Lebanese musician uses Israeli bombs as backdrop

LONDON, July 28 (Reuters) A Lebanese musician has recorded a unique duet with the Israeli Air Force by recording on the balcony of his Beirut apartment during a bombing raid.

In his sound art piece, trumpeter Marzen Kerbaj intermingles his music with the sounds of bombardment.

Explaining how he put together his unique composition, Kerbaj told BBC Radio: ''I was maybe three kilometres away. I could see them explode and hear them but somehow I was safe.

''It is freaking for the nerves but I quickly understood that if I play music while it is happening, it is much better than just hearing it happening. Somehow my brain shifts and I focus totally on the music.'' Asked if he thought his composition was in questionable taste, he said: ''Throwing bombs on buses with kids escaping from their villages is in much more horrible taste.'' He said the recording was a way of making people listen to what Beirut was facing. ''It's not like on CNN. It is not a Hollywood movie, it is really happening.'' Reuters DKA VV1418