BLACK MED
Black Med by
Lamin Fofana
Lamin Fofana is an artist and musician currently located in Berlin. His music explores questions of movement, migration, alienation and belonging. Fofana’s overlapping interests in history and the present, and his practice of transmuting text into the affective medium of sound, manifests in multisensory live performances and installations featuring original music compositions, field recordings and archival material.
“Two original pieces. ‘Rivers of Babylon’ and ‘Black Metamorphosis’. The first one samples the harmony of the Rastafari song ‘Rivers of Babylon’ by The Melodians (made massive by the dubious Euro-Caribbean group Boney M.). After reading the description of the Black Med project, the vocal harmony of the song came to mind… I have known this song since I was, like, 5 years old. Anyway, I created my version yesterday specifically for this project. ‘Black Metamorphosis’, on the other hand is an ongoing process.”
TRACKLIST
Lamin Fofana
— Rivers of Babylon
Black Med by
Kareem Lotfy
Kareem Lotfy (Cairo, 1985) is a visual artist and music producer based in Berlin who combines two worlds in his work: digital culture and the rich cultural history of his native Egypt.
TRACKLIST
Internazionale
— Bells of Addiction (Recalled)
Khotin
— Wheeler Road
DJ Koze
— Bodenweich
Money Morning
— 〰
The Future Sound of London
— Journey to the Center
Halim El-Dabh
— Thirsty in a Land of Plenty
Raul Lovisoni / Francesco Messina
— Amon Ra
Kara-Lis Coverdale
— Splash 144
Marsen Jules
— Beautyfear V
Terekke
— At BA
Ryuichi Sakamoto
— Fullmoon
Gustavo Lamas
— Mañana
Laurie Spiegel
— The Unquestioned Answer
Halim El-Dabh
— Venice
Cellar Door
— Soft Shit
1127
— Pannik
The Future Sound of London
— Egypt
Muslimgauze
— Dust of Saqqara
STILL
— BANZINA [Banzina Riddim]
Azizo
— Gata3 Male7
Dominowe
— Dark Valley (core tribe)
Primitive Art
— Sequrity
Bakground
— Runnerz
Abo Sahar
— Hands Up
Tariq Anwar
— Borderlands
Strangler Fig
— Externalities
Black Med by
Daniele Baldelli
Daniele Baldelli is a DJ who is considered an innovator in the Italian disco scene for developing a unique, funky and ‘afro’ aesthetic by playing eclectic records at drastically altered speeds, often slowed way down, and sometimes adding drum machines and effects. He developed the style with Claudio "Mozart" Rispoli while both were resident DJs at the Baia Degli Angeli (1975–1979) in Gabicce Mare and Cosmic (1980–1984) in Lazise on Lake Garda. For Black Med he remembers the early days of Cosmic with a 70 minutes exclusive mix.
TRACKLIST
Timmy Thomas
— Why Can’t We Live Together
Odyssey
— Going Back To My Roots
Pigbag
— The Big Bean
Roxy Music
— The Main Thing
Liaisons Dangereuses
— Los Niños Del Parque
Rose Royce
— Fire In The Funk
Harry Thumann
— Underwater
Brand X
— Swan Song
Liquid Liquid
— Optimo
Pierre Henry & Michel Colombier
— Psyché Rock Remix
Rational Youth
— Unknown Track
K.I.D.
— Don’t Stop
Kissing The Pink
— Big Man Restless
Queen Samantha
— Take A Chance
You
— Live Line
Carlis Munro
— Use What You Got… Hot City Woman
Johnny Harris
— Odyssey (Part 1)
The Pedestrians
— Commuter Fantasy
Black Med by
Palm Wine
Simone Bertuzzi is half of Invernomuto. He started the blog Palm Wine in 2009, now on its third version. Palm Wine is a conjectural and distant look at the post-global movement of sounds and their related images, dazed by alcohol vapours. This shifting of contents can take unexpected routes forward and backward, travels in the outer space depicting a magical conception of distance between past, present and the next world.
