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البارح العين ما نامت
Yesterday the Eye didn't Sleep
OFFICIAL TRAILER
21 Sep 2026
Announcing BETHLEHEM by Lawrence Sammour, Sary Moussa @sssaarry & Abed Kobeissy @abed_kobeissy, out October 16 on Constellation.
Pre-orders are now live, with first single “Mylāduka ʾayyuha-l-masyḥ” streaming today alongside the live “Buzuq for four hands” (but not on Spotify or Amazon Music).
Originally commissioned by Wonder Cabinet @wonder.cabinet in December 2023, BETHLEHEM emerged from the decision of Bethlehem’s Greek Orthodox Church of the Nativity to cancel all festive Christmas celebrations that year in response to the genocide in Palestine. The work brings together the voice of Lawrence Sammour, head of the Church of the Nativity choir for more than fifty years, with music by Beirut-based experimental electroacoustic musicians Sary Moussa and Abed Kobeissy.
Recorded remotely between Bethlehem and Beirut due to travel restrictions, the initial 20-minute work was broadcast by Radio al-Hara @radioalhara on Christmas Eve 2023 and subsequently rebroadcast by more than 50 radio stations worldwide. The collaborators first performed together in person at Le Guess Who? @le_guess_who in Utrecht in November 2024.
BETHLEHEM was expanded through a five-day residency at Dar El Nimer in December 2025, with double bassist Makram Aboul Hosn @makramaboulhosn1 joining Moussa, Kobeissy and Sammour. The residency developed the original 2023 composition into a new live configuration, with additional material recorded in preparation for a performance at Beirut & Beyond International Music Festival @bbimf that same month. Together with the original 2023 recording, this material forms the album-length work released by Constellation this October.
Mixed by Radwan Ghazi Moumneh @radwanghazimoumneh at Hotel2Tango, Montreal.
Mastered by Harris Newman @harrisnewman12 at @greymarketmastering, Montreal.
LIVE
07 Nov 2026 - Utrecht, NL - Le Guess Who?
08 Nov 2026 - Ghent, BE - Groot Begijnhof Sint-Elisabeth
18 Dec 2026 - Amman, JO - El-Masna
BETHLEHEM
CST197 • 180g LP / CD / DL
October 16, 2026
@rarelyunable @secretlydistribution
10 Sep 2026
New trailer for 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗵 𝟮: 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗱
@theaterspektakel 18, 19, 20 August!
𝗡𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗭𝗞𝗕 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 ✨️
15 Jul 2026
Galactic Crush 2: Into the Cold
3–5 June 2027
The Pit, Barbican
What does escape mean when an entire population is fighting to remain on its land?
Choreographer Stephanie Kayal and composer musician Abed Kobeissy return to their failed crime-fighting duo, now attempting to flee their homeland in a makeshift intergalactic spaceship.
Through dance, live music, video, text and dark humour, Galactic Crush 2: Into the Cold confronts the contradictions of seeking another world while people are being annihilated for holding on to their own.
Against a genocidal present, science fiction becomes an unsettling lens on escape, survival and belonging.
The absurdity is deliberate. The question it leaves behind is anything but.
3–5 June 2027 at the Barbican, as part of Shubbak Festival.
#ShubbakFestival2027 #GalacticCrush2
Galactic Crush 2: Into the Cold
3–5 يونيو 2027
The Pit، Barbican
ماذا يعني الهروب حين يقاتل شعب بأكمله من أجل البقاء على أرضه؟
تعود مصممة الرقص ستيفاني كيّال والموسيقي والمؤلف عبد قبيسي إلى ثنائيهما الفاشل في محاربة الجريمة، لكنهما هذه المرة يحاولان الفرار من وطنهما على متن مركبة فضائية بين-مجرّية مرتجلة.
من خلال الرقص والموسيقى الحية والفيديو والنص والفكاهة السوداء، يواجه Galactic Crush 2: Into the Cold التناقضات الأخلاقية الكامنة في فكرة البحث عن عالم آخر، بينما يُباد أناس بسبب تمسّكهم بأرضهم وبحقهم في البقاء فيها.
في مواجهة واقع إبادي، يستعين العمل بالخيال العلمي بوصفه عدسة مقلقة للتفكير في الهروب والبقاء والانتماء، وفي التناقض بين الرغبة في النجاة والحق في البقاء حيث ينتمي المرء.
العبث في العمل مقصود، أما السؤال الذي يتركه وراءه فليس كذلك.
العرض الأول في المملكة المتحدة ضمن مهرجان شُبّاك، من 3 إلى 5 يونيو 2027 في Barbican.
09 Nov 2026
BETHLEHEM, blending sacred choral tradition with experimental electronic music, returns to Le Guess Who?
Presented by @radioalhara and @wonder.cabinet, the project brings together tenor Lawrence Sammour—also head of the Church of the Nativity’s choir for over fifty years—with two artists deeply rooted in Beirut’s experimental and underground music scenes: electronic musician, sound designer and producer @sssaarry and composer @abed_kobeissy, as well as double bass player @makramaboulhosn1.
Their self-titled album is out now via @cstrecords.
BETHLEHEM is presented in collaboration with @timesmovement
📸 @maarten_mooijman
07 Nov 2026
It’s wonderful to see Le Guess Who? @le_guess_who celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Over the years, the Utrecht festival has become a very special gathering for adventurous music, and we’re glad to see it reach this milestone.
This year’s edition, taking place this week, features three Constellation acts: Radwan Ghazi Moumneh @radwanghazimoumneh & Frédéric D. Oberland @frederic_d_oberland, Jessica Moss @jessicamossmusic (with Tony Buck of The Necks @the.necks and Spill), and BETHLEHEM, the trio of Lawrence Sammour, Abed Kobeissy @abed_kobeissy, and Sary Moussa @sssaarry.
