Edward at Outro Lado - Waking Life '22

O.bee at Floresta - Waking Life '22

@playvlada 

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19 - 24 June 2024

📸 studio legein

Vlada at Floresta - Waking Life '23

@alexanderberg

www.wakinglife.pt
19 - 24 June 2024

📸 antoine grenez

Dorisburg live at Floresta - Waking Life '23

@richard-akingbehin

www.wakinglife.pt
19 - 24 June 2024

📸 kieran behan

Richard Akingbehin at Praia - Waking Life '23

@rcarrau

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19 - 24 June 2024

📸 camille blake

Raphael Carrau at Floresta - Waking Life '23

@o-bee
@tomasstation

www.wakinglife.pt
19 - 24 June 2024

📸 camille blake

O.bee & Tomas Station at Outro Lado - Waking Life '23

@nathalie-seres at floresta

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Nathalie Seres at Floresta - Waking Life '24

@reptant_the_lizard live at floresta

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Reptant live at Floresta - Waking Life '24

@margauxgazur live at cochilo

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Margaux Gazur live at Cochilo - Waking Life '24

@mr-scruff & mc kwasi at praia

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Mr. Scruff & MC Kwasi at Praia - Waking Life '24

@livwutang at praia

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livwutang at Praia - Waking Life '24

@edward live at outro lado

The first track is an unofficial remix of Dimension 5 - Network. Check out the artist if you don't know them already :)

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Edward live at Outro Lado - Waking Life '24

@cosmosmic at outro lado

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Cosmo at Outro Lado - Waking Life '24

@eduardodelacalle at outro lado

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Eduardo De La Calle at Outro Lado - Waking Life '24

Neel at Floresta - Waking Life '24

@mamasnake at floresta

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Mama Snake at Floresta - Waking Life '24

upsammy at Praia - Waking Life '24

aleksi perälä live at cochilo

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Aleksi Perälä live at Cochilo - Waking Life '24

ivan smagghe at floresta

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Ivan Smagghe at Floresta - Waking Life '24

@barbara-preisinger at outro lado

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Barbara Preisinger at Outro Lado - Waking Life '24

@madmiran & deadbeat at outro lado

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mad miran & Deadbeat at Praia - Waking Life '24

Cormac at Praia - Waking Life '24

@rinobxl at floresta

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Dj Rino at Floresta - Waking Life '24

This is a lil exercise in audio-impression since poetry is kinda meant to be heard aloud than to be read in a silent inner voice. The WOW itself is an onomatopoeic being, sound is holy mystery, music is the medium and the message, so listen up, lend an ear, take heed and let’s get unconscious honey, let’s get unconscious, honey, lts gt ncnscs hny..

aim: a vibological inquiry into the ephemeral dimensions of the groovement.

🌀 full piece right here: wakinglife.pt/storytelling/the-wow

art: @tom_furse
audio piece: @aude_de_bellefond feat. @iartshanti
curation: @sayfen895
words: @ivanmarching

The WOW

@gigi-fm at Floresta

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GiGi FM at Floresta - Waking Life '24

@edolov at praia

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Tina at Praia - Waking Life '24

We are all children of the sun, the same sun, and we feel its warmth on our skin.
The same warmth that has fed the olive trees for centuries—the immortal tree that would endure, if not uprooted.

And the older we get, the more uprootings we witness.
And you may be told that even what you see with your own eyes, did not really happen so, even when it happens in the plain light of day.
And sometimes, we try to scream, or sing,
but the world fails to listen.

So we write,
we express ourselves.
We turn to the sun,
offering our words like prayers,
not to persuade, not to explain,
but simply to exist.

It may seem futile, but what are words if not seeds—scattered, carried by the wind,
feeding what has been torn from the earth,
so that perhaps, one day,
like seeds, we can regrow
what was cut down, buried, and burned.

"Look at the fruit as it sweetens and ripens.
There are indeed signs in that for a people who have faith."
—Al-Qur’ān 6:99

2 hours of musicopoetic lamentation with contributions by Adelaida, Asifeh, Bassem Breish, Drew McDowall, Drumloop, fatalism, Faten Kanaan, Fatma Al Jabari, Firas Shehadeh, Israa Shalaby, Jad Atoui, Jude Sajdi, Kareem Lotfy, Luke Elliott, Mayss, Nadine Makarem, Nicolás Jaar & Rama Alcoutlabi.

artwork by Ilham Shahrour

Letters To The Sun - Waking Life & Dreaming Live - Radio Alhara

ENHEDUANNA – a sonic reflection by Ilhem.

What remains of a name as it drifts through time? 
How does identity persist when time erases its traces?

Enheduanna is carried throughout the ages, lingering like an echo, a trace of presence in the vast expanse of universal memory. The first recorded poet, author and woman to sign her name, she defied oblivion, inscribing herself into history.

This mix explores the weight of name and the meaning of identity, the fragility of existence, and the intricate layers of memory, history, and the stories that shape us.

For Julius and Mosi—whose names and memories will never fade."

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