Voices of the Revolution
11 Oct 2013 An album of revolutionary and political music produced by artists from across the globe, is to be digitally released as a free download via the website Bandcamp on Monday 14 October 2013. The collection of 33 songs from 33 countries chronicles oppression, uprisings, land rights issues, political and social abuses and acts of revolution and is supported by the In Place of War research project at The University of Manchester. It is led by UK not-for-profit global grassroots organisation Un-Convention. 33RPM - Voices of the Revolution, is a collaborative project between four independent international grassroots music organizations; Un-Convention, Nomadic Wax (USA), Fora Do Eixo (Brasil) and Tiuna El Fuerte (Venezuela). It spans Afrofuturismo, Indian folk-rock, soulful New Zealand reggae, Electro Caribe, Malian hip hop and Iranian electronica amongst other diverse styles and genres. The global music project, features contributions from: - • Internationally-renowned recording artist, activist and former child soldier Emmanuel Jal (South Sudan). Voice of the Arab Spring Omar Offendum (Syria/USA), 'first lady of Arabic hip hop' Shadia Mansour (UK/Palestine).
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