Art Radio Call for Content

 Art Radio is a platform for sharing music and sound art. The station is managed by dj afifa. This is a general call for content from artist. musicians, producers and interested persons. 

Mosiah: A Red Tape in Future Time

Mosiah: A Red Tape in Future Time "RED TAPE” (for short) is a sound project by DJ Zanj Rracc in commemoration of Marcus Garvey’s earth day for August 17 2020. It is a haunting hollow of electronic static that briefly redesigns the history of the future. It passes through the insignificance of past realities that have become severe experiences today. 

“RED TAPE” is a lost voice reverberating with nuisance, a loss of the last feelings of clarity as to what really is; and what really is, has now become just another theory about the world.

Listen to RED TAPE here

Experimental and chill mixes featured on Zanj Radio

People change. Artwork design dj afifa 2019.

Dj afifa and dj zanj rracc were recently featured on the Zanj Radio International broadcast of ambient chill and experimental mixes. 

DJ afifa created a 30 minute experimental mix titled "People Change". The artwork to accompany the mix is also created by her.

listen to the mix here




The experimental chill mix by dj Zanj Rracc is titled "Dealing with these thoughts". 


 listen to the mix here

Flies

Flies is a nu-music track produced by dj afifa for Sounds of Life.

Flies is a poem written by Zanj Rracc. It is performed by him and recorded in the Zanj Radio Studios in St.Andrew Jamaica.

 

 “ I was sitting at my doorway one day and there was a lot of flies, flies were attacking me and there was no water because of a water lock off. I was thinking about politicians in Jamaica and how we shouldn't live on an island surrounded by water and be without water...it was just a poem that came to me….” Dj Zanj Rracc

For this production dj afifa added ambiance or atmospheric quality to the track using a sample from the beginning of the sitting of the house of parliament in Jamaica.

“i listened to the vocals and imagined the sound of the flies, then I started to think about how that sound was similar to the hum of voices then I heard the hum m of voices at the beginning at the beginning” Dj Afifa

download flies here

Zanj Radio Ambient Chill Experimental Open Call

ZANJ RADIO is extending an open invitation to DJs, Curators, Sound Artists and broadcasters who would like to take part in our exclusive genre feature dubbed, AMBIENT CHILL EXPERIMENTAL: An International Broadcast of Chill Mixes, on July 11th 2019.

The 24 hour international broadcast will showcase one (1) or two (2) mixes, playlists or soundscapes from contributors worldwide who want to highlight their interest or love for Ambient, Chill or Experimental music forms, genres and presentations.

 How to Submit. If you would like to take part in AMBIENT CHILL EXPERIMENTAL : An International Broadcast of Chill Mixes, here’s what to submit:

1. A Mini-Bio (no more than 100 words) with Photo or Logo 
2. Social Media Links Mix (or selections ) 
3. File should be MP3 or WAV. Please indicate on file whether Ambient, Chill or Experimental Mix (or selections) should not exceed 120 mins 

All submissions must be made through WeTransfer or Dropbox and sent to ZANJ RADIO’s email : thezanj@live.com Deadline for all submissions is June.30.2019 | 23:59PM. -5 UTC Jamaica.

The Sounds of Life sound art series

 

The Electromagnetic radiation with Dj afifa on Zanj Radio is now one of our official Sounds of life podcasts. Here is the latest episode. Listen live to Zanj Radio 10-12 midnight -5utc.
Selections

1. DJ Spooky - dis poem burns babylon 
2. The GOJ IIMF Mission Review Press Conference - September 21 2018 
3. Anthony B - Mr. Heartless 
4. Sho0t Out In Mountain View Kingston Jamaica Jarret Lane Rock Fort 
5. Bob Marley - Slave Driver
6. Che - Suite para Pereio 
7. Day 2 of NIDS Court Case (TVJ Midday News) October 23 2018 
8. Day 3 of NIDS Court Case Biometric Data Needed for ID (TVJ Midday News) October 24 2018 
9. Che - Ainda te pego - bonus track 
10. Femi Kuti - Sorry Sorry 
11. Credo (The Nicene Creed) 
12. Psalm 24 Chant 
13. dj afifa - the body of a 9 yr old girl 
14. Uyama Hiroto feat. Iyunda - Uyama Hiroto feat. Iyunda-I-I chant 
15. dj afifa - sons and daughters of Marcus Garvey compose an unfinished melody 
16. dj afifa - voice of america scripture reading 
17. Grace Jones - Devil Dub
18. The Roots - Livin' In A New World (Feat. John-John) 
19. Things We Do For Love - Horace Brown (1996) (1) 
20. dj afifa - kirknugent remix 
21. Errol Dunkley - Betcha By Golly Wow 
22. dj afifa - NETOREMIX1 
23. dj afifa - TAKURA REMIX1 
24. Kraak And Smaak - Plastic People 
25. Captain Planet feat. Chico Mann - Un Poquito Mas 
26. Bruce Golding says Citizens were not at Risk West Kingston Inquiry 
27. EARL FLUTE - The Betrayer [1972] 
28. dj afifa - nothing matters 
29. Oku Onuora & AK7 - Dread Times - Pressure Drop LP - Blue Moon 
30. Vybz Kartel - Time (Viking) Lyrics

5 Questions with DJ Afifa

1. Many people find what you do  interesting but weird and sometimes confusing. Do you do this deliberately and why do you think this might be the case?

