Flotilla is an ode to the spirit of resistance and to solidarity. A tribute to the international solidarity with Gaza and the Palestinian people. Music composed by Checkpoint 303 and Miss K suShi.

Find out more about the Freedom Flotilla Coalition at 
https://freedomflotilla.org/
and about the Gaza Freedom Flotilla at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Freedom_Flotilla

More music from Miss K suShi:
https://soundcloud.com/shirazjerbi

Flotilla - Checkpoint303 & Miss K suShi

Said Guevara by Checkpoint 303 //

This track is a tribute to the outstanding Palestinian intellectual and humanist, Edward Said. This electronic audio-collage mixes the voice of the late Edward Said with excerpts from Che Guevara's 1964 speech at the United Nations. Martin Luther King once wrote: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" (Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16th 1963). Edward Said and Che Guevara, in very different ways, pushed for the universal values of justice, freedom, equality and most importantly solidarity between peoples of the world in standing up united against injustice.

Download this track and others from Checkpoint 303's discography page:
http://checkpoint303.free.fr/audio_303.html

About Checkpoint 303:

Web: http://www.checkpoint303.com
FB page: http://www.facebook.com/CP303
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/checkpoint303

Said Guevara

Rissala min Qalandia (letter from Qalandia)

the samples used on this track are based on a recording of the late arab poet Nizar Qabbani (1923-1998) reading his famous piece "Rissala min taht il ma" (Letter from under water). Nizar kabbani one of the greatest contemporary poets in the arab world was also known as the women's poet, the poet of love and the homeland poet. Qalandia is an israeli Checkpoint halfway between Ramallah and Jerusalem.

Rissala min Qalandia

Release date: May 15th 2015
Checkpoint 303, Jawaher Shofani, Wardeh Sbeit, Jihad Sbeit
KKV (2015)
Voices from the destroyed Palestinian village of Iqrit, deconstructed and remixed - An ode to resistance and the quest for justice.
More: www.checkpoint303.com
Available on iTunes, Amazon, www.kkv.no, etc....



I climbed the top of the mount  -  طلعت راس الجبل

We intend to depart  -  إحنا نوينا ع السفر

Nothern wind  -   هوا شمالي

Come back home, all refugees  -  يا مهاجرين إرجعوا

In 1948  -   1948 بسنة

Welcome to iqrit  -  أهلاً فيكو بإقرث

This is a 30 min studio recording of the live set Checkpoint 303 prepared for the Massive Attack show in Berlin (July 8th, 2025 at Zitadelle) / Checkpoint 303 was invited by Massive Attack as main opening act for the show, but the event and the rest of the Massive Attack tour was unfortunately cancelled and new dates will be announced. Huge thanks to Massive Attack for their solidarity and continued support. End genocide. End starvation. Free Palestine.

Berlin Opening Set CP303 - Massive Attack July 2025

Abraj (arabic for "horoscope")

the samples on this track are based on recordings we made from a Bethlehem* based radio station. A weekly program dedicated entirely to the horoscope forecast. Listerners call in, give their date and time of birth to find out what the stars tell them about their luck in love, health, work, finances...signs of life like anywhere else in the world, here too, people dream of happiness, marriage, a better job, etc...
(* Bethlehem is a palestinian city with a population of 40,000. It is one of the areas under full control of the palestinian authority since 1995) 
Find out more: www.checkpoint303.com &amp; facebook.com/CP303

Abraj

Gaza Calling (Gaza Tunadi)
in this track you can hear our friend Bilal, a citizen of Gaza, on the phone trying to get through to the united nations... a song about hopes for help, a song about (and for) the international community and ...a song about answering machines...

Gaza Calling

Time Passes - A tribute to the late John Berger ( 1926 –  2017). This is a remix/collage/soundscape of John Berger reading Ghassan Kanafani's "Letter from Gaza". John Berger was an oustanding intellectual, writer, poet, artist and humanist. He was a strong supporter of the Palestinian struggle for freedom, justice and self-determination.

Watch the video for this composition here:
https://youtu.be/4Iv6pRgIUzs

CHECKPOINT 303
:: Website: http://www.checkpoint303.com
:: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CP303
:: Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/checkpoint303

Find out more:

John Berger:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Be...

Ghassan Kanafani:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghassan...

The full video of J Berger reading Kanafani's Letter from Gaza:
https://vimeo.com/4115673

The Plaestine Festival of Literature:
http://palfest.org/

Time Passes - Tribute To John Berger And Ghassan Kanafani By CP - 303

This song is part of Checkpoint 303's latest EP release entitled "Sidi Bouzid Syndrome". 