Congratulations to everyone behind Le Guess Who? for 20 years of bringing such a remarkable range of artists together. We’re very happy to be part of this year’s programme.
@rarelyunable @swampbooking @secretlydistribution
05 Nov 2026
BETHLEHEM addresses sacred choral tradition through an experimental and electroacoustic lens, bringing together singer Lawrence Sammour, the head of Bethlehem’s Greek Orthodox Church of the Nativity choir for over fifty years, and Beirut-based musicians Sary Moussa and Abed Kobeissy.
Commissioned by Wonder Cabinet and broadcast by Radio AlHara on Christmas Eve 2023 in lieu of all festive celebrations cancelled by the Church in response to the genocide taking place in Palestine, the initial collaboration was a remotely recorded work, with vocals from Sammour in Bethlehem sent to Moussa and Kobeissy in Beirut. The resulting 20-minute broadcast recording, along with subsequent recordings made live and in person in Beirut in 2025, were then mixed in Montréal by Radwan Ghazi Moumneh to produce this album-length document of the project.
BETHLEHEM physical editions on 180gram LP and CD arrive at indie record stores this Friday 23 October.
Album artwork features photography by Radio alHara and Wonder Cabinet co-founder Elias Anastas, and a reproduction of notation for the project from the notebook of Abed Kobeissy. The 180gram vinyl edition features 300gsm jacket and 300gsm inner both printed matte UV on reverse board. The CD edition comes in a custom mini-gatefold jacket with inner dust sleeve for the disc.
Listen & order via the link in bio.
@wonder.cabinet @radioalhara @abed_kobeissy @sssaarry @elias.anastas @le_guess_who @ibrahimowais @rarelyunable @secretlydistribution
21 Oct 2026
BETHLEHEM is out today on Constellation.
Originally commissioned by Wonder Cabinet @wonder.cabinet in December 2023, the work emerged in response to the Greek Orthodox Church of the Nativity’s decision to cancel its Christmas celebrations that year in response to the genocide in Palestine.
Recorded remotely between Bethlehem and Beirut due to travel restrictions, it brings together the voice of Lawrence Sammour, who has led the church choir for over fifty years, with music by Beirut-based experimental musicians Sary Moussa @sssaarry and Abed Kobeissy @abed_kobeissy.
The original composition was later expanded during a residency at Dar El Nimer @darelnimer in Beirut, with double bassist Makram Aboul Hosn @makramaboulhosn1 joining the group.
The self-titled debut album is available now on 180g LP / CD / digital.
@secretlydistribution @rarelyunable
16 Oct 2026
Soundscapes, heritage, and community.
We’re teaming up with @viernulvier.gent and @grootbegijnhoftesintamandsberg to bring you an unforgettable evening at the Sint-Elisabethkerk.
Featuring the internationally acclaimed BETHLEHEM project by Lawrence Sammour, @abed_kobeissy , @sssaarry & @makramaboulhosn1 complemented by the mesmerizing ambient and drone works of @fadi_tabbal
🎥 Videos via @bal_chavaux & @sofialambrou
📅 Sun 08.11 | 19:00 - 22:30
📍 Kerk Groot Beginhof, Sint Elisabeth, Ghent
Secure your spot via the link in our bio.
#Ghent #SintElisabethkerk #LiveMusic #Ambient #contemporaryclassical
15 Oct 2026
Touring with YESTERDAY THE EYE DIDNT SLEEP in October!
Watch it at these festivals
Eternally grateful for all the cast and crew ❤️
12 Oct 2026
We’re grateful to Patrick Clarke @paddy__clarke__ for reviewing BETHLEHEM in his latest Quietus @thequietus column, Radical Traditional: Folk Music for Autumn.
“This new record sees Moussa and Kobeissy deliver a fine electro-acoustic weave that’s constantly changing shape, but always moving in service of Sammour’s liturgical hymns from the Greek Orthodox tradition, sung in Arabic. It opens with a two-and-a-half-minute meander of buzuq and electronics that is extremely pretty, but it’s only as it then gives way to the quietest of drones as Sammour sings ‘Al Masyh Woulida’, that it pushes over into something sublime. Tiny strikes of buzuq flick along with the rise of Sammour’s voice, like thermal columns on which his low, rich and impossibly resonant singing is allowed to float and drift.”
BETHLEHEM is out October 16 on Constellation.
LIVE
07 Nov 2026 - Utrecht, NL / Le Guess Who? @le_guess_who
08 Nov 2026 - Ghent, BE / Groot Begijnhof Sint-Elisabeth
18 Dec 2026 - Amman, JO / El-Masna
@rarelyunable @secretlydistribution
01 Oct 2026
We are incredibly proud to announce that Galactic Crush 2: Into the Cold, Stephanie Kayal & Abed Kobeissy‘s space odyssey about love, failure, and the longing to escape a world in ruins, has won the ZKB Patronage Prize at the @theaterspektakel ! The prize worth 30.000 CHF was awarded by an international jury consisting of Alia Alzougbi, Ophelia Jiadai Huang, Jessie Mill, Fatima Moumouni and Veronika Skliarova. They described the piece as a “collective examination of our responsibility.” Swipe to read the jury’s full statement.
Congrats, @stephanie.kayal and @abed_kobeissy 💕 And a big thanks to all the people and organisations that made the piece possible: @polseif @krystelkhoury3 @firaselhallak @_sabineski_ @tn_wallonie_bruxelles @theatredelavie1210 @alkantaralisboa @kunstencentrumbuda @plateformeparallele @workspacebrussels @studiolabeur_ciedamedepic
23 Sep 2026
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