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URL:https://palestinecampaign.org/events/borderless-beats-palestinian-perf
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SUMMARY:Borderless Beats - Palestinian performers Live 
DESCRIPTION:OneTaste and Shubbak present\nBORDERLESS BEATS\n\nUniting the 4
  most inspiring young Palestinian performers\nfrom the UK\, USA &amp\; bot
 h sides of the Jordan River.\nFeaturing - Shadia Mansour\, Z The People\, 
 El Far3i\, Walaa Sbeit\nand after party with Native Sun\, Electric Jalaba 
 &amp\; DJ Sotusura.\nOneTaste\, the renowned music and spoken word collect
 ive\, joins Shubbak – London’s international contemporary Arab cultura
 l festival\, to showcase 4 rising Palestinian artists in one spectacular e
 vent. Their music: the freshest blend of Arab hip-hop\, reggae and soul. T
 heir mission: to unite artists beyond borders and embody a universal messa
 ge of freedom.\n\nImmerse yourself in traditional Palestinian Debka dancin
 g\, remixed Palestinian folk songs\, mijwez funk solosand the poetic rhyme
 s of Palestine’s sharpest hip-hop emcees. Then burst into a full-blown p
 arty of Moroccan Gnawa dance music\, Mozambique/Caribbean hip-hop and DJ S
 otusura spinning his latest underground African/Middle East dance cuts.\n\
 nBorderless Beats is raising awareness for the inaugural Gaza Internationa
 l Music and Arts Festival\, bringing artists and audiences from all over t
 he world to Gaza to celebrate culture in Palestine.\nOneTaste - ‘One of 
 the most influential new voices in music’ – Q Magazine\n \n\n \n\n 
 \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nOneTaste presents Borderless Beats\n\nSaturday 6th J
 uly 2013\n\nThe Flyover\, 3-5 Thorpe Close\, Portobello\, London\, W10 5XL
 \n8pm – 2am\nTickets: £10 adv/£12 on the door:\n\nLinks:       
       http://onetaste.co.uk/events/2013/borderless-beats/\n\nTicket L
 ink: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/217499\n\nFacebook: https://www.fac
 ebook.com/events/160168097493309/\n\n \n\n  \n\nOneTaste Bio – www.on
 etaste.co.uk\n\nOneTaste made their name by helping launch some of the UK
 ’s most amazing talent\; Michael Kiwanuka\, Jamie Woon\, Portico Quartet
 \, Newton Faulkner\, Little Dragon\, Noisettes\, Tawiah\, Scroobius Pip\, 
 Polarbear\, Jono McCleery\, Wallis Bird\, have all performed as part of On
 eTaste. Through showcases\, festival tours\, TV series and podcasts\, OneT
 aste have helped nurture the best of London’s creative talent\, getting 
 the word out to the mainstream since 2004.\n\n \n\nShubbak Bio – www.sh
 ubbak.co.uk\n\n16 COUNTRIES\, 15 DAYS\, 4O EVENTS – LONDON CELEBRATES CO
 NTEMPORARY ARAB CULTURE IN MAJOR INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL - 2013 sees the se
 cond edition of Shubbak\, A Window on Contemporary Arab Culture\, with 15 
 days of exhibitions\, concerts\, films\, plays\, family events\, talks and
  seminars in venues across London over two weeks from 22 June to 6 July 20
 13.\n\nBuilding on the success of the first Shubbak Festival in 2011\, and
  celebrating the growing cultural influence of the city’s Arab populatio
 n\, artists originating from countries including Algeria\, Bahrain\, Egypt
 \, Iraq\, Kuwait\, Lebanon\, Libya\, Morocco\, Palestine\, Qatar\, Saudi A
 rabia\, Sudan\, Syria\, Tunisia\, United Arab Emirates and Yemen will come
  together in London for this year’s Festival. Among the host venues are 
 the Barbican Centre\, the British Museum\, Tate Modern\, The Mosaic Rooms\
 , Arab British Centre\, Asia House\, ICA\, Serpentine Gallery\, Rich Mix a
 nd the London College of Fashion. \n\n \n\nArtists Bios:\n\n \n\nEl Far3
 i - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9AcCUO4XPI\n\nEl Far3i is a Palestini
 an drummer\, lyricist\, rapper and songwriter based in Amman\, Jordan. On
 e of the most prominent hip hop artists in the region\, El Far3i uses his
