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

Nuno Tavares Quarteto - Escadas (2023) (álbum)

O pianista, compositor e arranjador Nuno Tavares lançou o seu primeiro disco de originais “Escadas” em formato de quarteto, acompanhado pelos distintos e consagrados músicos Desidério Lázaro, Yuri Daniel e Alexandre Alves.

Os 7 temas apresentados neste trabalho são o resultado do cruzamento de influências “jazzísticas”, étnicas e da musica erudita, assistindo-se a episódios de contraponto, lirismo melódico, harmonia modal e estruturas rítmicas de diferentes universos musicais. A improvisação e o diálogo musical entre os intervenientes são os factores que unem o álbum, apesar das diversas texturas e dinâmicas que o compõe
É um disco que retrata viagens e reflexões 

O tema que dá o título ao álbum - “Escadas” - foca-se num dos elementos principais da música barroca, o contraponto, integrando-o no contexto do quarteto e de gradual aumento do ritmo harmónico que mais tarde se dissolverá numa estrutura estática

“Mediterrâneo”, primeira faixa, tem uma dinâmica delicada  crescente e uma linha melódica que lembra os fraseados árabes, num espaço que se vai encurtando e que deságua numa improvisação rápida e impetuosa

“3 suspensos” surge de uma repetição minimalista de 3 acordes, que se precipitam efusivamente em oposição da melodia do baixo de Yuri Daniel e do saxofone tenor de Desidério Lázaro  

O tema “Madrugada” é outro exemplo da multiplicidade de atmosferas que compõem este trabalho, onde a melodia elegante do saxofone soprano de Desidério Lázaro embate contra o groove urbano da bateria de Alexandre Alves

Nuno Tavares Quarteto - Escadas (2023) (álbum)

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

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
:: Website: http://www.checkpoint303.com
:: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CP303
:: 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/

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