[IPSM] TODAY! CKUT Radio Benefit Concert: BREAKING the Sound Barrier, from Montreal -> Beirut

[Stefan Christoff]

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Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 23:06:08 -0700 (PDT)
From: HOWL! <howlarts at resist.ca>


BREAKING the Sound Barrier - from MONTREAL to BEIRUT

A Benefit Concert for an Independent Media
Initiative of CKUT's Community News Collective

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WEDNESDAY JUNE 8th, 2005
El Salon 4388, boul. St-Laurent
Doors @ 9pm, Doors 5-10$
MONTREAL
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A benefit concert which aims to raise funds for an independent media initiative 
of CKUT's Community News Collective. Throughout the summer of 2005 independent 
journalist and community activist Stefan Christoff will be travelling to the 
Middle East, to report on struggles for social and economic justice in Lebanon 
and throughout the Middle East.

Including a performances from EUPHRATES Montreal's Iraqi hip-hop crew, the 
Afro-Beat sounds of the ARK OF INFINITY, Montreal dub poet KAIE KELLOUGH, the 
riddims of DJ ANDY WILLIAMS & DJ TASHISH and the a screening of the Independent 
Media Center of Beirut's film LEADED / UNLEADED....

Info: Contact the HOWL! Arts Collective
514 597 0982 / howlarts at resist.ca / http://www.ckut.ca


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With Live PERFORMANCES from....
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----> EUPHRATES: Montreal based IRAQI hip-hop crew, who recently released their 
2nd LP entitled Stereotypes Incorporated. EUPHRATES weaves together modern 
hip-hop innovation, the politics of grassroots movements for social justice and 
the spirt of the Iraqi Diaspora.

----> ARK OF INFINITY: A Montreal based band whose unique sound blends elements 
of Reggae, Funk, Afro-Beat and Jazz. They were featured on the World Music 
stage at the 2002 Montreal International Jazz Festival. Ark Of Infinity 
features JON ASENCIO (Robosapien Recordings) on bass, BOB EAGLESHAM (Shine Like 
Stars) on guitar, JAHSUN (Kalmunity) on drums, ZIBZ (Kalmunity) on percussion, 
JASON 'Blackbird' SELMAN (Kalmunity) on trumpet, ARMONDO (Music Mind Movement) 
on trombone, JASON SHARP (Music Mind Movement) on saxophone and Peter 
'ROADSWORTH' Gibson (Kalmunity) on keyboards.

----> Members of KALMUNITY's WORD SOUND SYSTEM: with POETS - KAIE KELLOUGH * 
KATALYST * KOFFY FABRICE * and Riddims from - DJ ANDY WILLIAMS

A poetry-focused offshoot of Montreal's respected and extensive KalmUnity Vibe 
Collective. The Word Sound System features poets in live sonic conversation 
with musicians and DJ's. Its dubwise wisdom and roots riddims fuse the sounds 
of North America, Africa, and the Caribbean.


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With the SCREENING of....
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LEADED / UNLEADED: the State Unleashed
Produced by IMC Beirut (http://www.beirut.indymedia.org) - 2004

This production of the Indepedent Media Center of Beirut focuses on the May 
2004 labour demonstrations held in some of the poorest areas of Lebanon, and 
violently repressed by the army. In the wake of ex-prime minister Rafik 
Hariri's death due to a massive bomb blast in downtown Beirut on February 14th 
this year, there has been little focus on the perpetual economic crisis in 
Lebanon, where upwards of 40% of the country's population lives below the 
poverty line. Many link the current economic crisis to Hariri's neo-liberal 
economic policies in post-war Lebanon.

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