Ramallah Underground
Video still from film Collapse by B. Abbas and R. Abou-Rahme |
Ramallah Underground, based in Ramallah, Palestine, was born from the immediacy of musical experimentation and the need to give voice to a generation of Palestinians and Arabs who face a turbulent and uncertain political landscape.
The collective was founded by artists Boikutt, Stormtrap, and Aswatt and has always held a commitment to both the honesty of their work and the need to creatively rejuvenate Arabic culture. To this end they combine music ranging from Arabic electronic music, hip-hop, trip hop to downtempo with a deep sense of their local culture and imposing presence of Palestine in their lives. The outcome is a new specific distinct sound....
Their lyrics and music are an expression of anguish and defiance, ultimately remaining a defiant voice of the colonized against the colonizer. They continue to play a big role in the Arab Underground cultural scene while slowly gaining wide global and local popularity.
Ramallah Underground :: Sijen ib Sijen
Ramallah Underground :: Aswatt il Zaman
Ramallah Underground :: Dameer Mustater 73
Also the prolific Kronos Quartet performed one of their songs on their album Floodplain from 2009:
Kronos Quartet :: Tashweesh (Interference)
There is a darkness/rebellion to this music that holds the power of resistance.
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