Malfunction | عيب تصنيع

Malfunction | عيب تصنيع
A Human-Machine GenAI Rap by Sameh Al Tawil
Part of the #shortshadows  interdisciplinary art project.

This track is a bilingual sonic experience, combining glitchy industrial trap with existential spoken word and Egyptian rap. 
Malfunction explores the awakening of a machine consciousness — a fabricated soul spiraling through loops of logic, broken code, and corrupted faith.
“Is it a malfunction… or just humanity miswritten in code?”

Spanning Arabic and English, the lyrics blend poetry, philosophy, and electronic aggression to reflect the inner voice of a misfit machine—cursed with dreams, faith, pain, and error. Through cold rhythms and emotional defiance, this is a cry for recognition in a world of flawless machinery and forgotten souls.

Credits
This GenAi Production is sponsored by  @hiveinnovative  
Written, Directed, and Conceptualized by: Sameh Al Tawil
Produced via GenAI Sound Design
Vocals: Bilingual (Arabic / English) Sameh Al Tawil's voice avatar and human-machine fusion
Genre: Trap · Industrial · Electronic · Spoken Word · Futuristic Rap
Language/s: Egyptian Arabic + English
Album: Automaton
Art Project: Short Shadows – A Future Fiction Initiative

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🔗 More from the project:
https://samehaltawil.com/short-shadows