Storage Container 10
Unlimited Practice + Questions About Care
w/ Ghorba
Guest, Ghorba, an LA producer, DJ and founder of Feminist Synth Lab Library, a workshop series and synthesizer and music equipment lending library for all marginalized genders in LA - joins Callie to discuss all of the ways in which community work, intentional cooking/ sharing food, and expansive, unlimited creative practice can result in joy and grounding. Ghorba’s musical selections highlight compositions recorded in various regions of Swana and are interwoven with stories and vessels honoring Ghorba’s Lebanese roots.
Together they explore the complexities of caring for one another and creating safety for all bodies during this transitional moment during the pandemic as covid mandates in Los Angeles are being lifted. In this conversation, Callie and Ghorba ask what is possible moving forward from this past year and what ideas regarding accessibility and mutual aid can be implemented within our music communities.
Guest: Ghorba
She / They
Ghorba (she/they) is a Lebanese-British writer, musician and DJ. Using drum machines and synthesizers, Ghorba records live acid-infused techno cuts, with releases on Jacktone Records, Fatt Grabbers and Sweat Equity, among others. As a DJ, her sets move freely between genres, infusing obscure ’90s tracks with pop hits and a taste of her SWANA roots. She has performed alongside artists including Rrose, Mama Snake and Light Asylum across the U.S. and Europe. Ghorba started and co-runs the Feminist Synth Lab, a workshop series and synthesizer lending library for marginalized genders in Los Angeles. Brought up in the U.A.E, they are now based in Los Angeles.
Links
Episode Tracklist
DISNEY GIRLS 2020 – CHINO AMOBI GROUPER – COR2PEL NO BLUFF – ANGELS IN AMERICA HOMELESS (Q’ARA) [ORCORARA, GENEVA 2018] – ELYSIA CRAMPTON SEE YOURSELF OUT OF THE WAY – JOHNNY NASH, SUZANNE KRAFT TIRZAH SAY WHEN BOUNCE – 4SUICIDE2YEAR0 PIECE PEACE – GREEN HOUSE
CALLIE X GHORBA INTERVIEW
GHORBA Mix (Includes where in the Swana region each track was recorded in)
DEBUSSY – ARABESQUE NO. 1 (PERFORMED BY NATALIE ROBEHMED, 2007) FAIRUZ – ALOULA (LEBANON) UNKNOWN ARTIST – ATS’FERHEM (ALGERIA) HASSAN ABOU SOUED – SHIK SHAK SHOK! (EGYPT) AL MASSRIEEN – EBDA MEN’GEDID (EGYPT) ALI HASSAN KUBAN – UNKNOWN (REMIX) (EGYPT) FAIRUZ – AL BOSTA (LIAM DOC’S HEAVY ON THE LOW END REMIX) BLUE TURBAN – BREAKBEATS
Show Notes
Released: June 26, 2021
RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW
Home-y Made Meals Ideal Black Female Patreon Feminist Synth Library Theo Henderson - We the Unhoused River Rose