TRACKLIST
Madou Kita
— Transvaal Panorama
Matia Bazar
— Palestina
Dariush Dolat-Shahi
— Zahab
ABOsahar feat. Salah
— Agmd Rooo7
Hossam Marko
— مهرجان شجره توت توزيع حسام ماركو
Abyusif
— 3azama
Rami Rami Rami
— Wala3 EDIT
Primitive Art
— Broken Shells
KZLK
— 77X
Ahmoudou Madassane
— Imejar
MSYLMA
— Dhil-un Taht Shajarat AlZaqum
Nyrabakiga
— Cor Corora
Kareem Lotfy
— Chromosome
Not Real Presence
— Chiki Chika
Deena Abdelwahed
— Tawa (M.E.S.H. Remix)
DJ Plead
— Giz
1127
— HVN
Black Med by
Bill Kouligas
Bill Kouligas’ PAN multi-disciplinary record label has been excavating experimental electronic attitudes since 2008. Based in Berlin, Kouligas grew up in Athens. For Black Med he has travelled back to his hometown to select an intense variety of tracks from the contemporary Greek hip hop scene, artists that are using their voice reflecting to the current climate.
TRACKLIST
Dimitris Petsetakis
— Anxiety (Alternate Version)
Kareem Kalokoh
— CONGO
Complex Shadow
— So Cold
Majin Cost feat. Kareem Kalokoh
— The City
Kareem Kalokoh
— Grk Nga Ath
Negros Tou Moria
— Na M’ Akous / S.Q.D. Syndrome
Complex Shadow
— Try Me
Unknown Artist
— Unreleased
Unknown Artist
— Unreleased
Kareem Kalokoh
— Whip Game
Majin Cost
— Liz Gillies
Negros Tou Moria
— Den Exoun Swag (D.E.S., Pt. II)
Kareem Kalokoh feat. Complex Shadow
— Rambo
Kareem Kalokoh
— Try Us
Unknown Artist
— Unreleased
Kareem Kalokoh
— Switchin’ Motions
Dimitris Petsetakis
— Liquid
Black Med by
Donato Epiro
Donato Epiro (Taranto, 1981) is a musician and composer. He lives and works in Southern Italy.
“The mix I’m presenting is centered around the meetings and crossings of the people of Southern Italy with those of Greece, Albania and North-West Africa. I chose to focus on the voice (from solos, choral executions – both polyphonic and in unison – to recitals) because, apart from the traditional instrumentation that characterizes the sound of a particular musical form, unaccompanied singing makes more evident certain similitudes and common models shared throughout the Mediterranean. I also find that, regardless of cultural exchanges, a universal tradition connected to the human voice has its roots in nature itself – in Sardinian tenor singing for example, each of the four male voices mimic the feature of a different animal.”
TRACKLIST
Mahmoud Khalil Al-Husari
— The Holy Quran
Albanian Women's Group from Kolonjë
— Song of Emigration
Marcel Cellier (recorded by)
— Te Kesh Mall
Cantori dell'oratorio della Confraternita di Santa Croce
— Stabat Mater
Nazif Celaj, Nikolin Likaj, Arap Celoleskaj, Fatbardha Brahimi
— Bie Deti Dallget
Franco Battiato
— Sequenze e Frequenze
Ghedalia Tazartes
— Diasporas
Ernesto De Martino (radio transmission)
— O e bukura More
Simon Karas
— Songs of Epirus Part 1 & 2
Vittorio De Seta
— excerpts from "Lu tempu di li pisci spata"
Alan Lomax (recorded by)
— I Passiuna tu Christù
Black Med by
Discostan
Discostan is a collective exploring the convergence of a sonic ummah. Narrative threads include migration, celebration, conflict, nostalgia, homeland, and borders, often within realms of Islamic influence, through lenses of traditional forms, experimental renderings, and kaleidoscopic reinventions of pop culture. The mix for Black Med was composed by Discostan members Arshia Fatima Haq and Jeremy Loudenback.
