October 3, 2025 • 6 mins
"For this track, I used the field recording made by Anders Vinjar on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. This place has always had a mythical resonance to my ears, it sounds like a place of sacred peace, but obviously it is no longer.
"What I tried to express through this piece is how a land of peace gradually transforms into a place of conflict, how what was once a sacred site has become a battlefield. After starting calmly, the recordings and sounds become confused, the rhythm breaks, something is wrong…
"One day, the Palestinians will return home, but nothing will ever be the same again."
Mount of Olives, Jerusalem reimagined by Zuunzug.
"What I tried to express through this piece is how a land of peace gradually transforms into a place of conflict, how what was once a sacred site has become a battlefield. After starting calmly, the recordings and sounds become confused, the rhythm breaks, something is wrong…
"One day, the Palestinians will return home, but nothing will ever be the same again."
Mount of Olives, Jerusalem reimagined by Zuunzug.
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