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Transpacific Sound Paradise
Saturday, February 23, 2019
47SOUL Brings Shamstep From Palestine to the World

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London-based Palestinian band 47SOUL calls its music Shamstep. The Guardian calls it "a cheerfully wide-screen fusion of electronic hip-hop and traditional dabke dance music."

The band sees Shamstep as a new musical genre, literally defined on their debut EP which was called Shamstep, and which they are now beginning to expand upon with their new album Balfron Promise (on Cooking Vinyl). You can experience Shamstep in person when 47SOUL plays live at Brooklyn's BRIC House on Thursday night March 7th.

We'll hear all about it with guest El Far3i of 47SOUL on this week's show!

Links:

47SOUL: http://47soul.com/

Like and Follow 47SOUL on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/47soul

47SOUL's Album Balfron Promise: https://47soul.lnk.to/BalPro/

47SOUL Tour Dates: http://47soul.com/tour/

El Far3i: http://www.elfar3i.com/

More on 47SOUL (from their facebook bio):

47SOUL is an Electro Arabic Dabke (Shamstep) band formed in Amman Jordan in 2013. The members are rooted in Bilad Al-Sham, spanning the divides from Amman to the Galilee to Ramallah and the rest of the Palestinian Diaspora.

This new sound of 47SOUL has rapidly amassed fans in the Arab World and Europe by blasting the electric Arabic Dabke sound through underground music scenes. On top of the beats that have been bumping in the Arab World for centuries, 47SOUL hypes it up with analog synthesizers, hypnotic guitar lines, and shattering verses from the four singers.

Every show ends in relentless dance and trance from all parties involved. Their lyrics, mixing Arabic and English, call for celebration and freedom in the struggle for equality, inside Bilad Al Sham and throughout the world.

The current lineup includes: Z the People (vocals & synths) El Far3i (darouka, Mc/Vocals) Walaa Sbeit (percussion, Mc/vocals) El Jehaz (guitar & vocals) Z the People (vocals & synths) El Far3i (Derbakeh, Mc/Vocals) Walaa Sbeit (percussion,Mc/vocals) El Jehaz (guitar & vocals)

This Week's Playlist:

(* = new)

Umut Adan: Ortasindan Gel / Bahar / Riverboat (0:00:00 Pop-up)

Mohammed Rafi and Suman Kalyanpur: Aaj Kal Tere Mere Pyar Ke Charche / Shankar Jaikishan, Various Artists: Brahmachari (Bollywood OST) / Odeon (0:04:09 Pop-up)

Sunil Perera and Gypsies: Kussiye / Sunil Perera and Gypsies / Gypsies (0:10:22 Pop-up)

Kel Assouf: Fransa / Black Tenere / Glitterbeat / * (0:16:27 Pop-up)

Bombino: Oulhin (My Heart Burns) / Deran / Partisan (0:20:48 Pop-up)
GIG: Bombino @ Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St., (presented by World Music Institute) Wed, March 20, 8 pm

Hama Sankare: Dewl Wege / Niafunke / Clermont / * (0:26:25 Pop-up)

Samba Touré: Hawah / Wande / Glitterbeat (0:29:58 Pop-up)

Dawda Jobarteh: Sidi Yellah / I Met Her By the River / Sterns / * (0:35:02 Pop-up)

Sona Jobarteh: Bannaya / Fasiya / West African Guild (0:39:40 Pop-up)
GIG: Sona Jobarteh @ Symphony Space (Presented by World Music Institute) Sun, June 23, 8 pm

Amadou Sodia: Adiananco / Ça Va Se Savoir / Sterns (0:43:38 Pop-up)

Bibi Den's Tshibayi: L'amour / Sensible / Pharaway Sounds / * (0:52:48 Pop-up)
New Reissue

47SOUL: Intro to Shamstep / Shamstep / 47SOUL (1:07:30 Pop-up)

47SOUL: Gamar / Balfron Promise / Cooking Vinyl / * (1:20:12 Pop-up)

47SOUL: Machina / Balfron Promise / Cooking Vinyl / * (1:29:00 Pop-up)

47SOUL: Locked Up Shop / Balfron Promise / Cooking Vinyl / * (1:36:35 Pop-up)

47SOUL: Mo Light / Balfron Promise / Cooking Vinyl / * (1:45:30 Pop-up)

47SOUL: Ghazal (Promised Outro ) / Balfron Promise / Cooking Vinyl / * (1:56:53 Pop-up)

Shafeeq Kabha: Ya Hala Hay Al Dayouf / Shabiaat / New Sound (2:09:35 Pop-up)

Zenobia: Halak Halak / Soundcloud Single / Zenobia (2:15:13 Pop-up)

A-WA: Mudbira (Unlucky) / Bayti Fi Rasi (My Home is in My Head) / TBA / * (2:22:44 Pop-up)
GIG / GIVEAWAY: Tues night @ Baby's All Right - enter the giveaway on this page! This song is the advance single from their forthcoming (second) album.

