MORE Videos Music Last week an unsolicitated parcel arrived from Paul in Japan containing his complete works as Akatombo. I have been immeresed in his world since then...excellent sounds that tick all my boxes and makes me wonder how I missed hearing them for so long. Some background interviews from The Quietus here and here. Do yourself the proverbial favour...
PJ Harvey and Egyptian recording artist Ramy Essam have come together to write and record ‘The Camp’ which they hope will raise awareness and much needed support towards the health and educational well-being of displaced children in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon. The artists will donate all net profits from the track to Beyond Association in the Bekaa Valley, a national Lebanese non-Governmental Organisation. Beyond Association provides services such as access to education, healthcare, and psycho-social support mainly through art therapy, neuro-physiotherapy, and recreational activities.
‘The Camp’ - released digitally on Friday 9 June 2017 - was recorded in Bristol with Harvey’s longtime collaborator John Parish, who produced and mixed the track.
"It is hard to comprehend the scale of the crisis in Lebanon, a country of 4 million now hosting over 1 million Syrian refugees,” states photo-journalist Giles Duley whose arresting photographs feature in the official music video, edited by Rick Holbrook. “The infrastructure of the country is pushed to its limit, and nowhere is that situation more desperate than in the Bekaa Valley. However, there are some amazing organisations doing incredible, effective, and selfless work on the ground there, and of all the NGOs I have documented, none have impressed me more than Beyond. To visit their schools and witness their programs is to see hope - and that is something we have to support.”
The following is an excerpt from Ramy Essam's verse of The Camp, translated from Egyptian to English: "I wish I had wings to fly away, far away. Meet smiley faces who never ask where I came from; not to ask about colour, race, or religion. What difference does it make if we're all humans? No wars, no limits, no borders. Earth is everyone's right.”
Music Video Credits:
Video edited by Rick Holbrook
Photographs provided by Giles Duley
Studio footage provided by Ramy Essam
Sound Recording Credits:
PJ Harvey: Vocals, piano, shaker
Ramy Essam: Vocals, acoustic guitar
John Parish: Drums, bass, electric & acoustic guitars
Produced by John Parish
Recorded by Oliver Baldwin at J&J Studios, Bristol http://pjharvey.net/ http://ramyessam.net/
#WithRefugees
Tracklist:
1 Odonna by Woob
2 Part X by Solarium
3 Lost In Glass by Bedouin Ascent
4 Steady State Music 5 by Wieland Samolak
5 Corsair by Boards of Canada
6 Urban Ritual by The Skull Defekts
7 Linoleum (Teargas & Plateglass Remix) by Tweaker (ft David Sylvian)
8 4 Note Bass (Peel Session) by 23 Skidoo
9 Manila Envelope by Eno (ft Robert Fripp)
10 From Hate To Smoke by El Mahdy Jr
11 Bad Cop by Akatombo
Tracklist:
1 Musical Street Prophet by Unknown
2 Blinta Madiallo by Frances Bebey
3 Bodo by Mammane Sani Abdullaye
4 Tum'pi by Maajo
5 Control by Spoek Mathambo
6 Teleported by Okzharp & Manthe Ribane
7 Umeqo Emagqomini (Dub Mix) by Cruel Boyz
8 Ngunyuta Dance by BBC
9 Elegance Couture by DiezzD & Master P
10 Tech 9 by Owiny Sigoma Band
11 Mon Chanson by Faso Madol
12 Uganda Future 2 by Unknown
A quick trawl thru IR's back catalogue with contributions from Adrian Sherwood, Dr Das & Asian Dub Foundation, Benjamin Zephaniah, Chuck D & Harry Allen (The Media Assassin) amongst others joining the Indigenous Resistance crew.
For Galdino Jesus dos Santos. The resistance underground continues...
Rod Modell (a.k.a. Deepchord) is a sound-designer with 25 years involvement in electronic music and over 50 releases under various aliases and styles. Beginning with more "industrial" and "ambient" forms of sonic experimentation (working with Kim Cascone and his -then- record-label Silent, and performing with notable industrial acts such as Chris & Cosey and SPK). While attending Art School for Photography, Rod lived in Detroit's Eastern-Market area, the location of the infamous "techno boulevard", and home to Derrick May, Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson during that time. Submersed in the blossoming Detroit Techno scene (early 1990's), a journey from a more experimental sound into Detroit's techno-world was inevitable. Modell co-founded the Deepchord record label in Detroit during the mid-90's. Deepchord respected and admired (fellow Detroiters) Underground Resistance for their D.I.Y. attitude and independence. It was because of this respect and admiration that Deepchord declined offers from top techno labels of the time, in favor of doing it by themselves. Many consider Deepchord to be the second wave of the "Basic Channel sound", and came years before the onslaught of imitators.
Tracklist:
01. Tim Hecker - Arctic Lovers Rock Part 2
02. Sun Electric - Castor & Pollux
03. Pola - Jalousie
04. PGR - 13
05. Lustmord - ER UB US
06. Kit Clayton - Inapiseptili
07. Leandro Fresco - Principe De Viento
08. Cio D’or - Ur
09. Burger / Ink - Elvism
10. ADSR - Libre
11. Bandulu - Run Run
12. Ø - Ilta
13. Paavoharju - Vitivalkoinen
14. Patsy Cline - I Love You so Much it Hurts
15. Pentax - Ohne Titel 08
16. Angus Carlyle - Some Memories of Bamboo #11
17. Vangelis - Rachel’s Song Blade Runner Soundtrack
18. Sven Weisemann - Elapse
19. Muslimgauze - Shiva Hooka
20. Rod Modell - Unreleased / Untitled
21. Sven Weisemann - Elution
22. Sabi / Kiyo - Howling Out With Tight Neons
23. Reinhard Voigt - Untitled (From Premiere World)
24. Mr. Cloudy - OR1
25. Julien Neto - IV (Keats)
26. Kit Clayton - Kalu
27. Gas - Untitled
28. Rapoon - The Kirghiz Light
29. Vangelis - Love Theme Blade Runner Soundtrack
30. Vidna Obmana - Luxurious Fragment (in two parts)