Outsiders: Morad Montazami

Kiosk Radio x Kanal

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A sand-coloured fortress courtyard with arched doorways, thick perimeter walls, and crenellated parapets under a partly cloudy sky.

Kanal is not only a building a museum, but also a sound. Online community radio Kiosk proved the perfect partner to help broadcast it into Brussels and beyond. For the Outsiders series, once a month on Sunday mornings, Kanal invites over an artist for a one-hour set: a new composition, a mix, an interview.

This SWANA Mix brings together established and marginalised voices from Southwest Asia and North Africa, including artists with roots in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Palestine, Iraq, Jordan, Libya and their diasporas. Moving beyond national borders, the selection traces cultural exchanges and journeys between past and present, and between cities such as Cairo, Damascus, Gaza and Algiers.

Blending Arabic with French, English, Darija and other languages, the mix captures shifting musical languages and contemporary transformations. Harsh beats and melancholic moods reflect how traditional forms are reworked and turned into new sonic horizons.

This SWANA Mix was curated by Morad Montazami, founder of Zamân Books & Curating, a platform dedicated to Arab, African and Asian arts and archives.

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