A one hour story made especially for recordat #0031 by @checkpoint303, 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.

Using site recordings predominantly from Palestine and the Arab world, Checkpoint 303 constructs soundscapes that weave cinematic audio with experimental sound processing and complex rhythms. Through its compositions, collected sounds and noise, Checkpoint 303 spreads a message of peace and a call for the respect of human rights. Contrasting with the mainstream media's exclusive depiction of violence and suffering in the middle-east, CP-303's sound collages also report on the heroic hope that subsists in the region as well as the seemingly banal but ever so meaningful little things that embody a daily search for normality in a state of emergency.

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

recordat:Palestine #0031 - Checkoint303

https://www.nts.live/shows/palestinian-sound-archive/episodes/palestinian-sound-archive-17th-january-2022

Palestinian Sound Archive: Majazz Project X Checkpoint 303170122

This fourth episode of Turbo Sud on @radioalhara is an hour of South Italian acoustic guitar songs by songwriters, sonaturi, cantastorie e cantori, such as the legendary Sicilian singer Rosa Balistreri, pop star Domenico Modugno, and a little-known Calabrian Arbëreshë music group called Moti I Parë. The show groups together a collection of both well-known and rare records mostly from the 60s and 70s with very different themes, such as love, the struggle of South Italian's working class and the hardship and nostalgia of emigrants.

Tracklist:

Rosa Balistreri - Lu rispettu
Uccio Bandello, Giuseppe Luceri - Alle undici di notte
Groupe Arbereshe di Lungro (Moti I Parë) - Ti Vasharele
Anna Cinzia Villani - Ninnamorella
Gian Campione - Li Duluri Di La Matri Santa
Otello Profazio - L'amuri Non È Ficu
Roberto Murolo - Vierno
Rosa Balistreri - Lu muttu anticu
Gruppo Folk Matera - U Suldete
Anonimo - E cavaddhu ci la faci ‘sta salita
Concetta Barra - Canzone ‘e Carcere
Ciccio Busacca - Lu treno di lu suli
Gian Campione - L’antenati
Antonella D’Agostino - Iesce sole
Domenico Modugno - Amara terra mia
Sergio Bruni - Carmela
Otello Profazio - Amuri amuri
Silvana Licursi - Qifti 
Franco Ricciardi - Annure
Tonino Zurlo - Lu frate in polizia

Turbo Sud / Radio Alhara (Chitarra e voce) 10th July 2023

Meta_ - Fuego Sagrado (2023) (single)

Meta_ is Mariana Bragada on the quest to find her inner roots.
She is a singer, composer and producer from Trás-os-Montes (North Portugal Region) to share the connection between ancestral wisdom and unite it with electronic music.

Meta_ will release her debut album XIV- A Integração in May 2023 with the Argentinian Label ShikaShika, premiering it in Primavera Sound Porto in June.

She has been weaving her sound tapestry alongside the trips in Europe, where she did an European Tour, and South America, where she traveled to explore the self and to work for Live Sound in a theater play. She aims to reimagine sound without
borders, in between feelings and the story--telling of her hardships and fantasies,
creating a hybrid universe of organic and electronic sounds.

With her voice as the main instrument, the interdisciplinary artist has been playing
solo shows since 2017 and will now bring a new format to the shows, with 2 more
musicians on stage. Festival da Canção (Portuguese Eurovision Song Contest), NOS Alive, WestWayLab, Festival Bons Sons, TedX and SofarSounds, have been a few places where Meta_ has shared her magic.

In 2022 she also played in Rio Loco Fes- tival (Toulouse, France), Urkult Festival (Sweden) and showcase festival Mumi (Galiza, Spain).

She has collaborated with Xinobi in his newest album Balsame released in April 2022, with two songs- Mujer and La Tormenta, being now part of the Live Band of Xinobi.

With Xinobi, Meta_ has played in Europavox (France), MeoKalorama (Portugal) and played for ArteConcert.

In 2022 Meta_ sang in the movie Lobo e Cão by Cláudia Varejão and in early 2023 Meta_ was part of Invencível Armada as an actress.

