Mayssa Jallad
Mayssa Jallad ميساء جلاد | |
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| Birth name | Mayssa Rachid Jallad |
| Born | 1990 (age 33–34) |
| Origin | Lebanon |
| Genres | Contemporary folk music, Trip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, Songwriter, Urban Researcher |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Labels | Ruptured |
| Website | mayssajallad |
Mayssa Jallad (Arabic: ميساء جلاد; born 1990) is a Lebanese singer, songwriter, and urban researcher based in Beirut.
Biography[edit]
Jallad is a bilingual singer-songwriter,[1] architect,[2] researcher[3] and teacher. She studied Architecture at the American University of Beirut and received her master's degree in Historic Preservation from Columbia University's GSAPP in 2017.
In 2018, Jallad returned to her hometown, Beirut, to pursue her first solo album[4] “Marjaa: The Battle of the Hotels”.[5][6] The album narrates the history of the Battle of the Hotels during the Lebanese Civil War.[7] Marjaa was based on Jallad's research at GSAPP where she wrote her thesis entitled Beirut’s Civil War Hotel District: Preserving the World’s First High-Rise Urban Battlefield.[8][9] Marjaa was produced and co-written with Lebanese producer Fadi Tabbal at Tunefork Studios in Beirut. It was released with Ruptured Records in March 2023.[10]
Jallad's musical debut was in 2013 when she founded indie-pop band Safar with guitarist Elie Abdelnour.[11] Safar albums were produced by Lebanese producer Fadi Tabbal at Tunefork Studios in Beirut.
Jallad also performed with Lebanese producer Zeid Hamdan as part of the band Zeid and the Wings, in Casablanca in 2014 and in Cairo and Gouna in 2015.
Discography[edit]
- With Safar
- 23 Kilograms EP (2014)
- Carry On EP (2015)
- Gate 03 EP (2016)
- In Transit album (2017)
- EP Studies of an Unknown Lover EP (2019)
- With Khaled Allaf
- Madina Min Baeed Single (2022)
- With Baada Ab - Mayssa Jallad, Omaya Malaeb, Ezra Tenenbaum & Dani Shukri
- Bi Kheir Single (2022)
- Fil Aatma Single (2022)
- Solo recordings
- Marjaa: The Battle of the Hotels Album (2023)
Film music[edit]
- 2023: Ode to Loneliness by Rawane Nassif (music by: Yara Asmar, vocals by: Mayssa Jallad)
References[edit]
- ^ "Mayssa Jallad OneBeat Lebanon Fellow". One Beat. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ "Meet Mayssa Jallad, the Lebanese Architect and Singer Who's Building a Musical Cityscape". Architectural Digest Middle East. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ "Mayssa Jallad". Google Scholar. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ "MAYSSA JALLAD DROPS EMOTIVE DEBUT SOLO ALBUM, 'MARJAA'". Scene Noise. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ "Shane Woolman presents Adventures In Sound And Music: Mayssa Jallad special". The Wire. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ "Mayssa Jallad: l'émotion beyrouthine à fleur de pop". Radio France Internationale (in French). Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ^ ""Marjaa: The Battle of the Hotels" Explores a Forgotten Piece of Beirut's History". Bandcamp Daily Features. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ "Jallad, M. Beirut's Civil War Hotel District: Preserving the World's First High-Rise Urban Battlefield". Columbia Academic Commons. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ "'There's a lot of difficult history we need to talk about,' says Lebanese singer Mayssa Jallad". Arab News. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ^ "Ruptured Album Release // MAYSSA JALLAD // Marjaa: The Battle Of The Hotels". Ruptured Records Online. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ "Meet Lebanese indie-folk duo Safar ahead of their UAE debuts". The National News. Retrieved 23 October 2023.