well they're mostly in West Bank, but also that new album which came out was recorded before October

Majority of them live in Berlin in exile

Shabjdeed and Al Nather dropped a new one on Oct 7th... 1 year of this madness now. stop terrorist israel already fml

shabj album from this year rly grew on me, very beautiful

leguesswho.com/lineup

shabjdeed+ al nather, julmud, amazing folk artist nadah el shazly and from egypt abyusif and 3phaz and a lot more rly sick arabic and middle eastern artists playing LGW this year 😪 maybe some more europe dates popping up around then too, haven't seen it so far tho

damn good looking might just hit this

2nd track in op is f***ing nuts

only problem is it's been sold out literally before the lineup was even out lmao. but friends of mine were able to get tickets on ticketswap the other day and I'm hoping to also still

lineup is absolutely ridiculous as always. it's a rly cool fest. I've been there all the past years. it's like spread throughout the city in various venues, one big one which has like 5 different rooms but then also lots of small ones in walking distance, even some concerts in churches

nok from the future/014/Nader khalil

do you know if this changed now w how much Germany has decidedly NOT been a safe haven for pro-Palestinian nvm Palestinian ppl lol? 🫠 I do know Berlin got the biggest Palestinians community in europe generally tho

did recently catch this young Palestinian DJ Falyakon during Berlin Atonal, she's really tight. pretty experimental mixing with a lot of hip-hop beats looped in including Mos Def and also ended her set on Muqataa's boiler room opening tune

just stumbled on this gem, Hafti way too real for this powerful move to say all this in 2010 Germany too

translated lyrics:

A rough wind blows, it gets dark and cold
He enjoys the silence again, before it pops
He stands in the rain, bullets fly past
The stones in his fist, soon it's all over
He's hit, while throwing a stone
He shouts his last words out loud: Freedom
.
The year is 2010, Asia the continent
Palestine the scene of the crime, listen to the bomb drop
"Human is human" my ass
Jews are waging a war against Muslims
and vice versa Cho, everything revolves around money
You only think about cashing in and bonuses
All the presidents of this world
Meet for a coffee and a line in Bolivia
It's all lies in the media
Instead of worrying, you go on your holiday
While Gaza is burning
And the mother holds her dead child in her arms
Angela Merkel, Toni Blair, Sarkozy
Shimon Peres, Obama I say stop the war
Can you hear me Israel? Human is human
Whether Isaac, whether Ismail
.
I say Free Palestine
Stop the war, boycott Israel
I say Free Palestine
Stop the war, boycott Israel
I say Free Palestine
Stop the war, boycott Israel
I say Free Palestine
Stop the war, boycott Israel
.
2010
I can't see it anymore,
I can't hear it anymore
and I can't understand it
F***ed up people turn the wheel of fate
Playing God man, it's way too hard for me
I'm a pacifist, a street chronicler
Who cherishes peace without ill intent
It's dreary without peace in the skies of war
Hear how women and children are wailing in el-Gaza
See the color of fate shimmering in my eyes
Stones against tanks, he wants to defeat his enemy
Cut through his suffering and determine his own path
Fight for his homeland and sing of freedom
Barbed wire climate, bombs and tirades of hate
People kill people Cho, in God's name
That is the sad soul of the Middle East
How much more blood will peace cost?

was able to catch Shabjdeed & Al Nather as well as Julmud live sets at Le Guess Who? fest, v clear highlights of the weekend both for the music and how amazing the crowd was for them. have some footage I'm gonna try upload soon

also special shoutout to Nicolas Jaar who made a rly touching speech during Darkside (likewise amazing) gig

was a cool move that S&A left the stage at one point to just let the new music video play on the big screen. rly great video

then Shabjdeed came back w a big book w the Sultan logo on it holding a speech in Arabic from a podium they put there while the video played, w English on the screen. love that LGW let them experiment w the format of the show like this

Radio Alhara got a big profile on resident advisor ! RA ticketing is a capitalist turd but their editorial has been super supportive of the Palestinian cause for ages, props to them

ra.co/features/4406

these beats are different. this is the next wave

ktt schleep 🛌💤

never seen the Boiler Room videos bout to peep

Also, I completely forgot Sama Abdulhadi was Palestinian...amazing dj