Besides her project she also has been doing sound design for theatre plays for 5 years. Meta_ has previously collaborated with OctaPush (PT) FOQUE (PT), Bom Beijo (SE), Temple Rat (Shanghai, China). Meta has also been invited to sing with: Papercutz (PT), Luíz Gabriel Lopes (BR) and LaBaq (BR).

Meta_ - Fuego Sagrado (2023) (single)

The show delves into a peculiar niche of South Italian music repertoires exploring themes connected to the life of donkeys and horses. Expect old songs tipically recited by horse cart drivers in the streets of places such as Napoli, Palermo, and Salento, as well as a selection of other sort of songs entirely dedicated to the life of the two species.

The mix will explore the intricate relationship between man and these animals, the hardships of farmers life in post-war Italy and the love for these creatures, but also their dreadful exploitation that used to take place in mines and fields, or still happening in contemporary clandestine horse racing.

Turbo Sud / Radio Alhara (Ciucci, Cavaddhi, Trainieri, Carritteri, etc...) 12th September 2023

Maria João & Carlos Bica Quartet - Woodstock (2023) (single)

Novo disco de Maria João & Carlos Bica Quartet lançado esta sexta-feira em todas as plataformas digitais 

Disco será apresentado em Sintra e Oliveira do Hospital 

O disco que junta Maria João e Carlos Bica será apresentado no dia 16 de Setembro às 19h30, no Jazz em Monserrate, em Sintra e no dia 17 de Setembro às 19h00, na Aldeia dos Dez em Oliveira do Hospital, inserido no XJazz. "Close to you" estará disponível nas principais lojas e serviços de streaming, esta semana.   Passados mais de 35 anos sobre os primeiros encontros, Maria João e Carlos Bica voltam a partilhar um projeto musical, desta feita com a cumplicidade de alguns dos mais talentosos músicos de uma nova geração na cena portuguesa, como o João Farinha, o Gonçalo Neto e o André Santos.

Os caminhos de João e Bica cruzaram-se muito cedo (década de 80), tendo ficado esses encontros registados em trabalhos discográficos como Conversa (1986) e Sol (1991). Depois de 10 anos a tocarem juntos e muitos concertos pelo mundo fora, os seus caminhos separaram-se.   Carlos Bica: "Quis o destino que a Maria João e eu nos tivéssemos encontrado no início das nossas vivências musicais. Juntos fizemos as nossas primeiras incursões musicais pela Europa, o que na altura (finais de anos 80’) era uma verdadeira proeza. Tocámos juntos em várias formações lideradas pela Maria João, mas a determinada altura, cada um de nós sentiu uma vontade mais forte de partir para a descoberta de si próprio e foi então que os nossos caminhos tomaram rumos diferentes, eu fui viver para a Berlim, onde nasceu o meu primeiro projecto como líder (o trio Azul) e a Maria João deu na altura início a uma longa parceria com o Mário Laginha."  Maria João: "Este reencontro começou depois do Carlos ir ver um concerto meu no Hot Clube. Numa conversa de amigos, tentámos chegar ao que pensamos ser aquilo que seria a música que faríamos juntos, neste momento. Com o crescimento que cada um de nós teve ao longo dos anos, às vezes é difícil pensar como nos devemos encontrar na música. Acabamos por encontrar esta ideia de fazer musica que (talvez) reflita aquela altura em que nós conhecemos e nos demos muito. Ou de algo que está mais próximo dessa ideia."  Carlos Bica: "Trinta anos mais tarde voltámos a encontrar-nos e a vontade de fazermos de novo algo juntos foi mais forte. Foi então numa conversa de amigos que surgiu o nome de Burt Bacharach, por quem ambos temos uma enorme admiração, e que serviu de motivo para fazer nascer um novo projecto, em que com grande liberdade criativa revisitamos algumas das mais incríveis canções do cancioneiro anglo-saxónico, às quais mais tarde juntámos alguns originais da nossa autoria."  O feliz reencontro acontece com temas escolhidos a dedo, resultado de vários concertos que foram gravando e que agora estão reunidos em disco, com edição da JACC Records, de Coimbra. 


