This Week's Free Lab Radio - Muqata'a مُقاطعَة (Boycott), Palestine

This week's Free Lab Radio features a bespoke mix by Palestine/ USA-based music producer and performer Muqata'a (translates as Boycott). Muqata'a used to be part of Ramallah Underground until he began working solo on at first hip hop and now a more blended mix of hip hop and experimental electronica.

Hear his latest dark electronica track here, below.

We've featured Muqata'a in the past and last November 2015 we travelled to Abu Dhabi's Noise of the Middle East festival where we played the same stage. With a modest array of sound manipulating gear, Muqata'a had the audience swaying to his mesmeric, unhurried sounds, sat on Persian carpets before the stage.

 

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: /// HiPro \\\ from Brooklyn, NY

Hi Pro, a duo from Brooklyn, NY improvise with electronic gear as part of the local International Winners Collective, a collegiate releasing tapes and organising live events around their musical tastes. This bespoke mix for Free Lab Radio contains selected and self-produced tracks, unreleased tracks and selections from a recent tape release; a collaboration with Sun Castle. 

 

Music also features from other International Winners Collective contributors: Trabajo, Dilian, Mysterious House, Heidi Sabertooth, and Safari Explorer.

Track list: 

Hi Pro - Dough Ground

Dean Blunt - Country

Hi Pro - $7/10

Yves Tumor - Psalm

Slow Roasters - Journey From Limerock 

食品まつり a.k.a Foodman - Fire

Maoupa Mazzocchetti - Mona

Eric Copeland - SXIXO

Trabajo - Lucky Dollar City

12000 Trees - Fukai

Gobby - Taajeloc 11

Gábor Lázár - EP1

Amnesia Scanner - Baltic Rim/Confission

Dilian - Quasi Medium World

Hype Williams -The Attitude Era

Arca - Sad Bitch

Hi Pro + Sun Castle - Jáal ja’

Mysterious House - Beveled Glass Window and Door

Kev Brown - Language Barrier

Bill Nelson - Opium

Li Xiangting - Changmen Yuan (Resentment In Changmen Palace)

Conrad Schnitzler & Gregory Schnitzler - Contra 4

Metal Garden - From 美しい (Utsukushii)

Cities Aviv - ( View 180) Picture Me Gone

Black Dice - Treetops

R. MEXICO - Scrap That (2011 Refix)

Menopausal Hound Dog - Occhi Verso Misteriosi

Milkteeth (Heidi Sabertooth) - Drift On

12000 Trees - Gravitate

Safari Explorer - Ringtonez II

The People Of Burundi - Ubuhuha

Broadcasts Times: 

On air on 104.4FM across London, online and on digital.

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: 

The following Friday 19:30-20:30 UK time (10:30-11.30pm GST) on Resonance Extra

Podcasts: 

Visit www.mixcloud.com/Fari
 

This Week's Free Lab Radio - Bedroom Research

When producers and musicians make music that's released for free, there's a freedom in that. There's not the same kind of pressure, no contract to be beholden to; creativity is at the centre of the project.

So when we found Bedroom Research, a small label in the south of France releasing what it called "twisted electronica" we were elated by the level of creativity, the anarchic innovation and the high standard of production and artwork. 

Amongst the many digital producers is one singer, we took some of the best tracks for a mix tonight on Free Lab Radio, but of course there are many more, listed below, than we could squeeze in this hour.


Broadcasts Times: 

On air on 104.4FM across London, online and on digital.

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: 

The following Friday 19:30-20:30 UK time (10:30-11.30pm GST) on Resonance Extra

Podcasts: 

Visit www.mixcloud.com/Fari
 
Subjex, Deework, Tep, Thiaz Itch, MonsterX, Himuro, Hosmoz, Professor Ojo, Polyklinik, Poborsk, Deef and Anne, Digi G'Alessio, Protman, Valance Drakes, C_C, Kappah, Qebrus, Michael Valentine West, Clytem Scanning, Defunkt Dialekt, Bobby Kebab, Manni Dee, Fletch, Moxx, Genjini, Czarnecki, Yogo Onomotobok, 64Chaos, Dziski, Orange Zebre, Piratio, DAB, Charlie Vicetto

This Week's Free Lab Radio - Acid Arab Special

A exclusive mix from this French duo who've been producing and mixing tracks to feed their passion for Maghrebi, Egyptian and Middle Eastern tunes for some years now on a mega world tour that in March 2016 included a show in the Israel-controlled Old City in Jerusalem(!) as well as Tunis, Casablanca and Istanbul. Recently we aired a preview of their new release feat. Sofiane Saidi 'La Hafla' on our sister show Six Pillars, now for almost an hour of tunes sent in to us for a special broadcast on Resonance104.4FM.

Broadcasts on air, digital and online: 
11-midnight British Summer Time (02 - 03am Gulf Standard Time)
Repeats Tuesday 04 - 05am BST (07 - 08am GST)

On Resonance Extra digital & online radio in Brighton
Friday 10th June 19:30 - 20:20

For artists in this week's mix see list below, none are by Acid Arab aside from the A-WA remix.

Toni Frangieh & Setrak Sarkissian

Fawez

Rahbani Brothers

Crawling With Tarts

Mariza Koch

Mikis Theodorakis

Nino Nikolaidis

Stalos  סטלוס

A-WA

Mohammed Assaf

Ahmad Abanda

Mohamed Jamal

Sato

Nazem Al Ghazali

Rüdiger Lorenz

Abbud Abdel Aal

Golden Teacher

Saad Lamjarred

Kenzi Bourras

Milen Natchev

Matoub Lounès

Cheikha Djenia

Elias Rahbani

 

The Acid Arab team are: Guido Minisky, Hervé Carvalho, Pierrot Casanova and Nicolas Borne with keyboards: by Kenzy Bourras who has worked with Rachid Taha.