Free City Radio

A joint mix with Kujenga for Radio AlHara Airing June 4, 2023 01. Zim Ngqawana - Qula Kwedini 02. Busi Mhlongo - We Baba Omncane 03. Bheki Mseleku - Closer To The Source 04. Jimmy Dludlu - Nkateko 05. Thandi Ntuli - Uz'buye 06. Kyle Shepherd - Vang Gou Die Strandloper 07. Benjamin Jephta - Homecoming 08. The Unity Band - Xa Ndiyekela Kuwe 11. Anarchist Mountains - Inside the Signals 12. Kujenga -...

A joint mix with Leah Borromeo for Radio AlHara Airing June 3, 2023 01. Sun Ra - Nuclear War 02. This Is the Deep - The Best Is Yet To Come 03. Mariya Takeuchi - Plastic Love 04. Otis Redding -(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay 05. Sam Shalabi and Stefan Christoff - Flying Street 06. Sam Shalabi and Stefan Christoff - Elephantine 07. Jan Kees Helms - time is elastic 08. Badiâa Bouhrizi - (إلى سلمى...

On Free City Radio this week a conversation with Mary N. Taylor & Noah Brehmer who edited the book "Commonist Horizon- Urban Futures Beyond Capitalist Urbanization," which was recently published by Common Notions, info here: https://www.commonnotions.org/commonist-horizon The book is described this way: "How do we move from defensive tactics that respond to the latest stages of capitalist urbaniza...

On this monthly artist interview we hear from William Parker in NYC. William speaks about the capacity for music to transform and the ways that the listening involved in improvised / trace music can create possibilities for healing. Information on William Parker http://www.williamparker.net/ceremony Stefan contributes artist interviews to @radioalhara in Palestine. Accompanying image is of musicia...

This is a mix created to share via Justseeds artists' cooperative. This mix features mostly local Montreal artists, particularly musicians, who have been involved in the intersections of social movements and the arts. I have selected a series of live recordings from local concerts where these connections were explored. You will particularly hear recordings from local shows supported by CKUT 90.3FM...

A broadcast of voices from the Iranian diaspora in Montreal recorded within the context of efforts to create a 1 hour international sound art, poetry and music broadcast to support the protests in Iran in 2023. The global initiative is called Voices Across Borders, you can listen here: https://soundcloud.com/freecityradio/voices-across-borders For this broadcast, created to air on CJLO 1690 AM in...

A joint mix with James Goddard for Radio AlHara Track listing below (artist name / track name) 01. Jeff Majors - Room 400 02. Whatever The Weather - 4°C 03. Lina Filipovich - G. F. Handel - Sarabande 04. Emeka Ogboh - No Counterfeit 05. RA Washington / Jah Nada - Hands 06. dumama + kechou - umzi 07. nao otsuka - Improvised Piano Solo 4.21.2023 08. Stefan Christoff - Flying Organ 09. Totenbaum Trä...

On this edition of Free City Radio we feature a conversation with Sami, a Palestinian team member and student coordinator at BDS NL, the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement in the Netherlands. Sami started his activism in university in the UK and is now leveraging his experience to support and empower student groups across the Netherlands, involved in the Palestine justice movement. This int...

On this edition of Free City Radio we highlight a conversation with filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal on the documentary film Into the Weeds. This film is described this way: "INTO THE WEEDS follows groundskeeper Dewayne “Lee” Johnson and his fight for justice against Monsanto (now Bayer). Johnson’s case was the first to go to trial in a series of lawsuits involving tens of thousands of plaintiffs claim...

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from community radio host Mohamed Bah, based in Amsterdam, who founded the project City Rights Radio. This is an initiative created by asylum seekers to give voice to the direct perspectives of migrants experiencing and also doing community organizing within the context of the migration crisis in Europe today. The project in Amsterdam is supported by the...

Thanya Iyer + Spirodon mix for Radio Alhara راديو الحارة For @radioalhara Broadcasting on Tue May 9, 7am eastern time and 2pm in Bethlehem on radioalhara.net This is a joint mix with musician Thanya Iyer, learn about Thanya's music here: http://www.thanyaiyer.com Track listing Artist name / Track name 01. Wayne Shorter - Ponta de Areia 02. NNAMDï @nnamdiogbonnaya - Grounded 03. Jeremy Dutcher - M...

This is my third monthly mix on Root Radio @rootradiolive, the joint mixes air on the second Monday or each month. This month I am sharing a solo mix. Thank you to Root Radio for broadcasting this mix ! Track listing track name / artist name 01. Joni Void @joni_void - Artsss/Craftsss 02. Aidan Baker @aidanbaker & Jörg Schneider - Douse 03. Anarchist Mountains Trio (@thenewobjective @jordanchristo...

