purge.xxx #28 - Z32 / Between Fences by Noam Enbar : Avi Mograbi

purge.xxx releases music. It has been celebrated by The Wire magazine for its ‘disregard for the music industry, self-promotion and prevailing cultural norms,’ and an ‘ability to elevate distinct works and the obscure artists behind them.’ purge.xxx only releases music physically, unless a digital alternative has specifically been requested by a collaborating artist. It considers even the recording a compromise, but advocates things.

Running weekly, the series will broadcast the entire catalogue so far in chronological order, continuing here with Z32 / Between Fences by Noam Enbar : Avi Mograbi.

Noam Enbars original soundtrack scores for Avi Mograbi’s films Z32 (2008) and Between Fences (2016).

Z32: an Israeli soldier describes his participation in revenge operations against Palestinians; the director of the documentary film, Avi Mograbi, often appears on screen and breaks in to song.

Between Fences: Avi Mograbi and Chen Alon initiate a theatre workshop and improvised choir in Holot, a detention centre in the Israeli desert housing asylum seekers from Eritrea and Sudan who cannot return to their countries of origin. This edition features an extended recording of the choir.

numbered + handmade in an edition of 50 copies only with a specially commissioned text by Eyal Weizman, and the Hebrew song lyrics alongside new, English translations; no digital.

This series for Resonance Extra is the first time much of the label's catalogue has been available to hear outside of its material form. It accepts the invitation by Resonance on the basis that none of these sounds are stored. If you want to hear it you need to be able to access the radio at midnight every Thursday.