“The Impossible Stage” is a radio drama series about real acts of resistance among political detainees in Sednaya Military Prison in Syria at the end of 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s. The project’s main idea and documentation drew upon sources such as televised and radio interviews, articles and novels by former detainees, including by Malek Daghestani and Mohammad Berro, and conversations with and among former detainees, including both former prisoner Badr Zakariya, who inspired one of the main characters in the podcast, and journalist Bassam Youssef.

This podcast aims to highlight the struggle of political detainees to build a unique cultural and creative artistic environment, despite their incarceration in an abject setting. The podcast shows how theater, music, and singing are all forms of resistance to the forced inhuman conditions of pain and suffering in the Syrian carceral system. “The Impossible Stage” is a journey to find meaning among this suffering, and an attempt to remember those who were and remain forcibly disappeared or imprisoned away from their families and loved ones.

This audio content was produced, supported, and funded by the MENA Prison Forum.

Podcast team:
Scenarist: Bouchra Joud
Artistic Director: Nouhad Qattan
Production Director: Nael Al Farkh
Concept and General Director: Jaber Bakr

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I share my thoughts on the 'Change' bloc fracture, democratic voting vs consensus, compromise vs absolutism & October 17's national-political pursuit overlayed with differing lists & districts.

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Music by Marc Codsi. Animation & illustration by Sana Chaaban.

Ep.331: Independent Thirteen

الشَمسُ قد قُسّمت نصفين لِي وَلها 
النُورُ في خَدِّها والنارُ في كَبَدي 
يَكادُ فَضيضُ الماءِ يَخدشُ جِلدها 
إذا إغتَسَلت بالماءِ مِن رِقّة الجِلدِ
وإني لمُشتاقٌ إلى رشفِ خَدها 
كَما إشتاق إبليس الى جَنّة الخُلدِ


سعدي البياتي ـ موال الشمس قد قُسمت

This is a mixtape of mostly unreleased material

tracklsit : 

1. Matanza x Polocorp (feat Jasmine Alakari) - Cabina Forestal
2. Atlas Collective x Polocorp - Three
3. Bobby Mc Ferrin - Circle song Six (polocorp edit)
4. Happy Stage (feat. Siphiwe McKenzie)
5. Silva Nativitis
6. Last Day of the Roman empire (feat. Boris Levy)
7. Things Don't Really Matter
8. Particules Particulieres (feat. Lara MRC)
9. Atlas Collective - Alah Alah Yalah (polocorp slow disco edit)
10. Panorama

1 hour of Polocorp tracks demo Mixtape

Track list:  (help me to complete it!) (note: i used shazam for most of the tracks)

00:00:00 / MISTER MODO & UGLY MAC BEER - "Main Stuff": Track2
00:01:18 / OJARD - Plage de la Concurrence
00:03:42 / ??
00:06:31 / DICK RIVERS & THE GLADIATORS - Blue Bayou
00:08:44 / VELLY JOONAS - Stopp, Seisku Aeg!
00:12:14 / SPACE ART - Mélodie Moderne
00:17:02 / LEONARD NIMOY - Music To Watch Space Girls By
00:19:00 / POOM - De la vitesse à l'ivresse
00:23:22 / DINAH WASHINGTON - Ole Santa
00:25:57 / KING SUNNY ADE - Ja Fun Mi Dub
00:28:24 / MUDD & AHMED FAKROUN - Drago (Mudds Teriwala Mix)
00:34:25 / ZELIA BARBOSA - Funeral of a Worker
00:36:33 / POLO & PAN - Trésor
00:41:17 / RONNIE JONES - Video Games
00:45:10 / PHILLIPI & RODRIGO - Gueto De Gent
00:47:14 / STEVE MONITE - Only You (Frankie Francis Disco Jam Edit)
00:51:49 / FRANCIS BEBEY - Coffee Cola Song (Young Marco)
00:55:13 / MACIT KIMYACI - Bir Ruya Gorduk
00:59:52 / KEBEKELEKTRIK - Mirage
01:04:00 / some version of RAFFAELLA CARRA - A far l'amore comincia tu
01:07:25 / POLO & PAN - Mexicali (Manfredas Remix)
01:12:32 /  ALEKSANDIR - Yamaha (Asa Moto remix)
01:18:07 / GUILIANO SORGINI - Ultima Caccia
01:20:28 / SOULEANCE - Segrados Do Samba
01:22:32 / AKKAN - Bananat
01:26:38 / ANTONIN - Ça fait du bien (Polo & Pan remix)
01:31:44 / JACQUES - Faites Quelque Chose
01:37:08 / JOÃO GIILBERTO - É Preciso Perdoar (Polo & Pan rework)
01:41:07 / RAY CONNIFF ORCHESTRA - Schubert's Serenade (Polo & Pan rework)
01:43:25 / MELLOW $OUL - Kame House.
01:45:23 / ??
01:51:14 / TRIO IRAKITAN - Aqueles Olhos Verdes

