Aiwa!: Osloob, Jundi Majhul - Watar, Ethnique Punch

AIWA invites artists/musicians from the Arab region to perform, to communicate, to collaborate with the local artists in Berlin. For the 3rd edition, OSLOOB, the leader of the notable palestinian refugee hip-hop group Katibeh 5 from Lebanon, WATAR - JUNDI MAJHUL from Syrian Jazz Hip-hop duo Latlateh, and the first guest performer from outside the arab region for Aiwa, turkey's multi-talent artist ETHNIQUE PUNCH, will be giving Panel talk,Concerts and DJ-sets.
 
LINE-UP
 
OSLOOB / أسلوب [live]
JUNDI MAJHUL - WATAR / وتر - جندي مجهول [live]
ETHNIQUE PUNCH (live)
STORMTRAP aka ASIFEH / عاصفه [live]
OKYDOKY [live]
SHINS-K [DJ]
 
Visuals by
LA MANCHEGA VJ
 
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ABOUT
 
OSLOOB (كتيبة 5 Katibeh 5 - LB/PS/FR)
... is a Palestinian rapper, beatmaker and beatboxer born in Lebanon and the founder of the band Katibeh 5. He has produced two albums with the band: Ahla Fik Bil Mokhayamat (Welcome to the Refugee Camps) and Al Tareeq Wahad Marsoum (The Road Ahead is One and Known).
 
At the same time he collaborates with rappers and singers from across the Arab world : Lebanon (Touffar, Edd Abbas, Rayess Bek, Malikah), Palestine (Maqdsi, MC Gaza, Rami GB, Khaled Harara, Watan), Jordan (Macadi Nahhas, Torabyeh, Satti, Kazz), Syria (Abu Gabi, Rami Sabbagh), Egypt (Abdullah Miniawy), Tunisia (Malik of the band Armada Bizerta, Amin), Algeria (Diaz de NBS) and Morocco (AlHaqed).
 
Osloob has also produced three mixtapes : Osloob/Maqdessi; Fasl (Chapter) which brings together Palestinian rappers from across the Middle East; and Aal Haffe (On the Edge) conceived as a sound-film where each rapper performs a role in the narration.
 
Following his arrival in France in 2014, Osloob has worked with many musicians such as Amazigh Kateb, Médéric Collignon or Hubert Dupont and teams up with the French Syrian flute player Naïssam Jalal to create a new Arab Hip Hop esthetic. The duo has played in many festivals such as Paris Quartier d’Été, Paris Hip Hop Festival, Chroniques de Mars in Marseille or the Palestinian Cinema Festival in Paris. This new project, « Al Akhareen » (The Others), presents itself as a duo, a trio (alongside Dj Junkaz Lou), or a sextet (live band).
 

 
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JUNDI MAJHUL - WATAR (LaTlateh - SY/FR)
... is a Syrian artist born and raised in Damascus. Since 2008 he has been creating hip hop beats with an eastern and jazzy flavour, while writing his own engaged rhymes, spreading a positive social message. He is one of the founders of renowned Syrian hip hop duo LaTlateh, together with Bu Kolthoum - بو كلثوم, delivering hip-hop tinted with jazz, soul, bass, and classical Arabic music. The name Jundi Majhul (the Unknown Soldier) represents the ideology of resistance through music and words.
 

 
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ETHNIQUE PUNCH (TR)
... is an independent producer and MC from Anatolia. Eastern samples, dirty drums, synths and fragmented dialogs are his musical trademarks. Combined with metaphorical lyrics, his deep voice flows over the beat like an eloquent Turkish mantra.
 
His influences reach from classical 90's west coast hip-hop to elaborated trip-hop sounds, while some tracks even drift towards dub, dnb or dubstep. Additionally, many of his tracks are layered with samples of traditional Anatolian instruments, crossing aesthetic and geographic boundaries. As for his lyrics, hip-hop means catharsis and resistance to the Ethnic Punch.
 
Whether from a personal or broader perspective, he tackles issues like racial segregation, homophobia, gender inequality, destructive exploitation of the environment, or the hypocritical foundations of human civilisation. If that sounds like a tough pill to swallow, he makes it go down easy.
 
During past years, he has toured as an MC & DJ across Anatolia, the Levant, and Central and Eastern Europe, and now to ever broader audiences around the globe. He has released three instrumental and three rap albums. His 6th independent album 'Çeyrek Asrı Buçuk Geçe' was recently released and his 7th production 'Vinyet' - the first piece of his upcoming 'Tabula Rasa trilogy' - is to be released on vinyl through the Vienna based label 'Well Gedacht' in fall 2016. His collaborations with international artists include Stormtrap aka Asifeh (PS), Mesak (FI), Akrylonumerik (FR), Wermonster (FR), Scarf Face (DE), and X.A. Cute (DE) ; as well as with many locals like Grup Ses Beats, El MahdyJr. , Tabanvay, Levni, Da Poet, Vinyl Obscura, Allame, Joker, Ağaçkakan & more.
 

 
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STORMTRAP aka ASIFEH [AIWA]
... is a music producer/MC from Palestine. Experimenting with old samples, instruments, and field recordings, and combining all that with hip hop beats. His lyrics deal with different themes inspired mainly by his personal experiences in Palestine. Stormtrap played a fundemental role in forming the band Ramallah Underground, with which he has performed worldwide.
 

 
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OKYDOKY [AIWA]
is a producer and performer of electronic music from Beirut, Lebanon, currently residing in Berlin. Known for catchy beats, eccentric sampling, and energetic performances, his current live set focuses around drum machine, bass synth, and exotic sample-inspired beats. He is a member of the Berlin music collective El Susto, and has recently released his second full-length album Aldebaran (2016) which is also available on vinyl.
 

 
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SHINS-K [AIWA]
is a producer and DJ from Japan, Based in Berlin since 2008. One of the curators of Aiwa.
 

 
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Visuals by LA MANCHEGA VJ // Homepage
 
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Supported by Musicboard Berlin
 
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FR 2.12 // 21H // 5€
ACUD CLUB // TALK+CONCERT+CLUB
AIWA! – أيوه :
OSLOOB // JUNDI MAJHUL - WATAR // ETHNIQUE PUNCH
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