#MUSICIANSFORPALESTINE PODCAST 20 - Adam Kinner, Anarchist Mountains and Raz Mesinai

This edition of the program is a mix of music by artists involved in supporting the #MusiciansForPalestine project. Adam Kinner presents a solo saxophone track recorded on the floor at La Sala Rossa in Montreal. Anarchist Mountains Trio presents the piece A Free Palestine dream, out on @amekcollective in Sofia, Bulgaria and finally a series of tracks by Palestinian producer in NYC, Raz Mesinai, from a recently released an album of the Badawi project called "A Tale of Two Cities."

Accompanying artwork by Susanna Gonzo.

On the 19th edition of the #MusiciansForPalestine podcast, we hear from Bocafloja, a groundbreaking hip-hop artist from Mexico. Bocafloja has long expressed solidarity across borders while speaking about specific struggles for justice in the context of Mexico, particularly articulating the urgency of listening to and supporting Black and Indigenous activist artistic voices in Mexico as important points of anti colonial resistance across the Americas. Bocafloja is a supporter of Musicians For Palestine.

Photo is of Bocafloja and accompanying music is by Bocafloja.

The interview with Bocafloja aired on Radio Alhara راديو الحارة in Bethlehem on Monday, June 5th at 5:30pm, that is 10:30am eastern time, live at https://www.radioalhara.net This interview is distributed by OTHER PEOPLE available for download and broadcast on other stations internationally. This interview was broadcast and facilitated by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.

On this edition of the monthly Musicians For Palestine podcast we hear from musician Jessie Stein on her involvement in helping to launch this project. Also Jessie reflects on the ways that the independent cultural scene and musician networks in Montreal created a context of community engagement and solidarity that opens doors to thinking about ways that musicians could act together to engage in international solidarity work and also to support local activism.

Jessie plays with The Luyas, you can listen to their music here:

https://theluyas.bandcamp.com

This podcast interview was recorded and edited by Stefan Christoff.

Listen to a special edition of the #MUSICIANSFORPALESTINE podcast that was recorded live at an event at Interference Archive in Brooklyn, New York.

This event was co-hosted by Musicians For Palestine and the Interference Archive in collaboration with Radio AlHara. In the edition you can hear people who joined the collective zine making session and radio broadcast sharing their reflections about the meaning of solidarity in practice. Also you specifically hear from artist Kevin Caplicki speaking about a silk-screen print "Boycott Divestment Sanctions" that is distributed by the Justseeds artists' cooperative. Also you hear from musicians Devin Brahja Waldman who speaks about joining the Musicians For Palestine movement.

https://justseeds.org/product/imaging-apartheid-boycott-divestment-sanctions/

Music on this edition is Christian Carrière with the track Static, you also hear from Devin Brahja Waldman's ablum "Watermelancholia" and a couple of works from the Cr​é​puscule album by Rêves sonores.

This episode was recorded and produced by Audio Interference, the podcast project of the Interference Archive. The program was edited by Stefan Christoff of Musicians For Palestine.

A collective mix that revolves around the "Art in Action Across Borders" event that took place at the Interference Archive event in Brooklyn, NY, February 2023.

Below is a listing of the mixes contributed and also the individual tracks which all are by or feature musicians who support Musicians For Palestine. For more information on the project here: https://musiciansforpalestine.com

This mix was coordinated and compiled by Stefan @spirodon Christoff. Thank you to both the Interference Archive and Musicians For Palestine for this collaboration.

artist name / track

01. @bellacuts - Until Everybody Is Free

02. @alsarah & the Nubatones - Men Ana من انا

03. @asian-dub-foundation - Flyover

04. @dekalbworks - Interference Archive mix

05. Valkolak - Control

06. Mateo Correa @correasunshine - Interference Archive mix

07. @rashalpha - Amrat أمرات

(Joseph Sannicandro mix @thenewobjective)

08. The Roots - Act Won (Things Fall Apart)

09. Nicolas Jaar - Spectors Of The Future

10. Bob Ostertag - Arms And Legs (Original)

11. Rubbish Music (Kate Carr + Ian Chambers) - Re-use and Recycling Centre

12. Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-la-la Band – “there’s a river in the valley made of melting snow” (Live on Spinning on Air, WNYC, 2005)

