About this Event
FONO presents:
Radwan Ghazi Moumneh & Frédéric D. Oberland + TBA
June 25, 2026 @ FONO
Licensed 19+ | 8pm Doors | Lounge open at 5pm
Radwan Ghazi Moumneh (MTL) & Frédéric D. Oberland (Paris)
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Radwan Ghazi Moumneh and Frédéric D. Oberland are longstanding collaborators and friends who debuted their eponymous duo project with the Eternal Life No End LP released on Constellation in April 2026. What began as quiet shared experiments and occasional intimate live performances at Moumneh’s Hotel2Tango studio in Montréal, evolved into a full-scale transatlantic recording project, with the co-composers/co-producers expanding their experimental songcraft in a melding of ritual electronics and contemplative devotional forms.
Radwan Ghazi Moumneh is a Lebanese artist, producer, and musician based in Tiohtiá:ke/Montréal, best known as founder of Jerusalem In My Heart (JIMH), an interdisciplinary project rooted in contemporary explorations of Arabic musical traditions and socio-geographies, with various partners creating/projecting 16mm analog films, and sometimes involving other musical, theatrical, and contemporary dance collaborators. Moumneh is also a renowned producer/engineer whose credits include Matana Roberts, Alanis Obomsawin, Nadah El Shazly, Sarah Davachi, Jessica Moss, SANAM, and many more.
French multi-instrumentalist and photographer Frédéric D. Oberland is co-founder of Oiseaux-Tempête, the acclaimed musical collective that navigates intersections of avant-rock and free improvisation, with a string of albums since 2013 on Sub Rosa, and releases on NAHAL Recordings and Ruptured. He is a founding member of FOUDRE! and SIHR, performs in many other ensemble and solo configurations, has appeared on collab albums with the likes of Aidan Baker, Irena Tomažin, and Richard Knox, and composes for film. Oberland’s photography is collected in the 2026 art book Vestiges du Futur / Vestiges of the Future published by Sun/Sun Editions and his photos have appeared in a wide range of publications and album covers.
Across two decades, Moumneh has challenged assumptions about what Arabic music can denote, and opened pathways beyond inherited forms. Oberland has relentlessly explored improvisation and collective composition over this same period, amassing wide-ranging stylistic and instrumental acumen. On Eternal Life No End, Oberland plays Buchla and modular synths, alto saxophone, and clarineau; Moumneh sings and plays buzuk and rababa; both contribute electro-acoustic processing, and share rhythmic duties with acoustic hand percussion and drum machine programming. Together they shape a musical dialogue at once intimate and outward-looking, inscribing a sound world fragile yet luminous. Electronics press against the grain of the buzuk; modal lines drift into noise; drones shimmer and eventually break into rhythm. If Moumneh questions cultural inheritance and Oberland treats music as a site of collective action, their collaboration creates a place where these impulses converge and reconfigure. Eternal Life No End traces sonic territories between memory and invention, devotion and abrasion, the personal and the expansive.
Local support TBA
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About the Venue
Welcome to Centretown’s living room. FONO is a fully accessible, tech-forward space designed for connection and enjoyment of the arts. We’ve built this environment so everyone can feel at home, move freely, and enjoy high-fidelity sound without barriers.
House Rules
We ask that patrons treat our space, our staff, and each other with respect. We have a zero-tolerance policy for vandalism, harassment, discriminatory or inappropriate behavior—let’s look out for one another and keep the energy positive.
The Fine Print
- Age Restriction: This particular event is 19+, attendees may be asked to show ID.
- Ticket Limit: There is a strict limit of 6 tickets per household/credit card.
- Resellers: To ensure tickets go to real fans, any orders suspected of being purchased for resale are subject to cancellation without refund.
- Terms: All sales are final (no exchanges or refunds). Lineup, date, and set times are subject to change.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
FONO HiFi Lounge, 473 Bronson Avenue, Ottawa, Canada
CAD 33.28
