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Casseptember: A mixtape from Syrian Cassette Archives

Verity Sharp continues our month-long celebration of cassette tape culture with a mixtape from Mark Gergis and Yamen Mekdad, founders of Syrian Cassette Archives.

Verity Sharp continues our month-long celebration of cassette tape culture with a mixtape from Mark Gergis and Yamen Mekdad, founders of Syrian Cassette Archives. The rise of the cassette medium in Syria transformed the country’s musical landscape, providing a platform for many musicians across the country that had not previously had the ability to record or distribute their work. Syrian Cassette Archives is an initiative to preserve, research and share sounds and stories from Syria’s abundant cassette era, from the 1970s into the 2000s, during a time when much of the country’s recorded repertoire is under threat from the effects of war and displacement.

Beginning with an initial collection of tapes picked up at music shops and kiosks throughout Syria by producer and archivist Mark Gergis, the project has grown in scope and breadth over the years with many more cassettes received from contributors and collaborators. The growing collection features an overview of musical styles from SyriaΚΌs many communities and neighbours, including live concerts, studio albums, soloists, classical, childrenΚΌs music and more, with special focus on the regional dabke and shaabi folk-pop music, performed at weddings, parties and festivities.

Plus, we’ll be sharing more cassette memories from Late Junction alumni including the legendary guitarist Dennis Bovell, alongside the usual array of musical happenings from the outer fringes.

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Music Played

  • Jantra

    Khadija

    • Synthesized Sudan: Astro-Nubian Electronic Jaglara Dance Sounds from the Fashaga.
    • Ostinato.

  • Wild Anima

    Who We Are

    • blue twenty-two.
    • Blue Tapes.

  • Valek, MERTA & Tarnovski

    Metal Hachi

    • Metal.
    • Flaming Pines.

  • Jrpjej

    Najia Yi Ored

    • Katzmijm Sessions.
    • Ored Recordings.

  • ³§΄‘²Ρ΄‘Ï΄‘

    Avlaskani Cuneli

    • °Υ°ω²Ή±Ή±π°ω²υΓ©±π²υ.

  • Cassandra Miller

    Traveller Song

    • Traveller Song / Thanksong.
    • Black Truffle.

  • Matt Akins

    Edgeland

    • A Quiet Ritual.
    • Molt Fluid.

  • Honestly Same

    Foyer Joyment

    • Hot Plate Only.
    • Moon Glyph.

  • CHAI

    NEO KAWAII, K?

    • Chai.
    • Sub Pop.

  • WaqWaq Kingdom

    Dopamine Dance

    • Hot Pot Totto.
    • Phantom Limb.

  • Lone Pilgrim

    Dies Irae

    • The World is Not My ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ.
    • Inverted Grim-Mill Recordings.

  • Mark Gergis

    Lattakia Nightclub

    • I Remember Syria.

  • Mark Gergis

    Al Thawra Street

    • I Remember Syria.
    • Sublime Frequencies.

  • Mark Gergis

    Duelling Cassette Kiosks

    • I Remember Syria.
    • Sublime Frequencies.

  • Omar Souleyman

    Kaset Hanzal (Drinking From The Glass Of Bitterness)

    • Dabke 2020 (Folk and Pop Sounds of Syria).
    • Sublime Frequencies.

  • Gomidas Band

    Medley

    • Medley.

  • Mohammad Madloul

    Habatni Wehda Ya Nass (Oh People, A Girl Has Loved Me) (excerpt)

    • Habatni Wehda Ya Nass.

  • Fariha Al Abdullah

    Mabrook Thob Al Zaffa (Congratulations on the Wedding Dress)

    • Mabrook Thob Al Zaffa.

  • Abu Sultan

    Live excerpt

  • Evin Aghassi

    Elchi (Suitors)

  • Wisso Jouma'a

    Instrumental excerpt

  • Iona Lane & Ranjana Ghatak

    Surya Pranam / Let No Man Steal Your Thyme

    • Cove.
    • Hudson Records.

  • John Luther Adams

    Three Nocturnes: 2. Night Wind

    • Darkness and Scattered Light.
    • Cold Blue Music.

  • Martina Berther & Philipp Schlotter

    LFO 1

    • Matt.
    • Hallow Ground.

  • Luciano

    Shake it Up Tonight

    • Shake It Up Tonight.
    • Big Ship.

  • Natacha Atlas

    I Put A Spell On You

    • Ayeshteni.
    • Mantra.

  • Irreversible Entanglements

    Our Land Back

    • Protect Your Light.
    • Impulse!.

  • Mariam Rezaei

    Hmm

    • Bown.
    • HEAT CRIMES.

  • Kirk Barley

    Blossom

    • Verdant.
    • ODDA.

  • Inzazaren

    Tanmara (excerpt)

    • Inzazaren.
    • Arphone.

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  • Fri 22 Sep 2023 23:00
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