O my men, the hardship, the hardship
Men will face hardship in the soul
I left my loved ones, crying, in hardship in the night
Take me, men with the hardship, take me away
I asked God to ease my hardship
—Al Fanoon Al Bahriya Al Qatriya, Arabic sea shanty
TRACKLIST
Cengiz Coşkuner
— Tanriya Feryat
Jil Jilala
— Lahkaya
Myke Dodge Weiskopf, NATO USAF
— Psyops Interception from Libya (shortwave recording)
Thoom
— Salwa
Jabir Bin Hamad Bin Husain
— Solo de Rabab
Oliver Morcos feat. Naguib Riz
— Cut Strings
Ramazan Uras
— Huzzam Taksim
Interviews with Iraqi Displaced Citizens and Syrian refugees
— Untitled
Rabih Beaini
— Ya Shater
Nawa
— Fasel Kesmet Al Sawi
Yara Mekawei
— 4 Meters of Silk Cloth
Mustapha Skandrani
— Mode Zidane
Unknown Artist
— Ud Music (Nazareth)
Yagi Michiyo
— Seawall
Amar Bou Saqr, Mansour Al-Mahandi, Adallah Yasir Al-Tamimi
— Al Fanoon Al Bahriya Al Qatriya
Bent Rouicha
— Darni Galbi
Rozzma
— Sheyaka
Makan Ashgvari
— Ahvaz
Ammar 808
— Ain Essouda
Deena Abdelwahed
— Arroubi (Mettani Rework)
Munma
— The Funeral
Hello, Psychaleppo!
— Tarab Dub
Terra Aziz
— Tawkin
Ahmed Malek
— Le Suicide
Black Med by
Dj Ryna
Dj Ryna was born in the Northern part of Ghana, West Africa. She is a Dj and editorial model, currently working as a resident Dj at Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra.
TRACKLIST
Mr Eazi
— Leg Over
Shatta Wale feat. Shatta Mitchy
— Low Tempo
Flavour, Sarkodie
— Sake Of Love
Kurl Songx feat. Sarkodie
— Jennifer Lomotey
Kidi
— Say You Love Me
Kuami Eugene
— Confusion
King Promise
— Selfish
Tekno
— Go
Kuami Eugene
— Angela
Runtown
— Mad Over You
Starboy feat. Terri, Spotless, Ceeza Milli, Wizkid
— Soco
Ebony
— Sponsor
R2bees
— Over
Davido
— FIA
Kuami Eugene
— Wish Me Well
Patoranking feat. Diamond Platinumz
— I Love You Die
Mzvee feat. Kuami Eugene
— Rewind
Dj Breezy feat. Dahlin Gage & Medikal
— Kimpinstick
Louise Vega feat. Lusito
— Uhuru Remix
Wande Coal feat. Dj Tunez
— Iskaba
Guiltybeatz, Mr Eazi, Patapaa & Pappy Kojo
— Akwaaba
Olamide
— Science Student
Distruction Boyz feat. Benny Maverick & Dladla Mshunqisi
— Omunye
Olamide
— Wo!!
D'banj
— Oliver Twist
Bisa Kdei
— Mansa
Oskido
— Wafa Wafa
Fuse ODG feat. Ed Sheeran & Mugeez
— Boa Me
Banky W
— Jasi
Dj Cndo
— Terminator
Toofan
— Gweta
Black Med by
Deena Abdelwahed
The Tunisian producer and DJ Deena Abdelwahed arrived in France at the age of 26 after earning her stripes on the Tunis scene. Her debut album "Khonnar" came out on InFiné in 2018.
"This mix was a painful journey as there's a lot of music, very popular ones, that brings up the misery in their country and how to surpass the fear to hop on the boat and cross the Mediterranean. I suggest you to just type "Harga" or "Harraga" songs on youtube, and you'll discover hundreds of those music videos as soundtracks to cross the sea! The only artist from western side is Muslimgauze here. It was important to me to include artists only from the other side of the Mediterranean."
TRACKLIST
1127 feat. She7ta Wel3a
— Zezinia 2
El Rass & El Mahdy Jr
— Lampedusa
Hama
— Houmeissa
Ahmed Malek & Flako
— Tape 16 Track 3
El Mahdy Jr
— From Hate To Smoke
Lotfi Jormana
— El Visa
Muslimgauze
— Tubruq Sand Bank
Unknown
— Babour Harraga (Deena Abdelwahed edit)
Mehmet Aslan
— 600
Two Or The Dragon
— Prelude For The Triumphant Man (Part II)
Deena Abdelwahed
— Ah'na Hakkeka
The Triangle
— Dead Traveler
3Phaz
— Phazbaz
Hédi Guella
— Babour Zammar
Black Med by
Leila Bencharnia
Leila Bencharnia began her journey in the deserts of Morocco. The desert helped form how she perceived sound, and this helped form her life. She inherited a love of music from her father, a Moroccan musician; study in Europe expanded her musical vocabulary, incorporating Classical Western elements into her vision. Selecting a variety of sources, from lexical experiments to sitar music, her work is always focused on disjointing semantics as a mystical act.
