The German-Palestinian sound artist, composer, and interpreter Ghazi Barakat (*1965) has worked in various music fields, from indie to experimental electronics. Barakat’s work as “Pharoah Chromium” brings together musique concrète from various sources, ranging from readings of Jean Genet to news reports about violent conflicts in the Middle East. Previously Barakat went under the pseudonym “Boy From Brazil”, inspired by the anti-Nazi film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner in 1978, which embraced a postmodernist and rock’n’roll aesthetic. In 2019 Barakat collaborated with the guitarist Paul LaBrecque to produce Terminal Desert for Karlrecords. The album contains two long-form improvisations reflecting on the dystopian symptoms in our current climate such as contamination, pollution, and desolation.