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CISD Afghanistan Strategic And Geopolitical Perspectives 12 March 2019 by SOAS Radio

Manvir is back with this weeks mix of alt Panjabi hits

Bollo Speaks is a collaboration between the SOAS Access, Participation and Student Success team, and community partner Bollo Brook Youth Centre. Each episode is created entirely by the young people, with conversations around Identity, perception and more, soundtracked by their own music, recorded at Bollo Brook's in-house studio.

In this follow-up episode on the space theme, we explore music evoking contemplative spaciousness. Expect spiritual jazz from the 70s, sheets of sound and Afrofuturism.

As we carry on face to face, even thru screens and windows, here are some sounds that calm and suppress. From artists who are always looking for new futures, creating sonic worlds where tactile instruments sound plastic, where machines mimic and replicate environmental fluidity and frailty. First 30 bubbles up gently, with contemporary artists Yu Su, D.K, DJ Wave dancing between conceptions of left-field and groove. Moving into a steady groove the sweet UK translation of street soul bangs against the shimmer and bubble of Japanese city pop. Eventually we are dropped at the feet of Taeko Ohnuki and Ichiko Hashimoto. 'Opening The Door Of The Heaven, There Overflowed The Orange Shine'.

Prepare to kick back with our new show Dj'd by the ever-talented Manvivr Brar. This week he brings you the best beats in R&b and Hip-Hop

To escape the boredom at home during the lockdown, Paolo invites you to a musical journey through the cosmos. Expect an eclectic mix of genres and spontaneous poetry.

Expanding on our first part of Ep. 13 Resistance and Solidarity, we carry on the path to explore intersectional and multifaceted forms of resistance to social injustice, wars, gender inequality and more. In this episode we immerse ourselves in music from Iraq, Iran, Syria, Armenia, Sudan, Tunisia and more. The music we explore is outside the usual media framing and we detangle the circumstances surrounding the songs of our revered musicians.

In this unique episode, expect new releases interspersed by conversation with a guest musician on creating music during lockdown -features some hot takes on the current status of the gig economy.

In an attepmt to prove that it's not all doom and gloom, Matt takes you through some hot new releases. Expect a range of rhythms and references to the pandemic.