_ TRACKLIST
1 - Woodstock (Joni Mitchell) 
2 - Norwegian Wood (Lennon/McCartney)
 3 - Close To You (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) 
4 - Oh My Love (John Lennon, Yoko Ono) 
5 - Valsa B (Carlos Bica) 
6 - Iceland (Carlos Bica, Carsten Daerr, W.B. Yeats)
 7 - Acute Angles (João Farinha, Maria João) 
8 - What a Wonderful World (George David Weiss, Bob Thiele) 

FICHA TÉCNICA

Maria João - voz 
Carlos Bica - contrabaixo  
João Farinha - piano, teclados  
Gonçalo Neto - guitarra (em Norwegian Wood, Valsa B, Iceland, Acute Angles, What a Wonderful World)  
André Santos - guitarra (em Woodstock, Close to You, Oh My Love)

Maria João & Carlos Bica Quartet - Woodstock (2023) (single)

Aired October 26th for Radio al Hara. Featuring Palestinian artists + music for peace. Free Palestine.

Tracklist:
Fairuz - Bissan
Al Fajer - Rubbama (Palestine Sound Archive)
Julmud - Ur
Dakn - in time for the next sharpened edge
Pharaoh Sanders- Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah
Eddie Kendricks- My People... Hold On
Mos Def/ Yasiin Bey - UMI Says
The Roots- A Peace Of Light
Emma-Jean Thackray - May There Be Peace
Nicholas Jaar - Telahora
Cory Henry - Yesterday

Prayer For Palestine - Rafa Aslan for Radio al Hara

Sequence of extracts played in rehearsal in preparation for our first live performance. 
This piece was built for @radioalhara
We decided to incorporate only samples from Palestinian artists, as well as voice inserts from journalists and/or victims. 
As a Muslim, Sara chose to include a Quranic verse "Israel" to pray for all the innocents. 
We deliberately observed a minute of silence after the prayer for reflection and, of course, to avoid blasphemy.

FREE PALESTINE

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"Land Day", a GUPW Poster, 1977 Issued by the General Union of Palestinian Women (GUPW) on Land Day in 1977, this poster shows a cubist painting by the Palestinian artist Mona al-Saudi.

𝐸𝓁 𝒜𝓈𝓌𝒶𝓉 𝐸𝓁 𝒮𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓉𝒶 (12/12/2023) RADIO ALHARA - راديو الحارة

a mix of female arabic rap artists and producers

MIXTAPE 13 DJ SHALABY

Time Passes - A tribute to the late John Berger ( 1926 –  2017). This is a remix/collage/soundscape of John Berger reading Ghassan Kanafani's "Letter from Gaza". John Berger was an oustanding intellectual, writer, poet, artist and humanist. He was a strong supporter of the Palestinian struggle for freedom, justice and self-determination.

Watch the video for this composition here:
https://youtu.be/4Iv6pRgIUzs

CHECKPOINT 303
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:: Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/checkpoint303

Find out more:

John Berger:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Be...

Ghassan Kanafani:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghassan...

The full video of J Berger reading Kanafani's Letter from Gaza:
https://vimeo.com/4115673

The Plaestine Festival of Literature:
http://palfest.org/

Time Passes - Tribute To John Berger And Ghassan Kanafani By CP - 303

tracklist here: https://www.mixcloud.com/PSYCHOPHONO/lusofonia-vol2/

A music experience in the Lusophone countries(Angola,Brazil,Cabo Verde,Guinea Bissau,Sao Tome & Principe)
The term Lusophone (Portuguese: Lusofonia) :
"Luso-" derives from the Latin term for an area roughly corresponding to modern Portugal, called Lusitania.
"-phone" derives from the Ancient Greek word φωνή (phōnē), meaning "voice".
The Lusophone world is mainly a legacy of the Portuguese Empire, although Portuguese diaspora and Brazilian diaspora communities have also played a role in spreading the Portuguese language.
Cover art by Sbrama
http://sbrama.tumblr.com

Lusofonia vol.2

Radio Olisipo is an online radio station based in Lisbon. It promotes ethnomusicological research, independent music, follows the release of the records of musicians based mainly in Lisbon and opens their playlist to DJs from around the world.
https://radiolisipo.com/

Maria João & Carlos Bica Quartet - Woodstock (2023) (single)

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