Mediterranean Futures by Movement Radio
Inspired by the past. Tuned in the future.
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Introduction
Movement Radio presents Mediterranean Futures. Musicians, DJs, artists, and thinkers from across the Mediterranean basin brought together on Onassis Stegi’s online international radio station. A five-day radio festival constantly seeking out geographic links and alternative chronologies via the region’s cultures, ideas, and peoples.
The festival features daily mixes specially commissioned from such musicians and DJs as Deena Abdelwahed, Azu Tiwaline, Bill Kouligas, Ice_Eyes, and Muqata’a, among many others; a discussion with the theorist Iain Chambers on his landmark book “Mediterranean Crossings”, published by the Duke University Press; contemporary electronic music from the Mediterranean basin; and tribute programs honoring Umm Kulthum, Jani Christou, Pascal Comelade, and others.
Drawing inspiration from the notion of cross-border crossings between music genres, geographical borders, and generations, the festival will spotlight interconnections between music, culture, and politics from across the broader area. Casting doubt on official historical chronicles, it will reveal hidden stories and narratives through sound, bringing our collective memories of the past to the surface in order to forge a new link to the future by means of our shared experiences.
Mediterranean Futures is launching Movement Radio’s new season with a series of events focused on the music and cultures of the Mediterranean basin.
Mediterranean Futures will include music drawn from every diverse thread woven through the Mediterranean basin’s aural tapestry. Futuristic, dance-oriented bass music, and deconstructed club and hip-hop music with traditional influences; music from the Balkans that takes a contemporary approach by using alternative pitches and distortions; and special tributes to traditional idiomatic forms and historic figures, including Algerian rai, Moroccan gnawa, Pascal Comelade, Jani Christou, and Umm Kulthum.
All programming is broadcast live on www.movement.radio before being made available as part of the station’s online program archive.
Tuesday 15 February
14:00 - 15:00 | MED Futures • Teranga Beat • 4 Decades of Mediterranean Hybrids w/ Adamantios Kafetzis
15:00 - 16:00 | MED Futures • Veneno w/ Zeda Vega & Pedro Calero
16:00 - 17:00 | MED Futures w/ Marco Caricola
17:00 - 18:00 | MED Futures • Acropollywood w/ DJ Bwana (aka Iraklis Renieris)
18:00 - 19:00 | MED Futures • Belgrade w/ Feloneezy
19:00 - 20:00 | MED Futures w/ STILL
20:00 - 21:00 | MED Futures w/ Toumba
21:00 - 23:00 | MED Futures • See You In Beirut Whatever Happens w/ Ziad Nawfal
23:00 - 00:00 | MED Futures w/ Deena Abdelwahed
00:00 - 01:00 | MED Futures • Screamo and Hardcore Punk in the Balkans w/ Takis Zontiros
01:00 - 02:00 | MED Futures • Yugoslavia w/ Eiger Drums Propaganda
Wednesday 16 February
14:00 - 15:00 | MED Futures • Folk Music Of The Mediterranean w/ Entropia Records
15:00 - 16:00 | MED Futures w/ Usermilitia
16:00 - 17:00 | MED Futures • SONIC NARRATIVES • East-Mediterranean Reflections feat. Yamen Mekdad w/ Dimitra Zina
17:00 - 18:00 | MED Futures • Sem Luz Nada Se Vê w/ Nelson Gomes
18:00 - 19:00 | MED Futures w/ Vazy Julie
19:00 - 20:00 | MED Futures w/ OJOO GYAL
20:00 - 21:00 | MED Futures • Cypriot Scene Special w/ Jay Glass Dubs
21:00 - 22:00 | MED Futures w/ Azu Tiwaline
22:00 - 23:00 | MED Futures • Marwa Belhaj Youssef
23:00 - 00:00 | MED Futures w/ 2serhat5bz
00:00 - 01:00 | MED Futures • Across the Territories • Easiness_Uneasiness in the East Mediterranean w/ Panos Hanjaras
01:00 - 02:00 | MED Futures • Gonzo Ethnomusicology w/ Radio is a Foreign Country
Thursday 17 February
14:00 - 15:00 | MED Futures • Punami Tsunami • Albania w/ Maria Pappa
15:00 - 16:00 | MED Futures • Mythical creatures of the Orient • Exotic women in Greek Elafra, Rebetika and Laika (1934-1959) w/ Agent Mo
16:00 - 17:00 | MED Futures • Pascal Comelade
17:00 - 18:00 | MED Futures • Once Upon A Time In The Levante w/ Alan Bishop
18:00 - 19:00 | MED Futures • Absorbing Mediterranean Echoes w/ MR. Z
19:00 - 20:00 | MED Futures w/ Maoupa Mazzocchetti
20:00 - 21:00 | MED Futures w/ Muqata'a