*Laughs* I can imagine....I think I understand why it might appear that way. It gets confusing because I didn’t go to art school and I have a PhD but I don’t present papers or work in a university.  I believe art is life and I bring my life, that consists of a range of different backgrounds and experiences, mix it up and present it as my art. I think maybe it would be easier to understand if it was okay to mix things up, but people tend to compartmentalize everything so it’s not really the case. I guess, then, you could say I am doing it deliberately but I don’t feel there is much of a choice for me to do it any other way. I just prefer to use what I really love to explore myself and the world, so I play around with ideas and concepts and try to create new things. Laughs. I take everything I learn personally so whatever I think about I try to practice. I don’t know if I’ve confused you even more, but that’s kinda how I think about it. I would like to find out more about how other people would explain my art because maybe it has nothing to do with what I think.

 

  

2. Where are you now in your art?

Hmmmm… I have been working through and thinking through a lot of things. It has been tough and fulfilling at the same time. At times I have had doubts and fears about how everything will all work out and had to dig deep to remind myself about how I got here and where I really see myself going. I use my show on Zanj Radio to practice and work through what it really means for me to be a dj and a sound artist. I use it to help me figure out who is dj Afifa essentially. This has been my main focus over the last 2 years, and today I  have a much better idea about what I want to do as a dj and sound artist. I am working on a project that I feel confident in developing.  I am excited about it actually. I am creating a distinctive area for my work where I bring together  discussions, sound and space. I think I am at the stage where I can see how they can all fit other and I am recommitting to continue making it work. 

 

3. So who is dj Afifa now? 

Well she is a selecta who works on sound projects and she makes spaces inspired by music.... yea that's where dj Afifa is.focused right now.

 

 4. Tell us about something that you have been working on that you would like people to listen to? 

Well.... The body of a nine year old girl is a sound art project that I would like people to listen to and talk about. It is a very basic track that I created recently. One day I was listening to the local news on youtube. And I heard a story about a nine year old girl who was found dead in bushes. I heard the story first on TVJnews then again on CVM TV. Both stories started the same way and after looking it up in the newspaper and reading twice, the reality sank in. Why was something like this happening in Jamaica? What is going to happen to the children? I heard some parts of the story play back in my mind. The body... of a nine year old girl. I decided to put the two tracks together and recreate the feeling of being in a room listening to it. I want to know what people think about it. What Jamaican people think and what other people think.

I am really interested in what we listen to and how we are and perceive reality? Like when you hear the first sentence in the newscast does it make you listen more or walk away? I think it’s interesting because this is the news every day in Jamaica. Graphic descriptions of homicides are common place. You can hear it a lot and you can see it. If you want you can listen to the track ‘The body of a nine year old girl’ on my soundcloud. So yea...check it out.

5. Where do you see yourself in 2030?

Yea...2030. I see myself making more spaces inspired by music all over the place....building my catalogue of tracks, developing my soundscaping techniques, and just working on this dj Afifa thing. 

Well, all the best and we look forward to talking to you some more in the future.

Can we use recordings to reflect on who we are?

This track is a recent release by dj afifa. She combines two news items to make a track which she describes as a "sonic mirror". Can we still hear ourselves? and can what we hear show us who we are?

Nu Jazz meets Jamaican djing and dub poetry

This track is a dj afifa remix of the I-I chant written and performed as a dub poem by Jamaican dub poet Iyunda. This version revisits the Jamaican djing and dub poetry chanting styles. In Jamaican music tradition, the dj chants lyrics over a riddim while the dub poet chants poetry to a reggae or dub riddim. Count Matchuki, King Stitt and U-Roy are highlighted as the early pioneers of the dj style in Jamaican music. Dj afifa’s production of the I-I chant is inspired by U-Roy’s Natty Rebel album released in 1976 under Virgin Records.
The I-I Chant fuses the djing and dub poetry chanting styles in Jamaican music with a jazz hip-hop riddim or Nu jazz track produced by Japanese dj, composer and arranger Uyama Hirato. The instrumental track Autumn is taken from the Freedom of the son album released 2014.
bless and love.