  personal and socially conscious lyrics to express himself through singing
  and rapping over top of a guitar or over a beat made by various regional 
 and international producers.\n\n \n\nZ The People - http://www.youtube.co
 m/watch?v=v9AcCUO4XPI\n\nHailing from the land of America\, Z the People
  grew up singing soul and shouting at men in suits in Washington D.C. Aft
 er graduating from Berklee College of Music in Boston\, Z followed his nom
 adic heart and left the US to study and share music with folks of differen
 t cultures. His travels took him deep inside music scenes in places like C
 uba\, Mali\, Greece\, and finally\, back to his roots in Palestine to wail
  his message of union and communion in Gaza and the West Bank.\n\n \n\nWa
 laa Sbeit - http://www.reverbnation.com/walaasbait\n\nBorn in Haifa and ra
 ised between the mountains of the Galilee and the Mediterranean\, Walaa is
  the son of a displeased Palestinian family from the village of Iqrit. Wa
 laa is a community-art activist\, devoting himself to popular art and thi
 rd-world creativity as means of social change and community empowerment. H
 e uses Palestinian folklore dance and poetry alongside African roots and h
 ip-hop to reach the goal. Founder of the Ministry of Dub-key musical/cultu
 ral project\, dancer\, actor\, and vocalist\, Walaa now lives on the ruins
  of his grandfathers’ village\, alongside a group of third generation re
 fugees from Iqrit\, implanting return as an action and not as a dream.\n\n
  \n\nTogether Walaa Sbeit\, Z The People and El Far3i bring the energy of
  a Palestinian wedding\, mixed with rai\, reggae\, hip-hop\, and Arabic mu
 sic.  Messages of freedom will be spit over top of beats from the Levant 
 …a true new celebration of roots culture.\n\n\nShadia Mansour - https://
 www.youtube.com/watch?v=21OXQ4m1-Bo\nShadia Mansour\, ‘The First Lady of
  Arab Hip Hop’\, sings and raps in Arabic and English\, blending traditi
 onal and classical Middle Eastern sounds with smooth\, powerful soul that 
 anybody\, from east to west can relate to. Shadia has collaborated with ma
 ny prominent artists including The Narcicyst\, Lowkey\, M-1 of Dead Prez a
 nd Public Enemy’s Johnny “Juice” Rosado and has opened shows for Bus
 ta Rhymes and Mobb Deep.\n\nAs part of Existance is Resistance she collabo
 rates with other Palestinian artists in promoting hip hop shows in Palesti
 ne.\n\n\nNative Sun - www.nativesunmuzik.com\n\nNative Sun is a London bas
 ed duo consisting of bilingual rapper Mohammed Yahya\, born in Mozambique\
 , and singer-song writer Sarina Leah born in London with Caribbean roots. 
 Joining forces in 2010 Native Sun have promoted a positive message of Univ
 ersal Peace\, Equality\, Social Justice and Environmental Change. Independ
 ently\, both artists have received attention through collaborations with D
 ead Prez\, TY\, Les Nubians\, Dego and Eric Lau as well as sharing stages 
 with K’Naan\, Rhymefest\, Brother Ali\, Saigon\, Black Star\, Bocafloya 
 and many more international acts.\n\nWith a rapidly growing buzz around th
 eir electrifying performances\, Native Sun went on to release their first 
 joint album together\, “Indigenous Soundwaves”.\n\n \n\nElectric Jala
 ba – www.electricjalaba.com\n\nIn summer 2011\, eclectic groove adventur
 ers\, Soundspecies met Moroccan Gnawa master musician Simo Lagnawi at 
 a festival. After a handful of jam sessions\, they booked two days in a 
 studio to document their space-age-gnawa experimentations. From the musi
 c created that weekend they released ‘Introducing Electric Jalaba’. 
 It formed the basis of an electrifying live set that propelled Electric Ja
 laba to become one of London’s most in demand live acts with gigs at C
 amden Roundhouse\, London African Music Festival\, V&amp\;A Museum\, Secr
 et Garden Party\, Larmer Tree festival and more.
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