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

Thank you for inviting me to be a part of this @ednamartinezdj . Made a mix with songs that say more than anything I could write really.....Going to play two songs I wrote a while ago, one which I performed live in January 2020 at the Museum of Memory & Human Rights in Santiago and another which was made shortly after, they're both influenced by what was taking place in Chile at the time which mirrors in some ways what we are seeing in Colombia now. As some of you may know, since the end of april in Colombia there have been more than 2,000 cases of police violence against protesters, 33 victims of eye injuries and more than 40 civilians killed by the police. Since the beginning of the year more than 60 rights defenders have been assasinated, and among them 20 were indigenous leaders. Since 2016, over 400 human rights defenders have been killed. In all this darkness, there may be some hope that the protests can create meaningful change. Last Sunday, Chileans elected a new group of citizens who will write a new constitution for the country. This was one of the core demands of the huge protests of 2019/2020.  It will be the first anywhere in the world to be written by an equal number of men and women and it will replace the constitution that has been in place since the years of the military dictatorship.  The only reason this moment of hope is possible in Chile is because of the incredible social movements that rose up to demand change. As I've said elsewhere, the courage and determination of Chilean students, activists, protesters, writers, artists has been astounding and they have/are shifted/shifting the political landscape and will continue to do so. In the past month I've heard stories of Colombian protesters taking cues from Chilean protesters and beautiful solidarity between Colombians and Palestinians also. We have so much to learn from each other. May this solidarity and interconnectedness bring us better days and in the meantime may music sustain us and nourish us. Much love to you all ♡♡♡♡ - May 22nd 2021

Nicolás Jaar - Radio Alhara Sonic Liberation Front curated by Edna Martinez

Nota de Fakesamo: 

¿Cómo entrar en Violeta? 

El folklor, el canto nuevo, el rescate, lo político, el desgarro, la locura y vitalidad; sus costados se erigen como muros que eclipsan su esencia y labor. Sus búsquedas creativas van más allá de lo puramente musical y hacen que cualquier adjetivo que se utilice quede en falta; porque ahí cuando oímos su voz, su guitarra, su ritmo, está también la vida: recopiladora de canciones,  anécdotas, dichos, refranes, fiestas, descripciones de velorios; Violeta es “jardinera / locera / costurera / Bailarina del agua transparente / Árbol lleno de pájaros cantores”, como escribió su hermano, el poeta Nicanor Parra, cuya voz podemos escuchar al inicio de esta selección. Sus colaboraciones en Cine, como lo realizado en “Mimbre”, cortometraje documental dirigido por Sergio Bravo en 1957, y en el que dio vida a una pieza de improvisación incidental que no tuvo más guía que el curso natural de las imágenes; sus exposiciones en el Museo de Louvre, lugar donde sentada en el suelo, cantó y bordó ante los ojos maravillados del público; su residencia en el castillo feudal de Suiza, en el que elaboró sus pinturas y arpilleras; su incansable recorrido por la geografía y territorios de Chile, rescatando y visibilizando, como cuenta Víctor Jara también en este mix, la verdad, lo auténtico y real de las canciones que el pueblo interpreta por tradición y que va de abuelas a madres y de madres a hijxs; o su trabajo en la Carpa de la Reina, especie de peña montada por ella misma en la periferia de Santiago a mediado de los 60; son algunos hitos que no alcanzan, que no hacen justicia a su obra, porque siempre habrá un más allá por conocer.

Violeta, como un color, se forma de lo primario y elemental; en esa mixtura surge amplia y apabullante, frágil y violenta; su ímpetu oscila entre puntos distantes, desde la calma a lo estremecedor, desde el dolor más profundo a la vitalidad más intempestiva, desde el canto a lo divino hasta el canto a lo humano, pasando por sus composiciones poco ortodoxas y experimentales que, en todo momento y en cada formato, consiguen estremecer, abrir la piel y la carne para que la vida emerja con toda su intensidad. Su voz, como dijo alguna vez el filósofo, musicólogo y entrañable amigo de Violeta, Gastón Soublette, “supera por mucho su condición individual, es la voz de un colectivo, es la cultura chilena que no quiere morir. Ella fue capaz de decir la verdad ante los poderosos, y cantarles en su cara lo que pensaba, sin importar las consecuencias”.

