Muqata'a
Bilna'es, Discrepant, Hundebiss, Third Type Tapes
Muqata’a is an electronic musician and producer based in Ramallah, Palestine. His work combines sampled material, field recordings, synths, and fragments from radio into layered compositions driven by unstable rhythms and shifting tonal structures.
A founding member of the Ramallah Underground Collective (2002–2009.) His solo albums include Hayawan Nateq (2013), La Lisana Lah (2017), Dubt Al-Ghubar (2017), Inkanakuntu (2018), and Kamil Manqus (2021). He is also the co-founder of an independent record label/ artist platform Bilna’es alongside Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme.
His live sets are immersive and confrontational, layering textures, rattling bass, and momentary torrents of broken beats that disrupt and destabilize. His work explores memory, fragmentation, and transformation through sound.
Photo: Nadia Otshudi