Free City Radio

A soundscape mix that includes ambient music tracks and a couple sound walks in Paris. This is the first in a series of ambient mixes recorded in August 2022. For broadcast on @radiockut + @radiobeguin + @radioalhara Below is the track listing, sometimes the soundscapes are mixed into the music tracks outlined below. August Ambient mix 1. Street walk on Paris street walk - Stefan Christoff Anarchi...

On this edition of Free City Radio I speak with singer and teacher Jay Clayton who speaks about visiting the worlds of Jazz over decades in New York City. Jay speaks about the practice of learning how to engage with different approaches to music and her work as a musical educator who explores the boundaries of experimentation in music. This interview was recorded within the context of Suoni per il...

This interview with Mas Aya (Brandon Valdivia) is the August 2022 monthly artist interview for Radio AlHara hosted by Stefan Christoff. In this interview Brandon speaks about his musical works that mix ambient sounds, percussion from throughout the Americas and meditative spaces. Brandon specifically speaks about the album MÁSCARAS. After the interview we hear the track "Key." Information, here: h...

A set for Kiosk Radio in Brussels by Stefan Christoff featuring tracks by musicians who signed the Musicians for Palestine open letter in May 2021. https://musiciansforpalestine.com 01. Anarchist Mountains - Passage 02. Caterina Barbieri - Fantas Variation for Voices (feat. Evelyn Saylor, Lyra Pramuk, Annie Garlid & Stine Janvin) 03. VALEDA - Guardian 04. KMRU - Jinja Encounters 05. Nick Schofield...

Listen to the latest edition of Free City Radio an interview with community organizer Sohnia Karamat Ali who works with the Comité d'action de Parc-Extension (CAPE) in Parc Extension, a largely immigrant working class neighbourhood in Tiohti:áke/Montreal. In this interview Sohnia speaks about the confluence of social and political violence that is pushing gentrification in Parc Ex. a localized man...

Anarchist Mountains mix, June 2022 For Ambient Zone on RTR fm @rtrfm-92-1 A mix to celebrate the recent @anarchistmountains release "Fire Waves" out on Oxtail Recordings. https://oxtailrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/fire-waves Track listing (artist name / track name) 01. Purelink - Spirit & Sport (via @lillerne) 02. Cate Le Bon @catelebon - Moderation 03. @rashida-prime - Nebula Temple 04. @gaikasa...

For Radio alHara @radioalhara Drawn from a live DJ set at Casa del Popolo in Montreal in July 2022. Track listing: (Artist, Track Title) 01. Kontravoid (@kontravoid) - Cost of Life 02. @kamarujoseph - Jinja Encounters 03. Rima Khcheich - Isobel 03 トニーは悪魔でした 04. 多くの巻き戻さvhsへ 05. パーティーでペースを拾っ 06. Helado Negro ft. Flock Of Dimes - Lotta Love 07. Sessa (@sessagrandeza) - Fl...

For Radio alHara @radioalhara Drawn largely from Stefan Christoff's collaborations with Sam Shalabi. Track listing: (Artist, Track Title) 01. Sam Shalabi + Stefan Christoff (@spirodon) - Elephantine 02. Sam Shalabi + Stefan Christoff - Flying Street 03. Sam Shalabi + Stefan Christoff - Blue Soon 04. Sam Shalabi + Stefan Christoff - Revolution in Orbit 05. @nickschofield - Vitrola Era (Nick Schofie...

On this edition of Free City Radio (120) we hear from photographer Darren Ell who speaks about documenting moments of protest and organizing within movements for transformative social change, locally and globally. Darren speaks about the ways that these movements intersect and also about efforts to document realities of anti-colonial struggles in Haiti and Palestine. This interview was sparked by...

OSB + Spirodon mix For Radio alHara @radioalhara Track listing: (Artist, Track Title) Throughout the pandemic Aidan Girt, musician, beat-maker and drummer in Godspeed you! black emperor, has been making albums and releasing them regularly online, under the name OSB, each album is a different iteration of OSB, you can find them all here: https://o---s---b.bandcamp.com I put together a selection of...

This edition of Free City Radio, 119, features a conversation with Jeff Conant, the Friends of the Earth's international forests program director. Jeff speaks about a recent report supported by Friends of the Earth and also the Network for Social Justice and Human Rights in Brazil, which details the ways that international pension fund investments, particularly American pension funds are involved...

Interviews: Musicians reflect on creative practice and activism In this interview Dong-Won Kim speaks about the role of music and specifically his work as a percussionist in the context of struggles for justice in Korea, going back to the US backed authoritarian government in the 1980s, to the push for Korean unification today. Dong-Won speaks about the role of music as a force that can engage and...