On this months artist interview for Radio AlHara I am sharing an interview with percussionist and musician Jim White who speaks about his creative practice, engaging in live improvisation and composition. Jim specifically highlights the project Xylouris White and their recent album The Forest In Me. Music on this edition is by Xylouris White, listen to the recent album here: https://xylouriswhites...

A conversation with Sjoerd Stolk about the OCCii independent cultural space in Amsterdam. Sjoerd speaks about independent music, art, squatting and activism in Amsterdam today in a historical context of the impacts that squatting movements in the 1980s have on the urban landscape today in the city. Info on OCCii https://occii.org Music on this edition is Soon All Cities by The Ex. Free City Radio...

On this edition of Free City Radio we visit an alternative historical narrative and location that flips the narrative around artists as being the shock troops of gentrification in major western cities. In this story, one based in the Lower East Side of New York, artists were on the actual frontlines of community battles to protect squatted buildings and abandon lots that were turned into community...

Radio Nopal Mix Adriana Camacho and Stefan Christoff April 26, 2023 01. Adriana Camacho and Stefan Christoff - En El Parque 02. Loope (aka Adriana Camacho), Anne Waldman - Paraiso 1| Mancia | En el vientre 03. Rêves sonores - Hearken 04. Rêves sonores - Mondial 05. Ben Brown - shimmer shimmer 06. Christian Carrière - Static 07. Jordan Christoff - Torn 08. Anarchist Mountains - Organs 09. Matmos...

Paula Dykstra + Spirodon mix for Radio Alhara راديو الحارة For @radioalhara Broadcasting on April 23 at 5pm Bethlehem time, 11am eastern time at radioalhara.net 01. Milton Nascimento - Txai 02. Milton Nascimento - Planeta Blue 03. Luedji Luna - Um Corpo no Mundo 04. M NourbeSe Philip - Discourse 05. Ava Rocha - Boca do Céu 06. Raquel Dimantas - Snake Head 07. Boca de Groselha - Curumin 08. Erasmo...

A Fofa PoliFônica, Stefan Christoff mix https://afofapolifonica.webradiosite.com Broadcasting daily for a week, Thursday 20-27, daily at 2pm est. 01. Anarchist Mountains @anarchistmountains - Anarchist Signals 02. Anarchist Mountains - A Lighthouse at Night 03. Julia E Dyck @ghoultalk - Warp (From A Silver Moon X) 04. Stefan Christoff - A silver digital glitch (From A Silver Moon X) 05. Anarchist...

On Free City Radio this week a conversation with artist and designer Javid Jah who speaks about the ways that alternative cosmologies can be shared and manifested through art. Also on projects that explore ideas and cultural expression from the margins in the context of public space. Specifically Javid speaks about contemporary visions around the role of Islamic inspired art in the context of an a...

Lougien + Spirodon mix for Radio Alhara راديو الحارة For @radioalhara Broadcasting on April 23 at 10pm in Palestine, 4pm est. radioalhara.net This is a joint mix with Lougien who works with debaser project in Ottawa, info: https://www.debaser.ca/team Track listing Artist name / Track name 01. Gavilan Rayna Russom - Meditating on the Present 02. Dakn - difa3an 3an nafs 03. Aisha Qandisha - Taqbir 0...

On this edition of Free City Radio we speak with author and educator, Max Haiven on the book "Palm Oil The Grease of Empire." The book is described this way: "It’s in our food, our cosmetics, our fuel and our bodies. Palm oil, found in half of supermarket products, has shaped our world. Max Haiven uncovers how the gears of capitalism are literally and metaphorically lubricated by this ubiquitous e...

This is my second monthly mix on Root Radio @rootradiolive, the joint mixes air on the second Monday or each month. This month I am sharing the second section of a joint mix with musician Matthew Shipp who helped select these tracks. Thank you to Root Radio for broadcasting this mix ! Track listing track name / artist name 01. High Priest - Andrew Cyrille, Ted Daniel, Teddy Daniel, Nick De Geronim...

A conversation with Matmos on their recent album "Regards/Ukłony dla Bogusław Schaeffer." A reimagination of the work of Polish composer Boguslaw Schaeffer. Great to speak with M. C. (Martin) Schmidt and Drew Daniel about their awesome creative work ! Music on this edition is from the album. Thank you to David Mitchell from Blue Skies Turn Black for helping to facilitate the interview.

On this edition of Free City Radio, a conversation with documentary filmmaker Malcolm Guy who speaks on possibilities of international solidarity at a time of major global conflict between Russia and the United States. This conversation explores how to build points of active unity within left networks globally in order to express solidarity with peoples around the world who are facing militarizati...

Voices Across Borders: No To War Sounds Monday, April 3, 2023 An international anti-war arts radio broadcast to oppose the military industrial complex and to protest any military escalation as a solution to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This global radio broadcast will include contributions by musicians, poets, activists and artists from multiple cities around the world. A creative initiative t...