A monthly radioshow on Radio alHara by Belgian/Iraqi band Use Knife. Tune in every third Tuesday of the month to listen to music, sounds & realms that inspire us!

00:50 EC Band - EC Band 1 @meakusma
07:50 Nihiloxica - Supuki @nihiloxica @nyege-nyege-tapes
13:47 Saint Abdullah & Eomac - Wali @saintabdullah @eomac @planetmurecords
20:21 The Ex and Tom Cora - Fire and Ice
26:25 Souad Abdullah سعاد عبدالله - Ayna @user-258102796
28:59 James Holden - The Missing Key @jamesholden
32:29 Nancy Mounir - Ana Bas Saktalak (with Fatma Serry)@nancy-mounir
36:27 Maral - Come Around @maral66
39:37 3Phaz - Sharayet @3phaz-music
43:51 HVAD - Attention Seeker (Final Exit) @kishore-dj-hvad
49:10 Suicide - Frankie Teardrop @suicide-official

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'Feeding the Gentry' w/ Use Knife on Radio alHara Ep 5

Use Knife is the exciting result of the raw synergy between Iraqi vocalist and percussionist Saif Al-Qaissy—who fled war-torn Iraq—and Belgian musicians Kwinten Mordijck and Stef Heeren, known for their passion for analog synths and organic wind instrumentation. 

The band tell a necessary tale of freedom, responsibility and the gulf between the Eastern and Western mindset. Even the instrumentation itself reflects this constant friction; intuitively muddling distorted industrial textures and jerky EBM pulses with brittle Iraqi rhythms and tonalities, Use Knife devise their own distinct harmony against the dissonant global backdrop. 

Debut album 'The Shedding of Skin' (2022) received critical acclaim by The Quietus, Mixmag and Knack Focus, a.o.. They played at festivals such as Le Guess Who?, Sonic City, Videodroom, Grauzone, Botanique, Worm, Wrong Fest, Roadburn, Suoni Per Il Populo, Wave-Gotik-Treffen and We Are Open a.o.

Additionally, ‘Peace Carnival’ was released on Morphine Records —a 10” remix EP featuring tracks from the debut album reinterpreted by Muqata’a مقاطعة, Zoë Mc Pherson, and Rabih Beaini.

Their new album ‘État Coupable’ (March 2025) is mixed by Jerusalem in My Heart's Radwan Ghazi Moumneh, who also created the contrasting ambient 2nd part of the title track, while New York based engineer Heba Kadry (Ryuichi Sakamoto, Nicolás Jaar) handles the mastering. Nihiloxica’s drummer Spooky-J, also laid down a post punk beat on first single ‘Freedom, Asshole’.

Youniss Ahamad crafted Use Knife’s distinct visual language, evoking rawness through direct and distorted imagery, and developed scenography and visuals that truly enhance their live show, creating “an all-embracing vortex that allows those experiencing it to plunge, headfirst, into a hypnotic state that veers between a dreamlike trance and a sensual workout.” (The Quietus)

Their radio show ‘Feeding The Gentry’ airs monthly on Palestinian Radio Alhara.

ret is interested in music and sound, looking for new ways to think about the two. He djs (as ret and his alter-ego Rıza); co-hosted radio shows (Bankpank, means, Madem Evdeyiz and A.I.D.); reads, writes and edits texts on sound; works as a music director (karga and kargART); co-organizes independent festivals (multiRAID, parAID, bankparnaval, Açıkppqqmm); compiles music (Noisy Ground, In Sync); participates in collectives (A.I.D., ppqqmm, Açık Alan) and sometimes steps away from the underground to manage a major string orchestra from Istanbul (Istanbul Strings). When djing, he is after mixing tracks and samples off context to accompany everyday politics, in search of an expression of meaning beyond sound.

20.08.16 @ Coop İstanbul L'AID BACK
21.08.17 @ Çeşmeköy [Multiraid 2] @
13.10.17 @ İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi [Radyo Modyan & Açık Alan seri I]
14.11.17 @ Pixie Underground [NOV/ A.I.D]
06.01.18 @ Haymatlos Ankara [A.I.D | Ankara #1] 
04.02.18 @ arkaoda [FEB / A.I.D] 
03.03.18 @ Pixie Underground: 10 Years of Bass 2008 - 2018
27.06.18 @ Muaf Kadıköy [A.I.D. Takes Over]
13.07.18 @ minimüzikhol w/ Bankpanklar [Son Düzlük]
04.08.18 @ Peyote [Art is Dead?]
06.10.18 @ Pixie Underground w/Bulundu Açık Mikrofonlu [ppqqmm n?]
14.12.18 @ Haymatlos Ankara [PAR A.I.D w/ Bankpank-lar]
28.02.18 @ Peyote Eskişehir w/ RAW - Çağrı Erdem
23.02.19 @ Torun w/ w/ Wouwiuwa, Blank Wall Season, Gülmez/ Konanç
 [A.I.D | Ankara #4]
10.05.19 @ Haymatlos Ankara w/ Raw [Bi'Dizi Olay]
05.07.19 @ Buluntu Yalıkavak w/ Bankpank [3 Gün 3 Gece Müdahale]
04.08.19 @ Buluntu Yalıkavak w/ Bankpank [3 Gün 3 Gece BankParnaval]
22.11.19 @ Pixie Underground [Breakcure #2]
09.11.19 @ Shelter Ankara w/ Berna Göl (Bankpank) [İsimsiz Gece]
18.12.19 @ Arkaoda [A.I.D Takes Over! #3]
01.02.20 @ Pixie Underground w/ Bulundu (Etkinlik_Adı02)
14.02.20 @ Karga BapnAnkk #1 // BankPank
15.02.20@ Pixie Underground w/ Gantz / Iskeletor / Granul
06.03.20@ Pixie Underground [Table Records and Friends: İkinci Yıl Kutlaması]
13.03.20@ Hood Base w/ Velvele [Benlik: Kısa Ömürlü Bir Hayvan]
21.07.21 @ Karga Kabin 
17.08.21 @ Karga Kabin 
30.08.21 @ Karga Kabin w/ Muratmrtseçkin

12.09.21 @ Karga Kabin 
15.09.21 @ Kargart w/ Gökay Atabek - muratmrtseçkin [volkfest4]
24.09.21 @ arkaoda w/ means [Root Radio Gecesi]
01.10.21 @ Stüdyo Sumo [M4NM - REFLEKS Exhibition]
01.12.21 @ Şahika w/ Berna Göl 
19.12.21 @ Karga Kabin 
22.12.21 @ Şahika / Electronic Music History (Talk)
15.12.21 @Şahika (A.I.D)
22.01.21 @ Şahika w/ Berna Göl