Freedom To Create is our new six-part talk show series, broadcasting live from Refuge Worldwide in Berlin.

The bi-monthly episodes will explore themes of identity, migration, and creation through hour-long live interviews curated and moderated by Refuge Worldwide’s Editor, Chloe Lula.

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More info and transcript from the conversation: 
https://aiaiai.audio/ep01-kmru
https://aiaiai.audio/freedomtocreate

Freedom To Create is our new six-part talk show series, broadcasting live from Refuge Worldwide (@refugeworldwide) in Berlin.

The bi-monthly episodes will explore themes of identity, migration, and creation through hour-long live interviews curated and moderated by Refuge Worldwide’s Editor, Chloe Lula (@chlo-lula).

The series kicks off with Joseph Kamaru, AKA KMRU (@kamarujoseph), the Nairobi sound artist who has garnered attention for innovative ambient works that utilize elements of field recording, improvisation, noise, and drone. 

In addition to his work as a musician, KMRU is a core member of the Black Artists Database, a graduate student in sound studies at Universität der Künste Berlin, and the lead organizer of music production workshops around Nairobi. He discusses his work and his move from Kenya to Germany, and play selections of the music that has shaped his creative career.

Listen to the first episode in the SoundCloud player above, or read the entire interview here: https://aiaiai.audio/freedomtocreate

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Freedom To Create 01 - KMRU

More info and transcript from the conversation:
aiaiai.audio/ep02-nour
aiaiai.audio/freedomtocreate

Freedom To Create is our new six-part talk show series, broadcasting live from Refuge Worldwide (@refugeworldwide) in Berlin.

The bi-monthly episodes will explore themes of identity, migration, and creation through hour-long live interviews curated and moderated by Refuge Worldwide’s Editor, Chloe Lula (@chlo-lula).

On the second episode of Freedom to Create, Chloe Lula interviews Palestinian artist Nour (@nourpalestina). Since 2012, the DJ, producer, and documentarian has been living in Tulum, Mexico and DJing as a resident of Papaya Playa, followed by regular appearances at clubs in The Netherlands, Greece, and Ibiza. 

She has also released on Talavera Records and Sol Selectas, and is a core contributing member of Future Female Sounds—a femme collective dedicated to teaching women and gender minorities how to DJ and navigate a male-led industry. Recently, Nour began an oral history documentary project in which she is visiting Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan and interviewing the last surviving members of the 1948 Nakba. Thus far, she has collected 90 interviews, all of which she is planning to archive in an ongoing exploration of how displacement and migration has affected the lives of millions of refugees across the Middle East.  

Chloe and Nour will talk about identity and citizenship, DJing, and being a woman in nightlife in this next episode of Freedom to Create. 

Listen to the first episode in the SoundCloud player above, or read the entire interview here: aiaiai.audio/freedomtocreate

Freedom To Create 02 - Nour

Freedom to Create is our six-part talk show broadcasting from Berlin-based radio station Refuge Worldwide.

The bi-monthly episodes explore themes of identity, migration and music creation through hour-long interviews curated and moderated by Chloe Lula.

On the third episode of Freedom to Create, Chloe Lula interviews Ukrainian-American artist Alinka. The producer and DJ—who is currently living in Berlin—immigrated to the US in the late ‘80s with her family, who lived as Jewish refugees in Chicago. Alinka eventually became a resident at Smartbar and began collaborating with Hercules and Love Affair’s Shaun J Wright, with whom she started the Twirl parties and label. Alinka has released on labels like Rekids, Crosstown Rebels, Need Want, Permanent Vacation, Harry Romero’s Bambossa Records and her newly launched second imprint Fantasy Life. She’s a regular DJ at Berghain. She and Chloe discuss the war in Ukraine, her experience growing up far afield from her roots and the healing power of music in times of personal and collective crisis.

Freedom To Create 03 - Alinka

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