Musicians for Palestine

#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

#MUSICIANSFORPALESTINE x RADIO AL HARA 27/09/2022 900 + join #MusiciansForPalestine. A solidarity mix with the Palestinian people. Streaming fully, or part, on stations globally + locals Radio Raheem * n10.as * @radiockut * @cjlo1690am * @ckuwradio 95.9FM * @radiobeguin * NTS * @radioflouka * MAKTABA BOOKSHOP * Al-Jisser * Underflow Record. HOUR 1 01 @esse-ran - Dripping Lights 02 @chantyxp - GRINGA CHAQUEÑA, MARICORE MIX 03 MESAFA @alsarah - Let Me Tell You About My Love 04 @nickschofield - Travertine Museum 05 Tamtam - INSAK 06 @adam-kinner - October 30, 2014 07 Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin - The Deepest Breath 08 @estelle-schorpp - Sunrise (excerpt) 09 @amazinggaijin & Lighght- Cacophonie 10 @makimakkuk - Jazirat el Kanz 11 @philippebattikha - Reflections on a new question 12 @asahyoun - Requiem 13 OTTOMAN GRÜW @ottomangruw - Lost Voices (opening) 14 Eliel Sherman Storey, Dushon Mosley, Xris Copal - Speaking In Tongues 15 @umkubu - Ya Hazin, Prod. Bint7alal @bint7alal 16 Andrea-Jane Cornell - Requiem pour R 17 Alex Ginella - I'll Know You For A Time 18 DJ Plead @1djplead - Massari and Me 19 @whyredveil - pg baby 20 Tim Gowdy - Transcend II HOUR 2 21 @faditabbal - Hotel Room 22 NP, @jad-atoui & Anthony Sahyoun - Marble Drop 23 @asahyoun – Irhamna 24 Marc Codsi @marc-codsi - Hangar #12 25 Daou – Sauldre 26 Julia Sabra & @faditabbal - All The Birds 27 @stellarbanger - Put Your Medicine In Your Banana Bag 28 Swaya @canhota - EXistence 29 Bob Ostertag - Heat Rises 30 @algiers - Dispossession 31 Ana Quiroga @ana_quiroga - Prelude I 32 Silience @momentofsilience - I Don't Wanna Know 33 @marslan - A Simple Question 34 Hsien - Come Ye Sinners 35 Harrga - Artaud 36 @raed-raees - Greekonos (excerpt) 37 @00970 - Over There 38 Naima Shalhoub - One (Remembrance) (21-27 selected by Ziad Nawfal @ruptured) HOUR 3 39 Sam I Am Montolla - The Fabric 40 Ian Kamau - Sleeping Giant 41 Amanda Irarrázabal @amandugen - Temperatura Efectiva 42 Five Eyes - On Knowing 43 GEOFF BERNER - Di Schvue 44 MIMI VIRUS - BloodRave (excerpt) 45 Bocafloja - Aire 46 Nomadic Massive - Bon Bagay 47 @the-mighty-avon-jnr - Rapture Me Now 48 @toumbaa - Sareer (master 1) 49 Azraq, Kam Franklin @kamfranklin, Kareem Samara @kareemsamaramusic - Baby Please Dont Go 50 @walashi - Qabil Babel (edit) 51 Sappy Songs - Tom Cole Stomp 52 @miserablenoiseclub - Candle Shaped Glaviers 53 @noursokhon - Woman Like a Sea (soundtrack excerpt from Eating The Copper Apple) 54 @aimlow - Tacit Approval (excerpt) 55 Riad Abdel-Gawad - All People / Regarding their Origin / Originate in Equality 56 Beny Esguerra and New Tradition Music - TO DA ONES HOUR 4 57 FKA twigs - Honda w. Pa Salieu 58 STORM, (Latest mix) 59 @ciarrablack - Unreleased 60 @ecormusic - Homeland @rola-milad-azar remix (excerpt) 61 Mo Khan featuring. Saabik Poetry - Life of a Refugee 62 @byjayr - Nahji 63 Limbea (Stephanie Castonguay, Stefan Voglsinger) - Live à Lindabraunn (excerpt) 64 Lamia Yared - Bir Hoş Hırâm Tâze Civan Aldı Gönlümüz (Arr Didem Başar) 65 @climatecollapse ft. @user-valeda - Feels Like 66 Zaina Arekat - Eden 67 Whitney K. - Hard To Be A God 68 @sapropelicpycnic and Pekka Airaksinen - Syzygy For Pekka 69 Mustafa Said - Rast (excerpt) 70 @doldrumss & @jordanchristoff - Melting Bicycles. (@crashsymbols) 71 Badawi - The Best Of Badawi Vol.1 - 15 Tired Soldiers (1999) 72 @clarissa-bitar - Homeland Security 73 Kübra Selçuk - İnsan Kelimesi 74 Abdul-Wahab Kayyali - Burkaan 75 Nick Walton - Long Way Down 76 Mike Khoury - Jenin Vol. 1 (excerpt) 77 @excentrik - Synth Drone HOUR 5. 78 @kelly-mcmichael - New Life Coming 79 Banda POPolare dell'Emilia Rossa & Modena City Ramblers - LEI 80 Badawi - Final Warning 81 @lazyrosario - My Revenge 82 @xenaelshazlii - Circus 83 nø-man - pray 84 Sunforger - Jump In 85 Your Other Needs - Migration Three 86 47SOUL - Sghar El Balad 87 Badawi - The Conquest of Constantinople 88 @nicolas-jaar - Mi Mujer 89 Caterina Barbieri - Fantas 90 @revessonores - Svalbard