21:00 - 22:00 | MED Futures w/ Bill Kouligas
22:00 - 23:00 | MED Futures • FUTURE FOLK • All Balkan to Me w/ Tasos Stamou
23:00 - 00:00 | MED Futures • Frequency Modulation w/ Jacob Moe
00:00 - 01:00 | MED Futures • Greek Punk in the Socialist Years w/ Alex Zen
01:00 - 02:00 | MED Futures • Athènes Électronique w/ Fonoptikon (ΦΩΝΟΠΤΙΚΟΝ)
Friday 18 February
14:00 - 15:00 | MED Futures • Mediterrana • Exotic Sounds from Athens w/ DJ Lo-Fi15:00 - 16:00 | MED Futures w/ Kairo
16:00 - 17:00 | MED Futures • Trancendence w/ Christina Hazboun
17:00 - 18:00 | MED Futures • Nashazphone Special • Drissi El Abbassi w/ Maxton Fort
18:00 - 19:00 | MED Futures • Dirty Sandals for Everybody w/ Peak Nick
19:00 - 20:00 | MED Futures • From the Mediterranean to the Mediterranean w/ Oldyungmayn
20:00 - 21:00 | MED Futures w/ NatCase
21:00 - 22:00 | MED Futures w/ Falyakon
22:00 - 23:00 | MED Futures w/ Liliane Chlela
23:00 - 00:00 | MED Futures • Jani Christou w/ Panos Hanjaras
00:00 - 01:00 | MED Futures • When I own my own tongue, I will sing w/ Khmer
01:00 - 02:00 | MED Futures • Greek New and Old Synth Wave w/ Voltnoi Brege
Saturday 19 February
14:00 - 15:00 | MED Futures • The Movement Exists in Voice and Sound w/ Syrian Greek Youth Forum
15:00 - 16:00 | MED Futures w/ Sara Sani
16:00 - 17:00 | MED Futures • The Archipelago feat. Iain Chambers • Mediterranean Crossings
17:00 - 19:00 | MED Futures • Ο Sole Mio • A Deep Dive into Napoli’s Music Soul w/ Dimitri Papaioannou
19:00 - 20:00 | MED Futures • Umm Kulthum
20:00 - 21:00 | MED Futures • Cretan Country w/ Christopher C. King
21:00 - 22:00 | MED Futures • Mediterranean • A Common Tongue Story w/ Ice_Eyes
22:00 - 23:00 | MED Futures w/ Vazy Julie
23:00 - 00:00 | MED Futures w/ DJ NOT I
ABOUT MOVEMENT RADIO
MOVEMENT RADIO is an online international radio station based in ATHENS and run by ONASSIS STEGI in partnership with the SAE Institute. It explores intercultural interaction, political and theoretical issues currently gripping the public discourse, and reflections on population movement in the Mediterranean and beyond through a series of commissioned works, thematic mixtapes, DJ sets, and a range of other projects.
Deena Abdelwahed (Tunisia)
Deena Abdelwahed is a Tunisian producer and DJ who earned her stipes on the Tunis scene before moving to France. She takes a pioneering approach to dance music, fusing electronic and local sounds in thrilling and contemporary ways.
Muqata’a (Palestine)
Muqata’a is an electronic music producer and MC based in Ramallah, Palestine. Creating sounds using sampled materials, field recordings, and electronic devices, the results range between rough beats, abstract tonalities, and glitches.
Bill Kouligas (Greece)
Bill Kouligas is the founder of PAN, one of the most interesting and critically acclaimed labels for experimental and electronic music that has – for almost ten years now – championed such artists as Lee Gamble, M.E.S.H. and Yves Tumor, while sharing their futuristic vision.
Jay Glass Dubs (Greece)
One of the leading lights of experimental dub electronics and a core member of the Bokeh Versions squad, Dimitris Papadatos (born 1981 in the USA) – a.k.a. Jay Glass Dubs – is a composer, musician, and sound artist living and working between Nicosia and Athens.Vazy Julie (France)
Vazy Julie is a DJ and core member of the Metaphore Collectif. Podcasting on LYL Radio and Rinse, she has built her own signature sound that blends UK breaks, trap, industrial techno, and bass music.
Liliane Chlela (Lebanon)
Liliane Chlela has been pushing the boundaries of electronic music in Lebanon and the broader Middle East for more than a decade, through both her solo projects and her various local and international collaborations. She has created a signature sound both as a producer and DJ, and through her live sets, further exploring the connections between improvisation and sonic manipulation.
STILL (Italy)
Milanese artist and musician STILL (Simone Trabucchi) has adopted a unique, nomadic approach in his artistic practice. He follows the unearthing of histories that link his hometown of Vernasca to Ethiopia and Jamaica, connecting these research threads and further evolving their sonic and linguistic aspects.
