Jad Atoui releases ‘It Will Take Forever’ following two years of live modular experimentation

Beirut-based composer, sound designer and experimental producer Jad Atoui has released ‘It Will Take Forever’, a six-track album created from live modular synthesis performances developed between 2023 and 2025.

Written, performed and produced entirely by the artist himself, the record explores the intersections of ambient noise, power electronics and electro-acoustic composition, translating experiences of pressure, exhaustion, rupture and release into immersive sound.

Created in Beirut during a prolonged period of instability, ‘It Will Take Forever’ approaches sound as a bodily experience rather than a form of narrative. Across six extended compositions, Atoui employs overwhelming low-end frequencies, unstable textures, distortion and moments of fragile stillness to examine how sound is perceived once familiar structures begin to dissolve.

The material was developed through live modular synthesis performances and conceived to be experienced at high volume in physical space. While the album traces its origins to Atoui's early connection with rave culture and club sound systems, rhythm is largely deconstructed, giving way to expansive electronics, feedback, harmonic residue and sustained sonic intensity.

Jad Atoui composes and performs electronic music using bio-sensors, field recordings and analogue hardware. His work has been presented at venues including the Pompidou Centre in Paris and The Stone in New York, while collaborations have included John Zorn, Laurie Anderson, Marc Ribot, Elliott Sharp, Bill Frisell and Chuck Bettis. In 2015, he led the ‘Biosonics’ project with scientist Ivan Marazzi, exploring bio-sonification as a compositional tool, with the work later published in John Zorn's ‘Arcana Book Vol. XVIII’ and premiered at National Sawdust.

‘It Will Take Forever’ is available now digitally and on vinyl, with vinyl orders scheduled to begin shipping towards the end of August.