On this edition of #MusiciansForPalestine podcast musician and vocalist Amirtha Kidambi speaks about the interconnections of struggles against colonialism as expressed in different musical traditions across the world. Amirtha also speaks about her trajectory as an artist from the Bay Area to New York and to experiences singing devotional music from India as a youth in California. This is the 13th edition of #MusiciansForPalestine podcast. The interview was conducted during the Suoni per il Popolo festival in 2022 by Stefan Christoff for the Musicians for Palestine interview series. All music on this edition is by Amirtha. Accompanying photo by Acudus Aranyian.

This #MusiciansForPalestine podcast features the voice of Palestinian artist and singer Maya Alkhaldi who speaks about her recent album عالم تاني - Other World, now out on Tawleef label in Palestine. Maya speaks about the importance of sustaining Palestinian culture in the face of the colonial violence of the Israeli state. Also Maya speaks about the various folk traditions, both musical and social, which inspire her work. Finally Maya speaks about the importance of musicians globally acting in solidarity with Palestine. This interview was conducted by Jessie Stein, and edited by Nicolas Jaar and Stefan Christoff. All the music that you hear is from Maya's album, which you can listen to here: https://tawleef.bandcamp.com

On the 11th edition of the Musicians for Palestine podcast musician and cultural worker Sharif Sehnaoui speaks from Beirut, Lebanon, on the ways that alternative musical spaces and festival slowly took shape in the decade after the military aspects of the Lebanese civil war ended. Sharif speaks about the founding of Irtijal festival and broadly on the ways that Israeli colonial state violence has impacted the festival, associated projects and broadly the cultural landscape in Lebanon. Sharif @sharif-sehnaoui also offers some brief reflections on the process of improvisation within maqam musical structures. This interview for the Musicians for Palestine podcast was recorded, edited and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff. Music on this edition is, "Sharif Sehnaoui - Gibson Les Paul Smartwood Studio," and a "Karkhana" track. Accompanying photo taken by Tony Elieh. Information on Sharif here: http://www.sharifsehnaoui.net For information on #MusiciansForPalestine visit: https://musiciansforpalestine.com

On this edition of Musicians for Palestine Joseph Kamaru (KMRU) speaks on the sound of space. KMRU's music often incorporates soundscapes from cities around the world and in this exchange we hear about the layers of social, political and personal reflection that is involved in the musical process. KMRU @kamarujoseph speaks about listening and space in relation to awareness and in this context outlines the importance of unlearning colonial narratives that attempt to normalize systemic oppression and injustice. In this light KMRU speaks about the decision to join Musicians for Palestine. Stefan @spirodon Christoff recorded and edited this interview, all the music is by KMRU. Accompanying photo taken by Isabelle Stachtchenko.

