On Saturday, October 24th, Exist Festival takes over Root Radio for a full day of artists from around the world. Exist Festival’s bi-monthly takeovers aim to build bridges between worldwide artists and local sound innovators, of which many have been displaced, and musicians who are unable to attend the festival in Palestine physically due to the political set of restrictions. ‘Exist Shows’ highlights the brightest musical visionaries in the global electronic, dance and experimental music scene. Seeking to build bridges between local sound innovators, the many that have been displaced and connecting them with the experienced minds to learn from.

Exist festival takes advantage of the fertility of Palestine's counterculture and injects some of the most brilliant names in sound in Palestine and the worldwide scene. Exist sees the potential of Palestine's sound innovators and selectors and builds bridges between them and the experienced minds we've invited to learn from and with. Once a year Exist Festival takes place in more than one venue in Ramallah, listing up with some of the brightest names in dance music, experimental sound, and a curated set of talks, panel discussions, reading groups, installations and screenings.

Some of the main principles that Exist uphold is to include resistance to homophobia, and the ongoing colonisation of various parts of the world by state actors or multi-national oligarchs. In turn, we think that this colonisation leaves no one free, and that it especially targets communities (human and non-human) that are most marginalised by capital and historical racial and ethnic structures.

Tune in today on Root radio on Threads: https://soundcloud.com/threadsradio/sets/exist-palestine

Exist festival is founded by Odai Masri, known as ODDZ. And runned by Dina Amro, Nejad Kurdi, Al Radio Venue management and Odai himself. A driven soul by a musical history of various electronic content and projects. Started organizing events early 2000s with huge influences to the Palestinian scene. His DJ sets Exploded with multiple successful crowd control techniques, with a unique sound of Techno, Breaks, electro and hard dance he jumped to the front line within a year. Odai is founder and curator of the Palestinian electronic music festival happening in Ramallah / Palestine “Exist festival” he also runs Harara records and formally Radio Nard.