“Mediterraneo nero. A short aural narrative concerning the Mediterranean water as a body alive with the blood of its dead.”
TRACKLIST
Roberto Musci
— Okkulte Stimmen
Yves Tumor
— Perdition
Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement
— Red Ants
Carl Gari & Abdullah Miniawy
— Zyaj زياج
Kitaro
— Earth Born
Yves Tumor
— Spirit In Prison
Jean C. Roché
— Guanare/Barinas
Bernard Parmegiani
— La Ville En Haut De La Colline II
Arthur Pétronio
— Sortileges
Aleksandr Blok (read by G.C. Sbragia)
— Esiste Un Giuoco
Nam June Paik
— My Jubilee ist Unverhemmet
Muslimgauze
— Dissidents In Exile
Dr. Roger Payne (National Geographic, Jan 1979, pag. 24b)
— Songs Of The Humpback Whale
Black Med by
Paul Gilroy
Paul Gilroy (London, 1956) is professor of American and English literature at King's College London, and author of many books, amongst which “There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack” (1987) and “The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness” (1993).
"I selected music made by artists from many locations over the course of almost four decades. I wanted people to hear how Mediterranean, and wider European musical cultures, had been re-shaped by their extensive, fertile contact with distant and travelling traditions. These mutations are pleasing. No purity stands behind these hybrids.
I wanted the resulting combination to be unfamiliar, provocative, disturbing and, in some cases funny as well as beautiful. I play the guitar myself so that has probably also shaped my choices.
I am especially fond of the collaborations between Algerian Rai musicians and their African-diaspora partners, but perhaps most important of all is how the location of 'The South' in Rokia Traore’s version of 'Strange Fruit' has shifted beyond the US and now communicates the transformation of cultural flows and geopolitical realities."
TRACKLIST
Hugh Masekela
— Vasco Da Gama (The Sailor Man)
Natacha Atlas
— I Put A Spell On You
Dennis Bovell
— Ayé Go Mila Dubwize
Khaled & IAM
— Oran Marseille
Mr. R
— Au Commencement
Nitin Sawhney
— Anthem Without Nation
Serge Gainsbourg
— Aux Armes Et Cætera
Randy Weston
— Marrakech Blues
Dhafer Youssef
— Flowing Water
Joseph Tawadros
— Shelter
Ketil Bjørnstad
— Seafarer's Song
Tarik / Chevelle Franklin
— A Love I Can Feel
Jasper Høiby
— Little Song For Mankind
Rokia Traoré
— Strange Fruit
Paolo Fresu
— Mediterraneo
Les Escrocs
— Pirates
Ramsey Lewis
— Wade In The Water
Black Med by
Webhelp
Currently based in Italy, Webhelp (Hamza Alioua) was born and raised in Morocco. The realms of Djing culture are incorporated in his work as a medium and for political activism, instigated by an awareness of a very scary sociopolitical climate all around Europe.
“This mix builds the sonic atmosphere from an immigrant perspective of a situation defined by disenfranchisement, marginalization, and, despite it all, resilience.”
TRACKLIST
Space Afrika
— Uwëm/Creātiōn
Lil Ugly Mane
— Ejaculated Poisoned Wrench
Bonaventure
— Supremacy
Liberty Uganda
— Innocent Blood
Saint Abdullah
— I’m Sad, I'm Frightened, I'm Angry
Silk Road Assassins
— Citadel VI
Liberty Uganda
— For the Homosexuals of Uganda
Webhelp
— Unreleased
Ghoula
— Dawri
Amadou et Mariam
— Sabali
Liberty Uganda
— Untitled
Nuri
— Bouderbel
Black Med by
Rabih Beaini
Rabih Beaini is a producer, DJ and the owner of Morphine Records. Born in Lebanon, he moved to Italy in the 90s – and now resides in Berlin. He's well known for transcending the boundaries of club music, both in his own work and the curation of his label. With keen eyes and ears for the impact of music on the body, Beaini’s work is as much social as it is sonic – an understanding of how humans live in a world of noise.
