what a beautiful nuanced stunning piece. I'm in awe. shukriya bananeh key Liye.

As a second gen I've used this as a spring board to talk to my parents ( born 1970). they remember the cassettes and over recording them and (unfortunately) throwing out shopping bags full of them. may need to rummage through a few attics now.

The final episode of the Tape Letters documentary series explores generational differences between today’s British Pakistani community and those who migrated and settled in the UK between 1960-1980. We also look at the loss of cassette tape value over time as people have recorded over cassettes, as well as the shifts and evolution in languages, identities, and experiences across generations (e.g., Tape Letters’ next generation of cassettes now feature
English accents). We also look more widely at the loss of cassette tapes entirely as a mode of communication as technology continues to develop.

Tape Letters - Episode 6 of 6 - Generations On Tape

‘Falastin Zindabad’ a 3 hour sonic offering for grief, anger and action for collectively reimagining a free P@L35T1N3. Recorded live from the kiosk at Salon, Northdown Road, Margate, UK on Friday 7 June between 5-8pm as part of ‘WATCH US RISE’ a fundraiser organised by 101 social Thanet4Palestine & Salon Margate in support of Palestine Children’s Relief Fund.

Sonic scrolling from recent Instagram posts and stories on the ongoing g3n0c1d3 in P@L35T1N3 is layered with words and sounds from field recordings at the Red Fort, Delhi, India in 2019 during a day of protests and art against the rise of Hindu nationalism in India organised by Artists Unite; while mixing cries of freedom from K@5HM1R and other collected interviews and statements from a personal sonic archive, to attempt to show just how P@L35T1N3 and K@5HM1R are connected in their individual struggles for freedom from oppression, the former from z1oni5m, the latter from the rise of Hindutva. Music includes Dub Reggae, Hindustani Classical, P@L35T1N1@N hip-hop, Fairuz, Oum Kalthoum, archive tapes from Majazz Project as well as a special dub for freedom in Palestine and beyond by Indigenous Resistance

Tape Letters - Episode 6 of 6 - Generations On Tape

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