Drums: Jeremy Black
Bass: Ben Bernstein
Co-production: Margalee & Ben Bernstein
Guitar, vocals, songwriting: Margalee

Lyrics: 

I could feel the lie inside your kiss
the innocence of youth sent me adript
for years, slowly sinking on our ship
sometimes it's more practical to risk
seventeen felt so mean
every world is mine
seeing as we have time, we're free
to put off figuring my life out
I wanna get my friends and go out
play hick in the woods and fine in the city
say thank you when they bring out our spaghetti
such is life before the fall
living with no idea at all
about the origins of walls and how they come to be
Italian sculpture on the hill
making me feel fine
Michelangelo painted how
to reach out to the divine
I wanna put off figuring life out
I wanna get my friends and go out
play quaint in Assisi and party in Paris
youth is brave and the world can't scare us
back before I was aware 
of shadows tracing shapes of despair
around the world, new surprises
like a note that read "meet me on the Ponte Vecchio"
back before I was aware 
of shadows tracing shapes of despair
around the world, new surprises
like a note that read "meet me on the Ponte Vecchio"
I could feel the lie inside your kiss
the chaos of our youth sent me adrift
for years, slowly sinking on our ship
sometimes it's more practical to risk

Live At The Legion

Walk On Boy (Live At The American Legion Post 82)

RA.1000 continues with the pride of Palestine's techno scene, Sama' Abdulhadi.

What makes the sound of resistance? For Palestinian DJ and producer Sama' Abdulhadi, it's the freedom to explore her artistic expression in all its authenticity and complexity. What stands out in her mix for our 1000th celebration is defiant energy, the kind that galvanises more than just dance floors.

Born in Ramallah but a student of Beirut's underground scene, Abdulhadi plays charging, self-assured techno, as calibrated for basement parties as for conquering festival main stages.

Her sets are powerful journeys through moods, tempos and stimuli, connected by a deep sense of love. A love for the music, the craft, the soil from which Abdulhadi grew. It's a love we've explored in a cover story, a film and now one of our ten RA.1000 mixes.

As Abdulhadi notes in her accompanying interview, her entry to the series forms a link back to another "pride and joy of Palestine," with Bethlehem-descending Nicolás Jaar's entry on RA.500. Yet ten years on, the landscape is altered beyond all recognition.

As we all watch the ongoing destruction of Palestinian land, this mix is an unequivocal reminder that we cannot look away. It continues techno's decades-old lineage as vital resistance music.

@sama_abdulhadi

Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/1010. Listen to all RA.1000 mixes, as well as the complete history of the RA Podcast, at https://1000.ra.co

RA.1000 Sama' Abdulhadi

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