Free City Radio

An interview with musician Mali Obomsawin speaking about her album "Sweet Tooth." Mali speaks about the ways that her work intersects with contemporary struggles around Indigenous land rights, cultural representation and land rights. Mali also speaks about the ways that her work intersects with related musical traditions that are shaped by struggles for freedom in the world, including Black libera...

Listen to a conversation with educator, writer and activist Kazembe Balagun who shares some thoughts and reflections on the importance of engaging with the implications of the writings by Frantz Fanon in this contemporary moment. More generally this conversation is about learning across generations and also between struggles for justice and liberation. Music on this edition is Touché (searching fo...

A soundscape mix and experiment by Stefan @spirodon Christoff for Radio Alhara راديو الحارة @radioalhara, broadcasting in Oct. 2022. Including: Street walk on Paris street walk - Stefan Christoff Anarchist Mountains - Heart River Paris street walk - Stefan Christoff @copcarbonfire - repurposed Brussels subway ride - Stefan Christoff Dayin - A Cold Flawless World Anarchist Mountains - Shore @leberg...

Listen to a conversation with Başak Günak, who creates music, installations and work as Ah! Kosmos @ahkosmos. This conversation was recorded in Berlin and focuses on the intersections of culture, cities and personal experiences. In this also we hear about reorientation and time in relation to cityscapes and time, from Berlin to Gezi Park in Istanbul. Accompanying music by Ah! Kosmos. Accompanying...

Matthew Shipp + Spirodon mix 1 for Radio Alhara راديو الحارة For @radioalhara Broadcasting on Oct. 23, 2022. Track listing: (Artist, Track Title) 01 Clifford Brown - Cherokee 02 Charles Mingus - Praying With Eric 03 Diana Duta @dianaduta & Julia E. Dyck @ghoultalk - Wave Debris (Studio) via @crashsymbols 04 Thelonious Monk - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Photo taken in CDMX by Stefan of a detail within...

A conversation recorded in Berlin with filmmaker Philip Rizk speaking about recent works and reflecting on exploring the unexpected within revolutionary situations in Egypt and Syria. In this conversation Philip @philip-rizk explores the complexities of Syrian revolutionary struggle and also the resonating impacts of the revolutionary situation in Egypt over the past decade, also the recent years...

Lou Piensa + Spirodon mix For Radio alHara @radioalhara This mix features musicians from Brazil who support #MusiciansForPalestine Track listing: (Artist, Track Title) 01. @sessagrandeza - Estrela Acesa. 02. Ab Salyann Tha God + @lou-piensa feat Dj R M Esans - fè l nwè kou l’Ãnkh. 03. Bocafloja - Aire 04. Dugueto Shabazz - Vamos pra Palmares. 05. Z'África Brasil - Tá na responsa 06. El Tipo Este...

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Berlin based sound artist Nour Sokhon @noursokhon who speaks about developing sound art practices between Berlin and Beirut. Nour speaks about a series of projects that visit questions around sonic environments and dynamics of society across cultures. Nour shares reflections on the growing Beirut diaspora in Berlin and reflections around that in rega...

This month's artist interview contribution to Radio Al Hara features a conversation with NYC based sound artist, vocalist and musician @charmaineleemusic. This interview was recorded during Suoni per il Popolo festival in June 2022. Info on Charmaine here: https://charmainelee.com This interview was recorded in June 2022 in between Montreal and NYC by Stefan @spirodon Christoff Each month Stefan c...

On this edition of Free City Radio, photographer Sebastian Backhaus speaks in Berlin about documenting war in Ukraine. Sebastian contrasts social and political responses in Europe to the war in Ukraine with recent conflict points in Syria and Iraq, while also speaking about the welcoming response that Ukrainian refugees in Germany have been getting in contrast to the racism that many refugees from...

A mix for Underground sounds, Oct. 3, 2022. For @radiockut broadcast. Accompanying photo by Rickie Leach. 01. Devenir-ensemble - Mouvement 4 - Imminence de l'affrontement 02. @devenir-ensemble - Mouvement 5 - Heurts 03. Devenir-ensemble - Mouvement 6 - Forces de dispersion 04. Xarah Dion @zodiaquemusique - Honey Trap 05. @joni_void + N NAO - Lapse (@laaps-records) 06. Joni Void + N NAO - L’absurde...

Listen to an interview with Egyptian activist, writer and photographer Hossam El Hamalawy @elhamalawy speaking on the current state of social movements in Egypt. In this exchange, recorded in Berlin, Hossam talks about the ways that state repression in Egypt has been deepened in recent years under the authoritarian government of Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. A key to this conversation is the ways that the...