Don't hesitate to comment the track IDs you know! :)
N'hésitez pas à commenter les track IDs que vous connaissez :)

Polo & Pan live session @ The Lot Radio (Brooklyn)

CCRadio.013 - dOP

My opening set for Polo & Pan's Caravelle world tour opening night at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto. A mix of mid-tempo sounds from planet earth.

Tracklist: 

Ladyfingers - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Tú Sí Sabes Quererme (feat. Los Macorinos)- Natalia Lafourcade
Estilha - Kurup
La Añoranza (feat. Coco Maria, Dengue Dengue Dengue & Ori Kaplan) - Daniel Haaksman
Yo x Ti, Tu x Mi - ROSALÍA & Ozuna
Ilaló (feat. Mateo Kingman)- Chancha Vía Circuito
La Victoria (feat. Lido Pimienta & Manu Ranks) - Chancha Vía Circuito
di-li-do - chöko aba edit - Kyrill Stefanov
Gold & Timber - Fatnotronic
Polychromatic (Mixed) - Castelle
Soulful Beat - Mocky
Floral Rhythm - A Vision of Panorama
Tropifunkammammet - Minimal Afrika
Sacrifice - Lokal Affair
Illapu — Tristeza Incaica (Carla Valenti Remix) - Carla Valenti
Pourquoi tu cries ?? - Johan Papaconstantino
Thinking of You - Lord Echo
Love's In Need of Love Today - Stevie Wonder
Kamakumba - Mop Mop
Pookie - Aya Nakamura
Pana - Tekno
Syria - Unders
Criaturas - Xinobi & Mystery Affair
Guxi - Volvo T - United Colors of Rhythm
La Rua Madureira - Bon Entendeur & Nino Ferrer
Musique - Turban d'Amour Dub Edit - France Gall
Dead Sea (Handshake Mix)- Gavri & McQueen
Cantico Brasileiro No 3 (Kamaiura) [Selvagem And Carrot Green Remix] - Maria Rita Stumpf
La Mer Avalée (Zimmer Remix) - La Féline

More sets like this on my page... 
https://soundcloud.com/djphillippe/social-dissonance-mix-vol-3-echoes-over-a-hopeful-fall-sunset

Polo & Pan Caravelle World Tour opening set Toronto 11|01|19

POLO & PAN — HOME SWEET HOME

The mixtape return by Polo & Pan
Hamburger Records / Ekleroshock

Artwork by Noemi Ferst & Benjamin Moreau

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Home Sweet Home (the mixtape)

This Summer Mixtape created by Aleph, in a special joint programing with Disco Tehran for Aire Libre FM, explores classical and contemporary Middle Eastern music with elements of techno and underground tracks from the desert. The selection includes Sufi music by Soliman Gamil, an unreleased oriental track by Polo & Pan, an oracular track by Alejandro Molinari, as well as recent releases by Acid Hamman & Nasiri.

Summer Mixtape for Aire Libre and Disco Tehran

LETTER FOR BEIRUT, TWO
"Pale", by @ramiabirafeh
Photo by RAR

Featuring 
Drahtkur - Die Letzten Tage	
End of your Garden - Celebration 
Nocturnal Operations - The Sensational Creed
3rd man - Oral Pleasure
Yön - I Dream
One More Night - L’Aventure Imaginaire
I Am a Vocoder - Gay Cat Park
Electronique Supermarket - Skanfrom
Discord Dance - Drinking Electricity
While the City Sleeps - Artificial Organs
Mother's Little Helper -  Polyphonic Size	
The Sound of the Crowd - The Human League
No Tears - Tuxedomoon

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