studio by Joris Caluwaerts.
Additional recordings at Kattengat by Stef Heeren & Kwinten Mordijck.
Mastered by Frederik Dejongh at Jerboa Mastering.
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