The Brvtalist has been a big supporter of Oramics and the Polish organization teamed up with Zurich’s Kashev Tapes to bring us this great act of solidarity and a beautiful show of support for the women of Rojava. More from the label:
Rojava established itself not only in opposition to the Turkish military regime, but also as a grassroots movement redefining the future of the region on its own terms. The Kurdish resistance is advocating for women’s equality, LGBTQIA rights, ecology, sustainability, and democratic confederalism. It has created its own strategies outside western political pressure. The Turkish invasion is not only destroying lives, but also extinguishes any hope for substantial change. The attacking army has superior technology and simply “more of everything” to suppress the revolution in the cruelest manner. We stand with the resistance in northern Syria and the people who defend their autonomy.
In the wake of being opposed to such an absolute violence, we asked ourselves what can we do to support this struggle? How can we engage our community and our skills to defend Rojava? We feel obliged to point out and continue the emancipating history of club music and how it has been connected to equality and freedom movements since the beginning. With the compilation we spread the idea of Rojava through our networks and on the other hand we try to redistribute resources. Although we choose to make music, sometimes very loud and noisy, we can never cease to listen and learn. The revolution in Rojava shows us how deeply entangled we are in postcolonial relations and motivates us to deconstruct existing conditions and structures. That’s how we understand being an ally.
Because the war against equality and freedom is a war against all of us.
Pick up the whole comp or individual tracks at: https://kashevtapes.bandcamp.com/album/ksh03-sonic-resistance-a-compilation-for-rojava
-JRS
