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Beirut is an American band that was originally the solo musical project of Zach Condon. Beirut's music combines elements of indie rock and world music.The band's first performance with the full brass section was in New York, in May 2006, in support of their debut album Gulag Orkestar, [2] [3] though they performed their first show with Condon, Petree, and Collins at the College of Santa Fe ...
Nov 10, 2023 · Beirut's Zach Condon Is Accepting His Demons. After cancelling his 2019 tour, the musician fled to Norway to heal, process his grief, and record Hadsel —his first new album in four years. When ...
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Nov 10, 2023 · Hadsel [VINYL] £20 at Amazon. The new album marks a return to the DIY approach of his debut, 2006’s critically acclaimed Gulag Orkestar: in an attic studio, Condon layered drum sounds on top of ...
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Dec 21, 2023 · NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Zach Condon, the creative force behind the band Beirut, about his new album Hadsel, and drawing inspiration from the dark winter of arctic Norway.
Nov 14, 2023 · Beirut's Zach Condon Lost His Sense Of Self — Then Found It Within A Church Organ. The Beirut star who captivated the hipster set with tunes like "Postcards from Italy" is a bottomless musical thinker. He explains how he found his way back from the hell of 2019, and crafted an enveloping new album, 'Hadsel.'. Morgan Enos.
Jan 28, 2022 · Zach Condon — the singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist behind the musical act Beirut — has taken on the daunting task of engaging with that past, his own musical lineage, on his new collection Artifacts. By unearthing scores of demos, b-sides, outtakes, stray musical ideas, and more, from across his life, Condon has been forced to remember.
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Dec 21, 2023 · SHAPIRO: Tonight is the winter solstice - the longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. So let's lean into that and travel with Zach Condon to a dark, cold Norwegian island called Hadsel, which is also the name of Beirut's latest album. In a cabin on Hadsel, he found a pump organ. (SOUNDBITE OF BEIRUT SONG, "HADSEL") CONDON: So the ...
