At the edge of morning: Liron Meyuhas’ Sunrise to Sunset
- Stacey
- Nov 14
- 2 min read
In today's expansive landscape of music, there are records you listen to - and records that draw you into their living, breathing world. Liron Meyuhas' 'Sunrise to Sunset' sits within that second world. The record is a quiet, expansive meditation where rhythm becomes a companion to light, and the day reveals itself one gentle pulse at a time.
As Israel's first female hang drum artist, Meyuhas has a rich background in music as a healing and connecting way of creation. 'Sunrise to Sunset' was created and conceptualised as an opportunity to make improvised music throughout different times of the day. To Meyuhas, different times of the day hold different energies, impacting the kind of music you can make intuitively.
Meyuhas has spent the past 2 decades weaving together the global language of rhythm. Having studied West African rhythm in Senegal & Guinea Conackry, jazz in Italy, Frame drum & Darbuka in Turkey and Arabic drumming in Sinai (Egypt), she has performed across the US, Brazil, India, Russia, and Europe, becoming a leading figure in contemporary world percussion. collaborating with various artists.
The entire album, Sunrise to Sunset, feels like this: a dialogue with time rather than an attempt to control it. For “8AM Morning Balafone” in particular, Meyuhas shares, “This is the second track, after the first coffee, stretching the mind and the body and getting ready for the day.” The track captures that liminal moment between rest and movement - complete with singing bowls, congas, udu, balafon, shakers, bells, and more.
By nightfall, the album folds into itself, glowing with the quiet of things completed. And in that closing darkness, you understand what Meyuhas has captured: a day as a living, breathing body.
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