On this edition of Free City Radio, artist Cassie Thornton speaks on "The Hologram - Feminist, Peer-to-Peer Health for a Post-Pandemic Future," a recent book published through the Vagabonds series at Pluto Press. Also Cassie speaks about the social practice surrounding the alternative care model project that is embodied by the Hologram initiative, which developed first from encounters through care...

Interviews: Musicians reflect on creative practice and activism In this interview Lucas Huang speaks and reflects on the role of community building that takes place at independent musical events and community venues, looking at what was lost during the pandemic. Lucas also speaks about grappling with the trance aspects of spiritual music and the ways that music in collective settings, played and /...

@joni_void + Spirodon mix For Radio alHara @radioalhara Track listing: (Artist, Track Title) 01. Pink Navel - An Invocation For Beginnings 02. Burial - Space Cadet 03. Album - Mood Allée Cinq 04. Yuzo Koshiro - Dreamer 05. They Hate Change - X-Ray Spex 06. New Chance - Break My Waves 07. Andy Stott - Repetitive Strain 08. Moor Mother / Pink Siifu - Obsidian 09. Jasik - Thin Air 10. Simone Peltier...

On the 117 edition of Free City Radio we hear from artist Joshua Krugman who works with Bread and Puppet Theatre project. Joshua reflects, while putting up posters with other artists from the theatre for a performance at Suoni per il Popolo, on the intersections between art and activism that have shaped the active practice of Bread and Puppet for many years. Accompany graphic by Bread and Puppet,...

Interviews: Musicians reflect on creative practice and activism In this interview James speaks about the ways that grassroots community based learning takes place in independent arts spaces in the city. Also James speaks about the importance of deconstructing the notions of "political" vs "non-political" music, speaking to the fact that all music exists within the frameworks of social, political a...

Interviews: Musicians reflect on creative practice and activism In this interview Sunk Heaven speaks about the important of independent music spaces in challenging modes of power within the the ongoing financialization of musical practices and music creation, while also speaking about the struggle to sustain independent cultural spaces in Brooklyn, NY. A series of interviews produced in the contex...

Interviews: Musicians reflect on creative practice and activism In this interview with Markus speaks about the process of creating, the importance of live community concerts for building community. Also Markus talks about the ways that musicians can engage with local community based organizing, particularly around housing rights, pointing to the struggle against gentrification in Parc ex. A series...

Interviews: Musicians reflect on creative practice and activism In this interview with Ari Swan who reflects on improvisation, the freeing nature of playing in ensembles and the importance of creating space for musical expression in ways that challenge white supremacy within music worlds. Ari talks also about the experience of playing live to audiences and how creating space for musical experiment...

This interview with Julia Kent is the July 2022 monthly artist interview for Radio AlHara hosted by Stefan Christoff. In this exchange Julia speaks about her creative practice, how it has been impacted by the pandemic and current projects including the joint project with Lubomyr Melnyk called "The End of the World," which is focused on the points of urgency stressed by the climate justice movement...

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from climate justice activist Emma Buretta of Fridays for Future in NYC. In this exchange Emma speaks about the massive mobilizations for climate justice that took place, often lead by students, in 2019/2020 and reflects on sustaining the youth climate justice movement today. Emma speaks also about the issues facing youth who are dealing with climate anxi...

Spirodon's Casa del Popolo mix For Radio alHara @radioalhara Drawn from a live DJ set at Casa del Popolo in Montreal in June 2022. Track listing: (Artist, Track Title) 01. Hafusa Abasi and Slim Ali - Sina Raha 02. Jimmy Cliff - Piece of the Pie 03. Sons of Kemet - My Queen Is Nanny Of The Maroons 04. Mbiri Young Stars - Ndiri Ndanogio Niwe 05. Cheb Khaled + Safy Boutella - Hana-Hana 06. Alain Gora...

A Balkan soundscape worked on in collaboration with friends at @amekcollective in Sofia, Bulgaria. For broadcast on Noods Radio @noodsradio in Bristol, UK Monday 27th June @ 2300–0000 BST (UK Time) A Balkan soundscape Curated and edited by Stefan Christoff 01. Angel Simitchiev - Sofia soundwalk 02. Dayin - Flares Still Burning 03. Dayin - Wasting Water On Dry Whispers 04. Jordan Christoff - Tecton...

Julia E Dyck + Spirodon mix For Radio alHara @radioalhara Track listing: (Artist, Track Title) 01. @aigue-morte - Rétroviseur (via @lesyndicatdesscorpions) 02. Hadjilyra - Candycrushhh 03. @kalia-vandever - More of The Good Stuff Later 04. @nadah-el-shazly - Palmyra 05. @teresacos - A 06. @leberger - touché (searching for the key) 07. Le Berger - plgmlt 08. @nickschofield - Pale Blue Dot 09. Nic...