13. Ted Riederer - NeverRecords mix for Interference Archive

14. Elaine Mai @elainemai - No Forever (feat. MayKay @maykay316)

15. Xena ElShazli x Ouzzy - Paranoia زينة الشاذلي وأوزي - بارانويا

16. Ana Bogner @anabogner - I Have Forgotten

17. Melisa Del Be @melisa_delbe - Live improvisation at OCCii space in Amsterdam 1

18. Anima sola (@anima-sola-538589656) - Todas Mis Muertas

19. Sean Nicholas Savage - Harmony (via @arbutus-records)

20. Perestroika - Distraction - Xarah Dion @zodiaquemusique REMIX

21. Mark Trecka @mtrecka - Interference Archive mix

22. Lahd - Lemurian Eget

23. Anthony Sahyoun @asahyoun - Irhamna (Amulets Remix)

24. Whimm - Returnal

25. IRL @irlhuman - Drain in Heaven [IRL trem mix]

26. @nicolas-jaar - Mi Mujer

27. Reves sonores - Harken (via @youngbloods)

28. Amirtha Kidambi and Elder Ones - Decolonize the Mind

29. Brian Eno - 1/1

30. Taina Asili - Abolition

31. NONAME - YESTERDAY

32. Ana Tijoux - R​í​o Abajo

33. The Halluci Nation - Sila (feat. Tanya Tagaq)

34. Spiritchild @xspiritmental - Don't Wait

35. Christian Carrière - Static

36. WOLFSHOOK - Alienized & Rejected Sewer Warlocks

37. Abrazos Army - Attica Again

38. The Ex - Soon All Cities

39. IRL - Drain in Heaven [IRL trem mix]

40. Ah! Kosmos - Quod Non Pertinent Hic

41. Anthony Sahyoun - Irham (Amulets Remix)

42. Anthony Sahyoun. @asahyoun - Jesuit Literature Drowning in the Mediterranean

43. Valkolak @valkolakvalkolak - Control

44. BLEAKNEY - RESTITUTION

45. Béa M. - Iyem Fadyeh

46. Archidi @archidi_1 - Alnokhor Alsonya (soundofnoize)

47. Black Noise - Born and Bred on the Cape Flats, Mitchells Plain (Emile YX?)

48. Melisa Del Be @melisa_delbe - Live improvisation at OCCii space in Amsterdam 2

49. Daniel Carter, Tobias Wilner, Djibril Toure, Federico Ughi - Canal Street

50. Daniel Carter, Tobias Wilner, Djibril Toure, Federico Ughi - 125th Street

51. @mettabbana Ft. Huda Asfour @asfoura - Encore (@derunmusic Remix)

52. @khyamallami - An Alif_An Apex - خيّام اللامي - ألفٌ_أوجٌ

53. Marcia Bassett & Samara Lubelski - Sunday Night (excerpt)

A conversation with Jessica Ekomane about her sound creation process and compositions. This exchange looks into the importance of highlighting an anti colonial historical understanding of computer music, pointing to the Asian origins of math which are the foundation to contemporary computing. Jessica also speaks about the importance of finding connection across struggles for justice and on ways to express solidarity within the arts.

This interview was recorded by Stefan Christoff in Montreal, a special thank you to Nadah El Shazly for helping to facilitate the connection.

Broadcasting on Radio AlHara, Saturday the 7th of January at 3:00 pm (Palestine time).

Music on this edition is by Jessica Ekomane.

A mix for Radio AlHara featuring Milwaukee and Montreal artists who support the #MusiciansForPalestine project

http://musiciansforpalestine.com

Milwaukee tracks:

01. Mood Migration @moodmigration - Son (Come Arising)

02. Apollo Vermouth @apollovermouth - He Sees You, He Loves You

03. Paper Holland @paperholland - Jazz

04. Jayne Joyce @jaynejoycemusic - Bikes

05, Curbsitter - Head Fulla Bricks

06. Dukalion - Imhotep

07. SistaStrings @sista-strings - Her Name Was

Montreal tracks:

08. Jeremy Young @jeremyroyaledit - Tiny Pine Cones (@joni_void remix)

09. Nick Schofield @nickschofield - Passing Place

10. Le Berger @leberger - your peg yo (outro)

11. Nick Schofield - Vitrola Era (Shalabi quintet remix)

12. Enfant Magique @eric-gingras - Apocalypse Ennuie

13 Anarchist Mountains Trio - A River Looks (Remix)

Art work by Susanna Gonzo.

On this edition of #MusiciansForPalestine podcast we hear from designer and community arts organizer Josh MacPhee who has worked on a design to support the campaign. This conversation was recorded at the Interference Archive in Brooklyn and it revolves around the role that design plays in social activist movements. Also Josh challenges the idea that interesting design work is driven by 'new' concepts, instead Josh talks about design culture as really being rooted in sharing and remixing.

Info on Josh's work here:

https://justseeds.org/artist/joshmacphee

Music (No prisoners, by Badawi) on this edition is by Raz Mesinai @razmesinai

Interview recorded by Stefan @spirodon Christoff. Thank you to Aaron Lakoff for the technical support.

On this edition of the #MusiciansForPalestine podcast we hear from musician and activist Seun Kuti. In this exchange we hear about the local struggles in Nigeria to overcome systemic police violence as manifested through the EndSARS campaign. Kuti also speaks about the ways that power structures within many African contexts are neo-colonial, linked to past western imperialist empires, but also to the African power structures on a local level that often were linked to elite structures that benefited from the transatlantic slave trade. Kuti also speaks about the climate justice movement and reframing our understanding of the climate movement as part of a broader struggle to decolonize systems of governance, economics and power relations globally.

Seun is one of the hundreds of musicians that joined the #MusiciansForPalestine appeal in Sept. 2022.

This interview was conducted by Frank Barat with editing by Stefan Christoff. For sharing through the #MusiciansForPalestine network and broadcast on Radio AlHara in Palestine.

#MusiciansForPalestine mix for Radio Alhara راديو الحارة

Oct. 3, 2022

A mix highlighting works by artists who joined the #MusiciansForPalestine project in 2022.

Track listing (artist name / track name)

01. Badawi - Final Warning

02. @ana_quiroga - Prelude II

03 @valyakan - Burning Girl

04. YOKUBARI - I Hope We Can All Dance Together Someday

05. Sonny Singh @brooklynwala - Koi Bol Ram

06. Free Radicals - Checkpoint / Dompass / Hajiz, feat. Equality, @jitsmuzik, @ihaveadreamusic & Lindi Yeni

07. Lime Rickey International @limerickeyinternational - City & World