Ine Sinthya: Lima Menit Lagi / Various Artists: 12 Super Funky Dangdut / MSM Records (2:25:50 Pop-up)

Nina Nirmala: Polisi Cinta / Ada Ada Saja / Musica (2:31:01 Pop-up)

Dexter Story: Jijiga Jijiya (feat. Marie Daulne) / Bahir / Soundway / * (2:35:07 Pop-up)
Pre-release

DJ Click: Ajamal feat. Amrat Hussain (Masala Soundsystem Remix) / Various Artists; Hadra Trance Festival 2013 / Hadra (2:39:03 Pop-up)

Mika Singh, Neha Kakkar, Kumar Sanu: Aankh Marey / Shabbir Ahmed, Tanishk Bagchi & Various Artists: Simmba (Bollywood OST) / T-Series (2:42:47 Pop-up)

Angelica Negron: The Peculiar Pie Man of Porcupine Peak / No Album / Web Only (2:49:55 Pop-up)

Wu Man and Master Musicians from the Silk Route: Hanleylun (featuring Sanubar Turusn, Hesenjan Tursun & Wu Man) / Music of Central Asia Vol.10: Borderlands / Smithsonian Folkways (2:58:08 Pop-up)
GIG: Friday night at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with members of the Silk Road Ensemble; Wu Man will also perform with Yo-Yo Ma and the NY Philharmonic March 6-9 at David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center.

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Organizations supporting the rights of immigrants and refugees:

(For more suggestions see https://www.bustle.com/p/9-immigration-organizations-to-donate-to-if-you-want-to-support-daca-recipients-80757.)

National Immigration Law Center: Established in 1979, the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) is one of the leading organizations in the U.S. exclusively dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of low-income immigrants.

National Immigration Forum: The National Immigration Forum is one of the leading immigrant advocacy organizations in the country, with a mission to advocate for the value of immigrants and immigration to the nation.

New York Immigration Coalition: The New York Immigration Coalition aims to achieve a fairer and more just society that values the contributions of immigrants and extends opportunity to all. The NYIC promotes immigrants’ full civic participation, fosters their leadership, and provides a unified voice and a vehicle for collective action for New York’s diverse immigrant communities.

Arab American Family Support Center (New York City): The Arab-American Family Support Center is a 501(c)3 non-profit, non-sectarian organization that provides culturally and linguistically sensitive services to immigrant communities throughout New York City.

Action NYC: ActionNYC connects New Yorkers to free, safe immigration legal help. You can make an appointment to learn your immigration legal options and get immigration application assistance. There are ActionNYC sites in all five boroughs. Appointments are required. Your appointment will be in your language.

Immigration Equality is the leading LGBTQ immigrant rights organization in the country. It provide s advice and legal services to thousands of LGBTQ and HIV-positive immigrants seeking refuge, fair treatment, and freedom in the United States. The work is truly lifesaving because there are nearly 80 countries around the world where it is a crime to be LGBTQ, with consequences up to and including the death penalty. For this reason, Immigration Equality fights to obtain asylum in the United States for LGBTQ and HIV-positive refugees - with a remarkable 99% win rate.

International Refugee Assistance Project: The International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) organizes law students and lawyers to develop and enforce a set of legal and human rights for refugees and displaced persons. Mobilizing direct legal aid and systemic policy advocacy, IRAP serves the world’s most persecuted individuals and empowers the next generation of human rights leaders.

International Rescue Committee: The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future.

Kids in Need of Defense (KIND): KIND serves as the leading organization for the protection of children who enter the US immigration system alone and strives to ensure that no such child appears in immigration court without representation. We achieve fundamental fairness through high-quality legal representation and by advancing the child's best interests, safety and well-being.

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF): AALDEF is a national organization that protects and promotes the civil rights of Asian Americans by combining litigation, advocacy, education, and community organizing. Issues / focus include immigrant rights, civic participation and voting rights, economic justice for workers, language access to services, educational equity, housing and environmental justice, and the elimination of anti-Asian violence, police misconduct, and human trafficking.

Make the Road New York (MRNY): MRNY builds the power of Latino and working class communities to achieve dignity and justice through organizing, policy innovation, transformative education, and survival services.

Make the Road New Jersey (MRNJ): Make the Road New Jersey builds the power of immigrant and working class communities in New Jersey to achieve dignity and justice through community organizing, legal and support services, transformative education and policy innovation.