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Ana Quiroga @ana_quiroga + Spirodon mix for Radio Alhara راديو الحارة For @radioalhara Broadcasting on Sunday the 22nd of January at 11am eastern time, 6pm Bethlehem time, in Palestine 2023. Accompanying photo by Dana Dowmut, context outlined below. Track listing: (Artist, Track Title) 01. Vanessa Bedoret @vanessassenav - Pas (unreleased) 02. Ale Hop @alehophop2 - Mayu Islapi (collab. with Ana Qui...

Listen to a conversation with Sámi artist and choreographer Elle Sofe Sara on the piece "The Answer is Land," an incredible and immersive work that is described this way: "Community and kinship between people, with nature and with the earth we all share, are the main themes of Vástádus eana/ The answer is land.
 The choreography is inspired by demonstrations, Sami spiritual practices and formation...

Spirodon mix for Radio Alhara راديو الحارة 16/01/2023 For @radioalhara Broadcasting as part of a concert at Morphine Raum in Berlin on Jan. 16, 2023, 8-10pm. 01. Asher @doldrumss & @jordanchristoff - Docking (via @crashsymbols) 02. Zea @zea + Xavier Charles @xavier_charles - It's Quiet 03. Leon Louder @leonlouder (Scattered Ensemble) - Calls 04. Elyze Venne-Deshaies - Les mémoires en écho (via C...

A conversation with Jimmy Dunson a founding member of Mutual Aid Disaster Relief network in US, a grassroots network of relief support operating in multiple communities across the country which are contending with the realities of extreme climate events in the context of the broader reality of climate change. The project is described this way: "Mutual Aid Disaster Relief is a grassroots disaster r...

Amir Elsaffar + Spirodon mix for Radio Alhara راديو الحارة For @radioalhara Broadcasting Monday the 9th of January at 5:00 pm in Palestine, 10am est. Accompanying photo by Stefan Christoff, taken at @thenewobjective studio during a practice. 01. Muddy Waters: Standing Around Crying. 02. Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5 Movement I: Moderato, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn, Conductor (e...

On the January, 2023 edition of Stefan Christoff's monthly artist interview on Radio AlHara we hear from the creators of "Remaking the Exceptional: Tea, Torture, and Reparations," (www.tea-project.org) a collective work that is described this way: "Through the voices of torture survivors and activists, the Remaking the Exceptional podcast highlights connections between policing and incarceration i...

Amanda Ruiz + Spirodon mix for Radio Alhara راديو الحارة For @radioalhara Broadcasting on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. 01. Arnaldo Antunes - Alta Noite 02. Billie Holiday - Just Friends 03. Meridian Brothers - Desesperanza 04. Toña la Negra - Oración Caribe 05. John Martyn - Dreams By The Sea 06. Irreversible Entanglements - Bread Out of Stone 07. B R A H J A {aka Devin Brahja Waldman} - Sorcery of Termi...

On this edition of Free City Radio Tom Wakeford of ETC Group on opposing tech giant moves to crack the Convention on Biological Diversity. Tom details the ways that corporations are pushing to open the global limits on involving "new technologies" within agricultural production and the monitoring of territories and lands through information systems. Essential tech giants are trying to move toward...

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Mónica Vargas Collazos of GRAIN on Israeli state backed agribusiness colonialism in global south. This interview revolves around a report published by GRAIN in fall 2022 called "Farms, arms and Israel's agro-diplomacy," which is described by GRAIN this way: "Israel has an international reputation for its high-tech agriculture. Its companies offer eve...

Tanha Gomes + Spirodon mix for Radio Alhara راديو الحارة For @radioalhara Broadcasting on Dec. 25, 2022. 01. Irene Cara - What a Feeling. 02. Helado Negro - There Must Be A Song Like You. 03. Devendra Banhart - Santa Maria Da Feira. 04. TNS - Umona ft. Mpumi. 05. Womack & Womack - Teardrops. 06. Londonbeat - I've Been Thinking About You. 07. Snap - The Power. 08. DJ Zandimaz, Ft Nokwazi - Emathand...

Lim Li Ching of the Third World Network speaks about the negotiation battles that took place during the international summit surrounding the biological diversity convention which took place during the COP 15 meetings in Montreal. Lim talks about the struggle to work to address historic legacies of colonial violence that are manifested through economic systems like debt and debt financing as impact...

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear a conversation with Laura Carlsen, director of the Americas Program of the Center for International Policy based in Mexico City. In this interview we discuss the complexities of listening to the voices of social movements today in the Americas specifically within contexts where centre left and progressive governments have been elected into office. This co...

Greg Caz + Spirodon mix for Radio Alhara راديو الحارة For @radioalhara Broadcasting on Tuesday the 13th of December at 3:30 pm Bethlehem time, in Palestine 2022, that is 8:30am Montreal time. Track listing: (Artist, Track Title) 01. Ashford & Simpson - It Seems To Hang On 02. Tim Maia - Não Vá 03. Khari Simmons - Belle Of Byron Bay (feat. Monday Michiru) 04. Maria de Fátima - Candombe Brasileiro M...