¿Cómo entrar en Violeta? No lo sé. Solo descubrí esta forma; abrir lentamente las puertas, visitar cada una de sus composiciones, dialogar con ellas, aprender de ellas y estremecerme con ellas. Pero esta es solo mi forma, mi manera de recorrer su historia, una selección que nace de un diálogo y resulta en esta selección que, como en cualquier otra, abunda en ausencias y silencios. Pero ahí, en ese vacío, también reside una invitación: abrir otras puertas y dar con nuevas maneras de dar con ella. 

Este mix está dedicado a Laura Estévez, Fernando Guzzoni y Nicolás Jaar; cómplices de esta escucha. 

Selección:

1) En defensa de Violeta Parra.
2) Verso por Saludo de Despedimiento de Angelito.
3) Que Yo No Quiero Problemas. Tributo a David de María (Fragmento).
4) Anticueca 2.
5) Mimbre (Fragmento).
6) Qué vamos a hacer.
7) Mimbre (Fragmento).
8) El Gavilán (Versión Larga).
9) Qué he sacado con quererte.
10) Qué dirá el Santo Padre.
11) Mimbre (Fragmento).
12) Mimbre (Fragmento).
13) Santiago penando estás.
14) Maldigo del Alto Cielo.

La selección incluye fragmentos de entrevistas, las cuales se pueden encontrar en YouTube:

Entrevista a Violeta Parra en Radio Universidad de Concepción (1960)
Entrevista realizada por la television suiza a Violeta Parra en el año 1964.
Violeta Parra durante el programa radial con doña Flora Leyton, realizado en los 50.

OP 𓅛 mix 34 - Violeta by Fakesamo

Frostchant

Siento un agua en mi,
un giro íntimo de las fuentes de la vida.
Quebrando en este muro de aire al fuego 
y a la estrella.
La niebla - clara - sabe al ave como signo
Al cuerpo tierra 
Y a la sangre 
atrapada forma

I sense water in myself,
an intimate turn of life’s fountain. 
Breaking on this wall of wind the fire
and the star.
The mist - clear - knows the bird 
as sign
The body as earth 
and blood as form trapped

atrapada forma

Nils Frahm - Live (Montreux Jazz Festival 2015)

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108
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15
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OP 𓅛 mix 23 - Nicolas Jaar Presents the Network - Part 1 (Sept 7, 2016)

Twitch livestream recording from April 16, 2020 - https://www.twitch.tv/againsta111ogic/

Hope I'm not breaking any rules by sharing this here. Enjoy.

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Nicolás Jaar - april16.19.00GMT

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Nicolás Jaar - Telahora (Telas - Part 1) & All One @ Radio Alhara

'Weavings (Part 1)' is part of the Unsound 'Intermission' compilation:

www.unsoundfestival.bandcamp.com

The track features Aho Ssan, Angel Bat Dawid, Dirar Kalash, Ellen Fullman, Księżyc, Laraaji, Nicolás Jaar, Pawel Szamburski, Resina, Rolando Hernandez and Wukir Suryadi. 
Created as part of the Unsound 2020 online program, 'Weavings' is a durational improvisation structured in the manner of a long fabric of sound. Conceived and curated with Nicolás Jaar, the performance hosted a number of artists and instrumentalists from around the world who linked up via Zoom, with a plugin used to facilitate real-time high-resolution audio collaboration. ‘Weavings (Part 1)’ is the first section of the piece.

Nicolás Jaar - Telahora (Telas - Part 1) & All One @ Radio Alhara

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