Duration: 4:32 / Released: 03.2012 / Al Dik (engl. The Rooster) uses excerpts from 
two poems by the late Syrian Poet Nizar Qabbani, in which he explicitly and satirically criticizes arab dictators,  state violence, tyranny and military repression. 
You can find out more about Nizar Qabbani here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizar_Qabbani
and watch the poet perform an epical reading of his poem the Rooster (Al Dik / Al Deek)  here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku9AEUySGF0

Al Dik feat. Syrian Poet N Qabbani // الدّيك - تقرير سرّي من قمعستان

"Checkpoint Tunes" is Checkpoint 303's first album. It contains 12 breakbeat and electro-acoustic soundscapes. Experimental activist beats spreading a message for peace and justice.
Find out more about this album and about Checkpoint 303 here:
http://www.checkpoint303.com
and follow Checkpoint 303 on twitter:
http://www.twitter.com/checkpoint303
and facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/CP303

Streets O Ramallah ( شوارع رام الله‎ )

Teoda

Zaytoun (زيتون)

From "Voice of Resistance" (KKV, 2018) 
Rim Banna
with Checkpoint 303 and Bugge Wesseltoft

Lyrics:

غنائي يصدح في الساحات

صوتي
لنْ تَكْتُمَ صوتي
 ..إنّهُ الآنَ وترٌ وحيدٌ يُقاوم .. 
كحبلِ غسيلٍ لا تَطالُهُ الريحُ ..
صوتي .. ينضحُ في المساماتِ
وإنْ سُدّت مساماتي .. 
صوتي في زندي
وإن قُطِّعَتْ أوْصالي
صوتي رنيمُ القلبِ ..
 .. وإنْ أُسْكِتَ نبْضُهُ ..
صوتي مرآةُ روحي ..
وإن استلَبْتَ روحي  .. 
غنائي يصدحُ في الميادينِ
شمساً لا تنطفئُ في الحناجرِ

Voice of Resistance

12 Rim Banna - My Songs Will Sound From the Squares  //  غنائي يصدح في الساحات

Song #14 From "Voice of Resistance" (KKV, 2018)
by Rim Banna
with Checkpoint 303 and Bugge Wesseltoft

Title: Loving you // أُحبك

Lyrics:

أُحبك

أُتتمم كلماتي للريح
أُحبك
ما دام البحر
ما دام المطر
ما دامت الشمس
أُحبك
ما دام الفضا
ما دامت الغابات
أُحبك
أغرق في ليل بل حدود
حي أُبحر في عينيْكَ
عيْناك ليل بل حدود

14 Rim Banna - Loving You  // أُحبك

Full 60 min recording of a DJ set performed by Checkpoint 303 at London's Brixton Academy, opening for a Massive Attack show in Feb 2007. The mix features raw tunes with roots in contemporary Arabic underground, New York electronica and Manchester avant-garde. An urban mix of electronic percussions and oriental melodies blended with field recordings straight out of the sonic landscape of the Middle East. This mix also features a few tracks from CP-303's early releases.

Track list:
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Muslimgauze - Turkish Sword Swallower (Sufiq, 2000)
Muslimgauze - Hammam Jackal (The Inspirational Sounds of Muslimgauze)
Mutamassik - Mawlid (Massri Mokassar - The definitive works 2005)
DJ Rupture vs Mutamassik; Shotgun Wedding Vol. 1 - the bidouin sessions  
Gnawa Diffusion - Charlatown
DAM - Intro track / Mukadime (Dedication)
Soap kills - Tango (Cheftak)
Ramallah Underground - Hon 7abess
Checkpoint 303 (Several tracks)

CP303 - DJ Set - Opening for Massive Attack at London Brixton Academy

On R.I.M.I.X (KKV, 2019), DJs and sound artists from the Palestinian and Tunisian alternative scene join forces to pay tribute to Rim Banna by remixing seven of her songs. Just like Rim, the remixes are a mixture of eternal optimism, defiance and resistance as well as beauty, devotion and fragility. The up-beat, electronica, dub, house and club-style pieces are composed in the spirit of celebration of Rim's legacy. This album, released exactly 1 year after Rim Banna passed away, is a reminder that her voice and message are here to stay. 

