Nour Sokhon & Stefan Christoff - Beyond All Borderlines (2025)

Beyond All Borderlines is an album that explores themes of displacement, memory, and identity through a combination of field recordings, improvisational sound, and piano melodies. Created by Lebanese artist Nour Sokhon and Montreal-based media maker Stefan Christoff, the work examines the borders—both physical and emotional—that define and separate us.

Expanding on Sokhon’s performance-based research project, And Who Are We Now?, Beyond All Borderlines gives voice to the countless individuals who carry a sense of home within them, no matter where they find themselves. The album challenges the listener to reflect on questions such as “Why are you here?” and “Where are you from?”—questions that resonate throughout its narrative, altered and intertwined with sounds of telephones ringing, typing, notifications, and the rhythmic sound of a trolley wheel. Field recordings from Lebanon and Germany, captured over the past few years, add a layer of temporal and spatial complexity.

The soundscapes in Beyond All Borderlines balance moments of fragility with undercurrents of tension, creating a dynamic listening experience. Sokhon’s research-driven method and Christoff’s improvised piano contributions come together to offer a thoughtful meditation on time, memory, and the borders—both seen and unseen— that shape human experience.


About the Artists:
Nour Sokhon is a Lebanese artist currently based in Berlin, Germany. Her interdisciplinary practice incorporates sound, music, moving images, and interactive installations. Sokhon's work draws from an expansive range of artistic research, including interviews, field recordings, and site-specific interventions. She holds a Master’s degree in Sound for the Moving Image from the Glasgow School of Art and has received accolades such as the Emerging Artist Prize at the Sursock Museum in Beirut and the Sound Art Scholarship from the University of Fine Arts in Braunschweig. Sokhon’s debut solo album, Beirut Birds, was released in 2024, supported by the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture. Her work has been featured in prominent festivals and institutions globally, including the Gaudeamus Festival 2023, Biennale d’Aix 2024, and the Beirut Art Center.

Stefan Christoff is a Montreal-based artist, activist, and media maker. He is the host of Free City Radio, a weekly program that broadcasts on multiple community radio stations across Canada and is shared globally as a podcast. Christoff is known for his collaborations with musicians worldwide, including Aidan Baker, Nicolás Jaar, and Lori Goldston. He is deeply involved in community and social justice work, serving on the board of the Immigrant Workers Centre in Montreal and organizing with the Cinema Politica Network. Additionally, Christoff is a graduate student in history at Concordia University and regularly contributes to Radio AlHara in Palestine.