On the latest #MusiciansForPalestine podcast Brian Eno speaks on creativity and the ways that music can create collective spaces within historical moments. Brian also speaks about the current realities facing Palestine, expressing support for Palestinian human rights while addressing the systemic colonial violence of the Israeli state and the ways that the current militarized reality is not sustainable for all. This interview was facilitated by Frank Barat (@frank-barat) as a collaboration with the Musicians for Palestine project. Music on this edition is by Brian Eno. Audio editing by Stefan @spirodon Christoff. Please watch the full interview recorded by Frank here: https://youtu.be/A-UKaPyMsbE Information on Musicians For Palestine here: https://musiciansforpalestine.com Thank you Brian for participating and Frank for the collaboration. Also thank you to Nicolás Jaar and Tanha Gomes for the support toward finalizing this edition.

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson joins the Musicians for Palestine podcast on the 8th edition. In this episode, Leanne speaks on creating music as an Indigenous musician, reflecting on the process of rehearsal, the connection of presenting to live audiences and repetition in group practices as a meaningful space for reflection and new meanings to emerge. Leanne also speaks on overlapping solidarities between struggles for freedom across the world, from #BlackLivesMatter, to #LandBank, while speaking directly about engaging with the Musicians for Palestine project. Info on Leanne's work here: www.leannesimpson.ca This interview was conducted for the Musicians for Palestine podcast by Jessie Stein from The Luyas, with sound editing by @nicolas-jaar Leanne has a book coming out soon, jointly written with Robyn Maynard who authored the book Policing Black Lives. Info : https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1880-rehearsals-for-living Information about Musicians for Palestine here: musiciansforpalestine.com #FreePalestine

Listen to the reflections and words of artist Damon Davis on the 7th edition of the #MusiciansForPalestine podcast. Damon speaks on the #BlackLivesMatter uprising in Ferguson, Missouri, in response to the police murder of Michael Brown. In 2015, Damon's work, All Hands On Deck, a participatory street art project projecting the hands of Black community members who participated in the uprising, resonated all around the world. In this interview, Damon also speaks on creating music (heard in this podcast) and also many ongoing projects, including Filling In The Crack (2020), that has been described like this: "Through the use of concrete—emblematic of the hardness of Black life—Davis’ practice suggests that however resilient it may be, masculinity is not without kinks, vulnerability, and abrasion." Damon is a signatory and supporter of the Musicians for Palestine initiative. Information on Damon here : https://heartacheandpaint.com Interview by Stefan @spirodon Christoff, sound editing by @nicolasjaar

In this episode of the #MusiciansForPalestine podcast, listen to Narcy (Yassin Alsalman) reflecting on living, creating, existing, and resisting. Narcy speaks about his work with #MusiciansForPalestine and places it in the context of decades of work supporting the Palestinian people. As an Iraqi in the diaspora, Narcy speaks about his experiences of watching the Iraq war unfold and joining the anti-war and pro-peace movement. Interview by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and editing by @nicolasjaar

#MUSICIANSFORPALESTINE PODCAST 5 Listen to the voice of Palestinian singer Reem Kelani. Reem shares reflections on how her work has been shaped by music cultures from around the world, while also speaking to the realities she faces as a Palestinian singer in the West, who voices support for Palestinian freedom. Reem speaks about the influence of Islamic culture on music around the world, from spirituals born in slavery in the Americas, to the relation of musical tones in music across the Mediterranean Sea. Reem is based in London and is one of the signatories of the second wave of #MusiciansForPalestine signatories that will be shared soon. This interview was recorded by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and was edited by @nicolas-jaar. #FreePalestine