@ylangylang + Spirodon mix for Radio Alhara راديو الحارة For @radioalhara Broadcasting on Sept. 25, 2022. Track listing: (Artist, Track Title) 01. Charlie Haden - Song for Ché. 02. Archie Shepp - Blasé. 03. Nala Sinephro - Space 1. 04. Nala Sinephro - Space 8. 05. Herbie Hancock - Butterfly. 06. Moor Mother - "Made A Circle" / "Mangrove" 07. Tirzah - Holding On. Photo is from a dawn bike ride in M...

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from NYC based artist Seth Tobocman who shares reflections on grassroots organizing against the forces of gentrification in NYC particularly in the East Village. Seth has long chronicled these grassroots movements and published an important book on the squatter movement in the East Village called War in the Neighbourhood, info: https://www.akpress.org/war...

On this edition of Free City Radio you hear musician and community activist Norman Nawrocki speaking about histories of opposition and resistance to gentrification in Montreal. Norman speaks about these points of collective community organizing within the contemporary context of the 2022 housing crisis in the city. This interview was recorded as part of a project called "Réverbérations d'une crise...

Jaimeo Brown + Spirodon mix For Radio alHara @radioalhara Track listing: (Artist, Track Title) 01. @bogdan-simeonov-1 - In The Space Of Reasons. 02. Drake - Fair Trade ft. Travis Scott. 03. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Hey Joe. 04. Pharoah Sanders - Greeting To Saud (Brother McCoy Tyner). 05. Lightnin' Hopkins - Woke Up This Morning. 06. Deadmau5 - acedia (ov) (Rinzen Remix). 07. Bogdan Simeonov...

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear the voice of student activist Enrique López in Mexico City who shares some context and background on the ongoing student protests at Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE) in Mexico City. This series of actions highlights the tensions between student and social movements with the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Actions have large...

Listen to an interview with Yasmeen Abdallah, NYC based artist and community activist. Yasmeen speaks about her practice working with community arts groups to oppose gentrification and present collective challenges to the housing crisis in NYC that is being propelled by the extreme pressures of real estate capital in the city. Yasmeen also speaks about her own artistic practices, including sculptu...

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from John Tarleton on The Indypendent in NYC. John speaks about the role of an alternative but widely accessible progressive newspaper in NY that speaks to the demands, concerns and ideas of communities and individuals often not centred in mainstream publications in the city. The Indypendent emerged from the alternative media efforts that took place withi...

A soundscape mix that includes ambient music and a couple soundscapes from Bulgaria. This is the second in a series of ambient mixes recorded in August 2022. For broadcast on @radiockut + @radioalhara Below is the track listing, sometimes the soundscapes are mixed into the music tracks outlined below. August Ambient mix 2. 1. A speaker in Strandzha - Stefan Christoff. 2. A street scene in downtown...

Keiko Devaux (@k-ko) + Spirodon mix For Radio alHara @radioalhara Track listing: (Artist, Track Title) 01. Basiani - Tsintskaro. 02. Ryuichi Sakamoto - Bibo No Aozora. 03. Quartetto Prometeo - Contrapunctus 1. 04. Alessandro Bosetti, Chris Abrahams - Eye. 05. Damso - Γ. Mosaïque solitaire. 06. Kid Koala - Moon River. 07. Nadja - Seemannsgarn über Rummelsburg (long excerpt). Photo taken in Plovdiv.

A soundscape created in collaboration with Alfredo Bojórquez. Sonic tonalities from Mexico City and Montreal. For broadcast on Noods Radio @noodsradio in Bristol, UK Monday 29th August @ 2200–2300 BST 01. Alfredo Bojórquez - Mexico City soundwalk 02. PJS - Inter 03. @noursokhon - Woman Like a Sea - soundtrack excerpt from Eating The Copper Apple 04. Alfredo Bojórquez - A reading 05. @pjs11 - Betty...

For Radio alHara @radioalhara Broadcasting on August 28, 2022. A mix to reflect on the possibilities for creative, activist work and living moments that can boost the radical imagination, a shout out to the work of scholar Max Haiven. Track listing: (Artist, Track Title) 01. Black Ox Orkestar - Cretan Song. 02. Kokoroko - Abusey Junction. 03. Mulatu Astatke + Black Jesus Experience – Mulatu 04. Mu...

On this edition of Free City Radio, author and activist Sabu Kohso speaks on the recently published book "Radiation and Revolution," which explores activist responses to the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan. The conversation looks at the dynamics of Japanese society post Fukushima and the ways that social movements are challenging structural injustice within Japan and also in relation to Japan'...

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Pierre Parent speaking about the the Indigenous Support Worker Program in Tiohti:áke / Montréal. Pierre speaks about the particular and deep ways that Indigenous people are impacted by gentrification and the housing crisis in the city. In looking at the rising cost of rental units and the ways that low income people struggling with precarious realiti...