This Week's Free Lab Radio - Aeli, Tunis

Born and raised in Tunis, from Paris and now in Dubai, Aeli would call himself a 'neo hip-hop' Producer and DJ. 

For his first release “Palimpsest” he invited US and French rappers Crash Ddz and Melo Mendes to collaborate. Now working on instrumental music, Aeli released a second album in January 2016  “Late Future Calls” on digital, CD and USB.

Aeli’s music is inspired by Future Beats and the trap sounds of artists from Soulection, Jakarta Records and Plug Research. His work is while evolving, remains influenced by bands such as Nine Inch Nails and The Mars Volta drawing on their cross-boundary, total-freedom approach while maintaining a unique sound.

This selection made for Free Lab Radio features unexpected sounds fro, his ideas for experiments, unreleased and unknown tracks. "As my productions now are about Hip-Hop, I wanted to highlight the other part of me that might explain my approach to composing."

Performing live Aeli has shared stages with artists such as Daedelus and Iamnobodi during Sole DXB, Dubai and took part in Red Bull Academy Bass Camp in Dubai 2016. Aeli uses  controllers and synthesisers when he performs. 

Broadcasts Times: 

 

On air on 104.4FM across London, online and on digital on Resonance104.4FM: -

Saturdays 11-midnight UK time, (2-3am GST Gulf Standard Time)

 

Repeats Tuesday 4am UK time (7am GST)

http://player.resonancefm.com/

 

On digital across Brighton and online: 

On Resonance Extra : - 

The following Friday 19:30-20:30 UK time 

(10:30-11.30pm GST)  

Podcasts: 

Visit www.mixcloud.com/Fari

This Week's Free Lab Radio - A Dorian Concept Bootleg

 I mini mix, bootlegs and Dorian Concept tracks to mark the concert tonight in the United Arab Emirates of the Dorian Concept Trio three-man band as part of the Red Bull Music Academy Bass Camp.

Austrian composer and producer Dorian Concept plays keys is an eclectic output that ranges from modal and free jazz to funk hiphop and electronica including ambient music.


Dorian Concept is also a member of the Austrian funk band Jacob's Salty and Bamboozling Ladder (JSBL) and toured as a keyboarder for Flying Lotus and collaborated with the Cinematic Orchestra.

This Week's Free Lab Radio - For All the Sea the Land Remains

For All the Sea the Land Remains is a 44 minute long sound piece from Simon Coates.  The bespoke work for Free Lab Radio features field recordings from Dubai and Fujairah - both in the United Arab Emirates - Istanbul, Bangkok and Vientiane in Laos.

In addition to employing field recordings for this piece, Coates plays harmonica, keyboards and guitar alongside digitally-manufactured acousmatic sounds. For All the Sea the Land Remains samples the songs 'Shagufa' by Geeta Dutt (1953), 'Hum Aur Tum Aur Ye Khushi' by Surendra (from the 1940 film 'Alibaba') and 'Aahen Na Bharin Shikve Na Kiye' by Zeenat (1945). Another film that is samples is Parviz Kimiavi's 1970s film 'Oh, Protector of the Gazelle'. 

The English text at the start is read by UK performance artist Caroline Smith, and was written by Simon Coates.  The Arabic text towards the end is read by Sara Al Haddad and is a line from Jonny Town Mouse by Beatrix Potter...with vocal contributions by Denise Coates.

This Week's #FreeLabRadio - Guest DJ Nuff Ced

This Saturday night, an exclusive mix by Cedric 'Nuff Ced' of Dubai DJ crew 'Deep Crates Cartel' - crate-diggers from all around the world who dedicate themselves to an alternative music scene in Dubai. 11- midnight GMT across London on 104.4FM or via the RadioPlayer.

MEANWHILE DON'T FORGET it's the RESONANCEFM AUCTION still... artworks, experiences and collectables all up for grabs at ridiculously low prices, and for a great cause - arts-music station Resonance104.4FM broadcasts on air due to a huge amount of fundraising, and all programme makers are volunteers.

Cedric  "Nuff Ced" a Parisian record collector and selector with Dubai DJ crew Deep Crates Cartel. Deep Crates gather crate-diggers from the world over as far afield as Lebanon, Spain, UK, Poland, Egypt and so on, who share the same mindset and quest for rare groove. DCC dedicated themselves to provide what they felt was missing in Dubai, an alternative to the mainstream & commercial music scene. 

"We clearly have a common vibe, yet with each his own specialities, one is a wicked reggae selector, another a highly-skilled turntablist... I'm into soul jazz funk, with a soft spot for Brazilian music and have been accumulating records and musical knowledge for more than 20 years now. A true consuming passion that I'm always glad to share.

So, at your request, I put together a little musical journey crossing borders and pushing boundaries.

You'll hear some Turkish, Indian, Ethiopian, Lebanese, Indonesian, Swedish stuff and a few 60s-70s american soul and jazz avant-garde."

New Podcast Free Lab Radio - Sataan Al Hassan

Sataan Al-Hassan, embracing the chance to "finally make a mix that allows the use of favourites with no restriction to genre", brings us his recent playlist, selected and mixed especially for Free Lab Radio.

Al-Hassan grew up in Tunisia, Belgium, Luxembourg and is from Jordan. Now based in the UAE he is a self taught radio and club DJ, and the film programme coordinator at the Sharjah Art Foundation.

Broadcasts Saturday nights 11-midnight, UK time, repeats Thursdays 2-3am.

On air on 104.4FM on your radio across London. Listen online elsewhere with Radio Player.

Free Lab Radio - Guest Mix - Sataan Al Hassan by Fari  

xxxxMixxx - New Podcast Up #FreeLabRadio

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Featuring The Impossible Girl, Alesia, Filet Mignon, Vesper Town, G. Jones, Grace Jones, De Hofnar and Sam Feldt, Haywyre, Brigitte Fontaine, Sander van Doorn and more. First broadcast in July 2014 on UK's art-music radio station Resonance104.4FM.