06 • 26 • 2021

STORAGE CONTAINER 10

Unlimited Practice + Questions About Care

w/ Ghorba

A close up bird's eye view of Ghorba's ceramic pink and blue mug sitting on top of a maple wood surface. The inside of the mug is dark blue with slight ridges going all the way through the inside of the mug. There is a small chip on the right side of the rim of the mug and it is has a brown glaze. The handle of the mug is bubblegum pink and has a small swirl shape on it.

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

A photo of Natalie sitting on a stool in front of a synthesizer looking to their left. There is a white electric guitar hanging on the wall behind them and the lighting is a dark blue-green.

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.

Currently living on Tongva land

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

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