The "RIMixers" on this album are:
Checkpoint 303 ➤ https://soundcloud.com/checkpoint303
Ministry of Dub-Key ➤ https://soundcloud.com/dub-key
Nour ➤ https://soundcloud.com/nourpalestina
Nasser Halahlih ➤ https://soundcloud.com/nasser-halahlih1

Album track list 

01 - The Dream / Al-7olom (remixed by Nasser Halahlih) | 4:40 
02 - Loving you / U7ibbuka (remixed by Checkpoint 303 feat. B Wesseltoft) | 4:42 
03 - The Sun Of Love (remixed by Ministry Of Dub-Key) | 3:26 
04 - Ya lel ma atwalak (remixed by Nour) | 7:02 
05 - Maryam Bitter Sea Remix (remixed by Checkpoint 303 feat. B Wesseltoft)) | 5:20 
06 - The Carmel Of My Soul (remixed by Ministry Of Dub-Key Remix) | 1:36 
07 - Umamiyyah Anthem (remixed by Checkpoint 303) | 4:12 

The album is available online on all digital music platforms (Spotify, iTunes, Amazon, Deezer, SoundCloud, etc.)

 R.I.M.I.X 

Umamiyyah Anthem   أممية  (remixed by Checkpoint303)

The Carmel Of My Soul  كرمل الروح  (remixed by Ministry Of Dub-Key)

Maryam - Bitter Sea Remix  مريم  (remixed by Checkpoint303)

Ya lel ma atwalak  يا ليل ما أطولك  (remixed by Nour)

The Sun Of Love  شمس الهوى (remixed by Ministry Of Dub-Key)

Loving you  أحبك (remixed by Checkpoint303)

The Dream  الحلم (remixed by Nasser Halahlih)

Gaza sea minor is in C minor / it's an audio collage combining field recordings from Gaza (teenagers strolling along the beach) and excerpts from an interview of the Palestinian author and activist Ghassan Kanafani by journalist Richard Carlton in 1970 (Beirut). 
Gaza beach field recordings performed by Eric Hillestad.
Oud, beats, programming, mixing and production by Checkpoint 303 (2019)

Gaza Sea Minor feat. Ghassan Kanafani by CP303 (2019)

Bahallilak (بهلّلك) is a remix of Rim Banna's song "I will sing you lullabies" from her album of Palestinian lullabies and children songs, entitled "April Blossoms" (KKV, 2009). This new track was rearranged and produced by CP-303 and is part of an upcoming remix EP to be released on KKV (August 2020).

KKV label: www.kkv.no/en/
Rim Banna on fb:  www.facebook.com/rimbannaofficial/
Rim Banna on Instagram:  @rimbanna
Checkpoint 303:   checkpoint303.free.fr
Checkpoint 303 on Instagram: @checkpoint303

Bahallilak Remix -  بهلّلك ريمكس (Rim Banna) by Checkpoint 303

A brekbeat iraqi maqam electro Uboothiya mash-up! This track features a 1928 recording of Iraqi iconic singer Mohammed Al-Gubbenchi and the voice of Noam Chomsky discussing the disastrous US military intervention in Iraq.

محمد القبانچي (1904 - 1989) فنان ومطرب من العراق ، وهو أحد الرواد المبدعين في مجال المقام العراقي ، ويعتبر من أشهر قارئي المقام في العراق

الأبوذية نوع من الشعر الشعبي أو الشعر العامي أو شعر البادية، وهو كنوع منتشر في منطقة الهلال الخصيب بشكل عام وفي العراق بشكل خاص

Uboothiyah by Checkpoint 303 - feat. Muhammed Al-Gubbenchi & Noam Chomsky

Using site recordings predominantly from Palestine and the arab world, Checkpoint 303 constructs soundscapes that weave cinematic audio with experimental sound processing and complex rhythms. Through its compositions, collected sounds and noise, Checkpoint 303 spreads a message of peace and a call for the respect of human rights. Contrasting with the mainstream media's exclusive depiction of violence and suffering in the middle-east, CP-303's sound collages also report on the heroic hope that subsists in the region as well as the seemingly banal but ever so meaningful little things that embody a daily search for normality in a state of emergency.

	
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Checkpoint 303 (Palestine/Tunisia/France) is an avant-garde activist sonic project that creates experimental electronic music that aims at raising international awareness about the ongoing injustice and suffering of the civilian populations throughout the Middle East and the arab world. Checkpoint 303 combines field recordings performed in Palestine, Tunisia and Egypt with electronic beats, ...FX, oud and subtle oriental tunes.

:: Checkpoint 303 Live

One of the highlights of CHECKPOINT 303's live performances includes being invited by Massive Attack in several shows in the UK in 2007 and in France in 2008 and 2009. Over the last couple of years, Checkpoint 303 has performed electronic and live electro-acoustic sets in several countries (France, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Danemark, Japan, Australia, USA, Canada, Palestine, Tunisia, Belgium, etc.) spreading the word for peace, freedom and human rights through a blend of twisted electronica, downtempo, breakbeats, oriental riffs and field recordings...

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