“Conflicts never leave you, they batter on your soul and they rip your parts, they are distortions, drum patterns of ancient roots, words of justice and awakening, conflicts of matter against soul, of concrete against consciousness. We write our stories with traces from the past, traces of us and others before us. This story was written on a Sunday morning as a wake up call, for the gathering of spirits, and it contains fragments from Munir Bashir, Takuya Taniguchi, Meredith Monk, Omarchestra, Mark Pritchard, Toshi Ishiyanagi, Container, Popul Vuh, Ben Vida, Daniele De Santis, Musafir, Silent People, Aleppo Brotherhood and many others. We will never let go of our conflicts, but our story is written with noise, and noise is the color of our soul.”
TRACKLIST
Rabih Beaini
— Recorded live at Terraforma Festival Villa Arconati, Milano, 01.07.2018
Black Med by
MSYLMA
Hailing from Mecca, Saudi Arabia, MSYLMA fuses Arabic poetry, ambient and experimental electronics in this exclusive mix. His last album "Dhil-un Taht Shajarat Al-Zaqum" has been released on Halcyon Veil in 2019.
TRACKLIST
Ahmed Mostafa Kamel, Somaya Abdul Aziz Eddeb
— Public Recitation Surah Al Rahman
No Debts
— Post Modern Religion
Anna Peaker
— Helicidae
Merdh Laleh
— Water For Your Eyes
Celestial Trax
— Way In Is The Way Out
Jigga
— Imetumu
Réelle
— Touch & Luminescence
INSIN
— INFO
Kenji feat. Shintaro Matsuo, Jiyoung Wi
— 10年後
DonChristian feat. Jay Boogie
— Been Sleep
Gooooose
— Plasma Sunrise
LOFT
— That Hyde Trakk
Vipra
— Presenturo
Ital Tek
— Reflection Through Destruction
Forces
— Frontiers of Freedom
Abadir
— APHASIA
Harpey
— Mirror
J Albert feat. Jio
— Trust Who Faded Freestyle
Feddini x Ktyb
— Soufflé
Haykal, Shabjdeed, Al Nather
— Do Do Do
Ecko Bazz feat. Biga Yut
— Ekhe - Tuli Banyo (rave edit)
FFT
— Loss
Yuri
— Yaksha
Soho Rezanejad
— Call for Torino
Basic House
— Sleeping Sickness
Telefon Tel Aviv
— Something Akin to Lust
Jigga
— Huemu
Sidiq Malyana
— Public Recitation Surat Al Najm
Black Med by
Ma’an Abu Taleb
Ma’an Abu Taleb is the founding editor of Ma3azef, a digital music magazine in Arabic. His first novel, Kol El Maarek (2016), was published in English translation as All the Battles (2017). He lives in London.
"Suha Abdel Amir’s song ‘He said he would come, but he didn’t come to me’ which in Arabic falls into four short elegant words, makes for a haunting chorus that resonates today more than ever. It is the centrepiece around which this mix is put together. The first half is made up of new music from Palestine, Tunisia, Egypt and Morocco. It is heavy on autotune, something we’ve been thinking and writing about quite a bit in Ma3azef. The second half takes a turn towards the tragic with Abdel Amir’s song, and is followed by a beautiful recording of a farmers’ serenade from the banks of the Euphrates."
TRACKLIST
Dida Al Haram
— Al beida mish masloo2a
PNGWNG CRU
— Eza Bansa Tnsish
Zuli
— 3alata b Khamsa
Bella Koud
— بلاكود
Makimakkuk, Julmud & Al Nather
— Ya Wardy
Inkonnu
— Argane
ElGrandeToto
— 7elmetAdo 2
Samara
— Ala3bi
Drummer B x Bashar Suleiman
— One Two
El Kontessa
— 3am yya tabal
Sabah
— Min Sayda la Jounieh
Medhat Saleh
— El Millionerat
Ahmed Fakroun
— La Ya Hob
Souha Abdel Amir
— Galli Aji w Ma Jani
Anonymous
— ta3lila foratiyya
Faisal Alawi
— Ana El Majrouh
Bawin
— Ya Binaya Goumi (Oh Girl, Stand Up)
El Masryeen
— Massaalet El Sen
Alshareef Tor5y
— 50dne (Hanroo7 El Nar mix)