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Vijay Prashad and Frank Barat @frank-barat co-authors of the book "The Struggle Makes Us Human," which visits points of connection between social movements around the world. https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1869-struggle-makes-us-human The book is described this way: "An incisive and inspiring call to look beyond capitalism to chart a road map fo...

An Anarchist Mountains mix for "If You Got Ears" broadcasting on CKUT 90.3FM on Dec. 7, 2022, below is the track listing. 01. Oklou @oklou93, @casey-mq - Lurk. 02. @anarchistmountains - Anarchist Signals. 03. @joni_void + N NAO - Les Grillons. 04. Count G @stathis-gourgouris - Karma fugitive in Tunisia. 05. Joni Void + N NAO - Bonne Sorcière. 06. Gabriel Teodros @gabriel-teodros - Open Letter. 07...

For my monthly artist interview on Radio AlHara I am featuring a conversation with Viktoria Draganova (Виктория Драганова), educator, writer and curator who is the director of Swimming Pool space in Sofia and works with the Centre for Social Vision in Bulgaria. In this interview Viktoria speaks about her work to create intersectional spaces surrounding contemporary art and society in a Bulgarian c...

On this edition of Free City Radio I will feature a second podcast within the project "Réverbérations d'une crise: une enquête sonore sur le logement à Montréal," the details are outlined below, you can listen to the full podcast here @reverberations-crise Dans ce troisième épisode du balado 'Réverbérations d'une crise: une enquête sonore sur le logement à Montréal', on entend divers intervenant.e...

Asher Woodhead @doldrumss + Spirodon mix for Radio Alhara راديو الحارة For @radioalhara Broadcasting on Nov. 27, 2022. Accompanying photo by Rickie Leach. Asher writes: "These tracks span a wide range in time and space, from Italy (la punta bianca) to Toronto (new chance), but gel together in the warm electronics and experimental pop pallets they explore. The tragic beauty and intimacy in these ar...

A joint mix by @joni_void and Stefan @spirodon Christoff that will be played at Cinema Politica (https://www.cinemapolitica.org) screenings as people gather for the projection. Below is the track listing: 1. Steve Sobs - Never Meant To Get Caught 2. R.A.P. Ferreira - Speck 3. Billy Woods - Pollo Rico 4. Roger Robinson & The Black Space Quartet - Count On Me 5. Massive Attack - Euro Zero Zero 6. No...

On this edition of Free City Radio I will be featuring a podcast from a community art project in Montreal that I participated in about how to mobilize collectively as artists and activists against gentrification. You can find the full podcast here: https://soundcloud.com/reverberations-crise This is the write up on the episode: Ce second épisode du balado 'Réverbérations d'une crise: une enquête s...

Wissam Sader + Spirodon mix 1 for Radio Alhara راديو الحارة For @radioalhara Broadcasting on Nov. 20, 2022. 01. @ana_quiroga - Prelude III 02. @wissam-sader - Recordat Session, excerpt 1 03. Asher @doldrumss & @jordanchristoff - Carol 04. Wissam Sader - Recordat Session, excerpt 2 05. Anthony Sahyoun @asahyoun - Introspection 06. Badawi - Evocation (1999) 07. Taciturn - Roach 08. Bayti Bayyati 09...

A live broadcast at ARTEXTE gallery presented on Nov. 16 2022 within the context of the exhibition Sonic Fields of Reflection. In this broadcast Stefan Christoff speaks with exhibition curator Mojeanne Behzadi and sound artist Martín Rodríguez about their sound work along the US / Mexico colonial border line. Thank you to Spencer Curtis from CKUT and Jonathan Lachance from Artexte for the technica...

A Oaxaca sound walk Amanda Ruiz and Stefan Christoff For @noodsradio, Broadcasting Nov 13 in Bristol, 23 à 00 "In this sound walk we hear Oaxaca based Mexican artist Amanda Ruiz in the city. In one section you will hear an excerpt of a local conference hosted by "Narrativas y memorias de la desaparición en México," a project focusing on the voices of journalists reporting on disappearances of peop...

On this edition of Free City Radio a conversation with Martin Akwiranoron Loft who speaks on photography, Indigenous artistic voice and climate justice. Martin is a longtime and well respected Indigenous artist and print maker. Accompanying art by Martin. Music on this edition by Mali Obomsawin from the album Sweet Tooth. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and air...

Youmna Saba + Spirodon mix for Radio Alhara راديو الحارة For @radioalhara Broadcasting on Nov. 6th, 6pm est. or 1am in Palestine 2022. Track listing: (Artist, Track Title) 01. Wardaa - Hekayti Maa El Zaman, حكايتي مع الزمان 02. Pita - Get out 3 03. Majida El Roumi - Ana Am Behlam 04. Sadaq - Oum 05. Ben Shemie - The Return 06. David Toub - zichron (excerpt) Accompanying photo taken by Nasri Sayegh...