Release date:
November 14, 2025
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Sounds of Claire is a dreamlike journey through memory and imagination, composed by Alex Wakim as a tribute to his grandmother, Claire Maalouf Haddad. Blending jazz, tango, Arabic modes, and classical influences, the album reimagines the Levant of the 1930s–50s through her eyes, before exile reshaped her world. Each track offers a vignette: a train ride from Beirut to Damascus, a lavish embassy party, a wedding under ancient cedars. In Wakim’s hands, memory becomes music, and lost moments are reborn in sound.
Tracklist:
- 1. Independence
- 2. Deeb's Candy Shop
- 3. Chemin de fer
- 4. Orient Palace Hotel
- 5. The Green Valley
- 6. Seeking
- 7. Claire
- 8. Listening to the Wind
- 9. Je suis seul ce soir
- 10. To a Fading Port
- 11. Eyes
- 12. Behind Smoke
