Name: 120, Photographer Darren Ell on documenting protests and social movements by Free City Radio
Duration: 30 min

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On this edition of Free City Radio (120) we hear from photographer Darren Ell who speaks about documenting moments of protest and organizing within movements for transformative social change, locally and globally. Darren speaks about the ways that these movements intersect and also about efforts to document realities of anti-colonial struggles in Haiti and Palestine.

This interview was sparked by a photo series that Darren published called "Speaking Out," which you can find here:

https://www.darrenell.com/index/G0000draAtKwaSi8

The photo series visits moments at Occupy Wall Street in NYC, the main photo that accompanies the podcast today, also two protests in Montreal to oppose neo-colonial Israeli state military bombardments in Lebanon and Gaza, Palestine. Finally a protest from the Quebec student strike in 2012, during an action organized to protest the neoliberal hike in post-secondary tuition that was being pushed by the Liberal Party in Quebec. 

Music on this edition is a short excerpt of the piece "Jinja Encounters" by KMRU, listen to the full track here:

https://kmru.bandcamp.com/track/jinja-encounters

Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3m and @cjlo1690am in Tiohti:áke/Montréal, on @ckuwradio 95.9 in Winnipeg and on @cfrc 101.9 fm in Kingston, Ontario. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !

120, Photographer Darren Ell on documenting protests and social movements

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VHM Projekt - The Second One (In Four Movements) [Self-released, 2016]
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou - Der Heimatlose Wanderer [Unknown, 1963]
Alice Coltrane / Pharoah Sanders / Joe Henderson - Ptah, The El-Daoud [Impulse, 1970]
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Shaho Andalibi / Aria Rostami / Naghmeh Farahmand - Beshno Az Nay [Link Music Lab, 2020]
Mahmood Schricker - Globe Scene [Fremont, 2023]
Alireza Mortazavi & Carson Teal - Underground Flights [Link Music Lab, 2023]
Soft Verdict - Gorf [Les Disques Du Crépuscule, 1982]
Lera Lynn - My Least Favourite Life [Harvest, 2015]
Negar Bouban - The Last Turn [Self-released, 2011]
Elsa Maurus - Auf Dem Wasser Zu Singen [Sony Classical, 1996]
Laurie Anderson - Washington Street [Nonesuch, 2001]

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kaval sviri- the bulgarian state radio & television female vocal choir
i'd rather be the devil (live)- john martyn
ancestral visions- nok cultural ensemble
sum 1 ('his eye is on the sparrow' edit)- christopher port
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Jackie-O Motherfucker - The Cage [2000, Ecstatic Peace!]
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Hysterical Love Project - Glass (I Want More) [2021, Self-released]
Joanne Robertson & Sidsel Meineche Hansen - Doll [2021, Tenderbook]
Megabasse - Dark [2023, All Night Flight]
Ben Bondy - Pool [2023, Good Morning Tapes]
Niecy Blues - The Nite B4 [2023, Kranky]
Rat Heart Ensemble - Liar’s Eye [2023, Shotta Tapes]
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a mix dedicated to 2023, some of the music that I played most and that best captures the spirit of the year for me

MMXXIII

TRACKLIST

Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet - “[Tuning]” (The Lab, San Francisco, CA May 2023)
JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown ~ “Scaring the Hoes” (Scaring the Hoes)
Matana Roberts - “no way chastened” (Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden…)
Blockhead featuring Armand Hammer - “Give Thanks” (The Aux)
Nappy Nina feat. Moor Mother - “Stone Soup” (Mourning Due)
Aho Ssan feat Nicolas Jaar - “Le Tremblement” (Rhizomes)
Giuseppe Ielasi - “A3” (Down on Darkened Meetings)
Andrea Belfi - “setteottavi” (Eternally Frozen)
Tim Hecker - “Anxiety” (No Highs)
Alexander Grawoig  - “Movement 3” (So Little Remains)
Moor Mother, Nicole Mitchell, Nduduzo Makhathini - “One for Archie”
Roper Williams feat. Fatboi Sharif - “Hooptie” (Infinity Victory Loop)
Statik Selektah feat Pos. of De La Soul - “Round Trip (for Dave)” (Round Trip)
Cruel Diagonals - “Intuit Sensate” (Fractured Whole)
Joni Void - “Negative Loop” (Everyday is the Song)
Dustin Wong - “Elegant Stumbler's Atelier” (Perpetual Morphosis)
KING VISION ULTRA + Desde - “Cold Hex” (SHOOK WORLD)
Chuquimamani-Condori - “Engine” (DJ E)
Fatboi Sharif x Roper Williams feat ft. E L U C I D - “Scrabble Board Pieces” (Planet Unfaithful)
Irreversible Entanglements - “root = branch” (Protect Your Light)
jaimie branch  - “world war ((reprise))” (Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die (​(​world war​)​))
Flora Yin Wong - “Nectar Dripping” (Cold Reading)
d/p/i - “drogado” (Maldita Vita)
Kofi Flexxx feat. ganavya - “increase awareness” (flowers in the dark)
Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet - “Seen from above”  (The Lab, San Francisco, CA May 2023)
billy woods x Kenny Segal- “houdini” (Maps)
liv.e - “our father” (Girl In the Half Pearl)
MIKE, Wiki, and The Alchemist  - “mayor’s a cop” (Faith is a Rock)
KVU + lord kayso - “media training” (SHOOK WORLD)
H13R (maassai and JWords) feat Quelle Chris - “down down bd” (Headspace)
Fielded feat Pink Navel (prod. by Kenny Segal) - “The Way It is” (Plus One)
matana roberts - “how prophetic” (Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden…) 
B. Cool-Aid (Pink Siifu & Ahwlee) feat Quelle, Denmark  - “Brandy, Aaliyah” (Leather Blvd.) 
KMRU - “room” (glim)
Lucy Liyou - “april in paris” (Dog Dreams)
MIKE feat. Earl Sweathshirt - “plz don’t cut my wings” (Burning Desire)
SEC_ - “orogenesi” (Tutto A Posto Niente In Ordine) 
Lorraine James - “Fruit 1”  (5 a day)
AGF - “MOVEbuild” (poemproducer)
sharif x dove - “think pieces” (Decay)
danny brown - bass jam (Quaranta) 
Child Actor - “wife was adopted” (AJAI II instrumentals)
Armand Hammer feat Pink Siifu and Moor Mother  - “Don’t Lose Yr Job” (WBDTS)
Liv.e (prod. MNDSGN) - RESET! (Girl In the Half Pearl)
Shapednoise feat. Armand Hammer - “Family” (Absurd Matter)
KVU + Nakama. - “Swing!” (SHOOK WORLD)
aesop and woods - “Living Curfew” (Integrated Tech Solutions)
woods and aesop - “waiting around” (Maps)
KVU + maassai - “clean facelift” (SHOOK WORLD) 
Armand Hammer (prod. Kenny Segal) - “Total Recall” (WBDTS)
Matana Robets - “But I Never”  (Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden…) 
Off World - “Orientation” (Off World 3)
AGF - “fieldWORK” (poemproducer)

best of 2023 mix

thenewobjective presents MMXXIII

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Free City Radio explores the intersection of social activism and the arts.

The weekly program features interviews on contemporary political currents in Montréal, Canada and around the world, highlighting creative voices involved in struggles for transformative social change. 

This Free City Radio page also features contemporary music mixes contributed to stations around the world. 

The 30 minute weekly Free City Radio is produced and hosted by Stefan Christoff and airs weekly on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays.

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