A one-hour selection by @nicolas-jaar aired first on May 15th, 2021 as part of the Sonic Liberation Front on @radioalhara, an initiative for Palestine by a group of audio platforms and sound artists who came together to unify their sound for Palestine and protest against the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people.

"Hello,
 
Thank you for inviting me to be here today. 

These are difficult days and it is difficult to express the feelings that I have inside. 

We have seen the horrors of Israeli occupation. We have seen the hypocrisy of the European and American media. We have heard the silence of our peers. And we have felt the screams inside Al Aqsa, in Sheikh Jarrah, in Gaza, in Haifa, in Jaffa, in Lydda. But this is only news to those who don't know. 
In reality, this is nothing new. 

The past 2 weeks have been a microcosm for the past 20 years, the past 40 years years, the past 70 years. 

The Israeli government is a racist settler colonial project committed to the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people. The legacies of systemic violence, racism and dispossession shaped by colonialism must stop. 

Today this means standing up and signaling clearly our support, our solidarity and our love for Palestine. Complicity with Israeli war crimes is found in silence and we cannot tolerate silence. 

As I speak something else is happening in another part of the world that is also very close to my heart. Chileans are right now electing  155 citizens who will write a new constitution for the country. It will replace the constitution that has been in place since the years of the military dictatorship. This constitution will be the first anywhere in the world to be written by an equal number of men and women. The only reason this moment of hope is possible in Chile is because of the incredible social movements that rose up to tell truth to power, to tell the story of life in the face of death. 
The courage and determination of Chilean activists, writers, artists has been astounding. I am sure many of them are inspired and influenced by the courage of Palestinians living under occupation. 

These social movements are creating change, and the forces of Empire are having a difficult time trying to control this change. When we see Israel bombing the tower that houses AP and Al Jazeera in Gaza, we understand that this war is being waged on multiple fronts. Journalism is one of them. Art and music is also one. 

So thank you for this initiative Radio Alhara and Recordat. 

This mix is different from any mix I've ever played. 

I'm gonna play a mix I made for myself, never meant to be shared. It's the music I play to feel better, in some ways it's my own kind of therapy, it gives me hope that life can always shine in the dark."

-- Nicolás Jaar

This is the 31st session of a series of sessions Recordat is hosting on Radio Alhara every other Sunday.

recordat:Palestine #0031 - Nicolás Jaar

WE STILL DON'T TRUST YOU

We Still Don't Trust You

Cover de 'Te Estoy Amando Locamente' de Rosalia durante su gira con El Mal Querer

ROSALIA - TE ESTOY AMANDO LCAMENTE (El Mal Querer Tour)

CHROMAKOPIA

Like Him (feat. Lola Young)

Two Things Of Gold is mother-son dynamic collaborative project between jazz funk disco hop hop  rap and ambient  excursions.
The duo, Francesca Sortino well-known jazz singer and songwriter and the producer/dj Diego Lombardo aka  DIIIEGO 
launched their collaborative project  with the brilliant “Be Free” (2017) and released   Two Things Of Gold (2023 A.MA Record) the eponymous double vinyl album.

CON ALMA

Free

Francesca Sortino vocal feat. Sofia Ara flute

"I can feel"

Slow-House tribal remix of this Amazing piece by James Blake and Rosalia

James Blake Feat. Rosalia - Barefoot in the Park (The Invisible People Remix)

I thought I was finished with my dj edit pack untill I woke up on this monday morning. As I opened my phone scrolling through instagram I bumped into this video of Kanye West nodding his head wildly with a big choir behind him covering Fred Hammonds "this is the day". This gave me so much energy I immediately hopped out of bed and sampled the shit out of it.

I teased a clip of the beat on Instagram and it blew up. That's when Denzel Curry reached out and asked me to jump on it.

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Kanye West X Denzel Curry - Sunday Service (VANDALIZED EDIT)

'Mumbay (@auntie-flo remix)'
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'Mumbay' is taken from More Arriving (2019):
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Mumbay (Auntie Flo Remix)

"Francesca Sortino.  A totally innovative writer-singer, new on the music scene, with an incredible amount of creativity not seen in a long time ! Her ideas are far ahead of what's out here now and her singing style is so different and fresh it would make some well established artists think twice before making any quick judgement on her talent...”
(Eumir Deodato, producer, arranger, composer)
 
"she's perfect, I can't say anything but perfect!"
(Mal Waldron, jazz pianist)
 
"Francesca has it all: an astonishing, almost innately musical sense of phrasing; taste, intensity, swing, and an ability to interpret a song that borders on the phenomenal".
This woman was born to sing jazz  (Enrico Pieranunzi,   jazz pianist)
 
"she's simply great. I have never played together with such a musical, natural, blunt and honest singer such as her. I wish we could play more often together" (Robert Bonisolo, tenor sax)
 
 
“It was Heraclites’ observation that  ‘the river we stepped into is not the same river in which we stand’. For the interpreter of song, that is rare wisdom indeed, and Francesca Sortino, singer of the songs, distils that wisdom and offers us the mysterious, lovesome, and elusive flow of sound and lyric: with, and from , the heart. And that is no small feat. In any age.” (Warren P. Blumberg, journalist)
 
"Her voice delivers sensual overtones, and projects radiance and clarity through a rare natural sense of a song's inner balance"
(Luciano Federighi,  journalist)
 
"There are surprisingly many nuances in Francesca's voice that captivate and hold the listener's attention. Try hearing for yourself!"
(Luca Perini, journalist)
 
“I have found memories of your singing, you sounded wonderful every night!!!!” (Eliot Zigmund, drummer)
 
 
“As an accompanist, to play behind Francesca is a real pleasure.  She has
such a natural sense for structure, phrasing, and rhythm, that is rare in today's vocal jazz artists.  Her interpretation of jazz standards is impeccable, at the same time sounding fresh and unpredictable and, most important, she SWINGS!  While you listen to her, she will make your heart
smile!”
(Renato Chicco, jazz pianist)
 
"Francesca is a natural talent, with an uncommonly fine ear, and speaking with her, you realize that music is a part of her, as though you were looking at a finished painting. "
 
(Alessandro Minetto,  jazz drummer)
 
 
 
"...three notches above early Diana Krall...great voice, nice surprise!” (James Mac Farlano journalist)
 
 
"Beautiful, refined and captivating voice” (Franco Fayenz journalist)
 
 
“…great voice”
(Peter Malick , producer,  composer, musician)
 
“trés elegant “ (J. Morelembaum, arranger)
 
 
“Francesca is an amazing talent!
This is the kind of music that makes me believe there are still great songs to be written. talent over a quick payoff seems to be the way things are done in the States. I wish I lived somewhere that I could come see she performs”... (Dj Strobe, producer)
 
“Please know that I am completely honoured and impressed by the work you have done by what i have heard. You are the real deal and i so love to listen to your groove!! I know.... I know.... I sound like a silly fan...... but, you are a wonderful talent and now that I have discovered your other cd's, you are on top of my favourite female jazz singers. (...had to put Diana Krall aside for now!)” ( J Kevin Durkin, singer)
 
“your music is very up lifting!” (Freddie Kruger Aka Red, producer)
 
“Francesca,
I really love your voice, interpretation, and the natural swing of your improvisation. You are an amazing singer!”
(Filò Machado, writer- singer)
 
"Jazz is her passion, music is her lover, singing is her gift..... Her timber of voice and her interpretation is why I believe she is one of the finest singers around......" ( Cristiano Prunas, lyricist)
 
“ A fabulous voice” (Davide Ielmini, journalist)

CON ALMA

Francesca Sortino

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