Soundroutes project: A special radio and web streaming marathon with refugee artists from four different countries in Europe

The COVID-19 pandemic and the recent anti-racism protests have shown us how desperately we need to fight for a more inclusive and equal world: a world where no one is left behind. It has never been clearer that all of us have a role to play in order to bring about change. Everyone can make a difference. According to the latest UN statistics, every minute 20 people leave everything behind to escape war, persecution or terror.

Soundroutes is a project, financed by the Creative Europe program,  aimed at supporting refugees and migrants musicians in Europe promoted by Marmaduke (ES), De Koer (B), AMARC Europe (B), Chios Music Festival (H), Bologna Jazz Festival (IT) . After a period of forced break due to the pandemic, Soundroutes project will start again its activities the 20th of June,  World Refugees Day, with a 7 hours Radio and and live streaming marathon with artists performing from  Italy, Spain, Belgium and Greece.During the day messages from Ceuta and Lesbos refugee camps will be shared.

We celebrate this day dedicating this event to all the people on the move, to all the solidarity workers and activists, to the people in the street reclaiming a world free of racism. We also want to show, with this event,  our deepest solidarity with all the artists and cultural operators that in this challenging moment keep building bridges with culture.

The European chapter of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters, AMARC, will promote the event among its radio members worldwide in order to raise the volume against discriminations.

The radio and web streaming marathon will start at 15h30 Central European Time. Among the performers, Osama Abdulrasol and François Taillefer (from Belgium), Reda Zine/Danilo Mineo(from Italy), One Pac & Fellows (from Spain), the Soundroutes Band in Belgium, Naser Haj Walo (from Italy) and Who Dat (from Belgium)

The full program schedule is available on Soundroutes website https://soundroutes.eu

EVERY ACTION COUNTS

For more informations: Caterina Amicucci, project manager caterina@marmaduke.info

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Movement is visible, palpable, a full-body experience. Movement is political, artistic, social. We look to movement to relax and we get uneasy when our world of movement is restricted. Where does the power to move come from? And what about the power to stand still? How do we feel when our freedom of movement is indefinitely restricted? Or when we have to move, even if we don’t want to? Audio is a disembodied medium that leads us through imaginary spaces. Our festival aims to demonstrate the varied ways movement can be translated into sound in terms of content, tone, format and imagery. The question we’re asking is: how does audio move (us)? For the SONOHR Radio & Podcast Festival from 26 to 28 February 2021, we’re looking for program ideas that usher movement into our theater or that put people in motion in public spaces.

WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

• Audio pieces up to 20 minutes max.
• Live formats such as performances, interactive session, live podcasts up to 60 minutes max.
• Innovative formats, audio- and soundwalks, audio games or similar layouts that can either be experienced regardless of location or are flexible enough to be adapted to Bern

WE’RE OFFERING:

Remuneration for your performance and compensation for the playback of chosen audio pieces and program sessions. Generally speaking, productions cannot be co-financed in their entirety, but small production contributions, such as for the adaptation of an existing audiowalk, is possible.

WHO IS THE OPEN CALL AIMED AT?

At producers and authors of audio pieces, radio features, podcasts or audio art, at sound researchers, trainers or inventors of rich, new sound formats. This year we’re particularly addressing those submitting from Switzerland and other European countries where our national languages are spoken (e.g. Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Austria). Entries in languages other than German, French, Italian and English can only be submitted with an English or German script. The correspondence language is English.

ENTRY FORM

ENTRY DEADLINE: AUGUST 3, 2020

In addition to this open call, in June 2020, SONOHR will announce the yearly competition for contemporary Swiss radio plays from freelance authors and private radio stations. The festival will take place from 26 to 28 February 2021 in the REX cinema in Bern.

QUESTIONS? Please do not hesitate to contact us: info@sonohr.ch

AMARC has received the information that on Sunday 10th May 2020 a group of masked persons have violently forced their way into the premises of Radio d’Ici, the local community radio station and long-term AMARC member, in Saint-Julien-Molin-Molette, Department Loire, France. During the attack the studio was vandalised, and fascist and white supremacist symbols were painted on the walls and sound, recording and studio equipment have been destroyed by the attackers. 

Radio d’Ici was founded 1996 and operates three frequencies with a total technical reach of 50,000 persons and facilitates the productions of over forty volunteers. Fortunately, no radio staff has been harmed during the attack. However, the FM live broadcast via studio has been suspended due to the incurred damages, but the operations and production will continue via internet and podcasts. French Community Radio pioneer and chair of Radio d’Ici Patrice Berger states “This attack is inexplicable, but it was obviously targeted. We will continue our information and cultural work. In this difficult time, it is a work of contact, support and friendship between people. We will bounce back very quickly. “

Here you can find the audio statement “Neo-Nazi aggression against a french community radio : interview in English with Patrice Berger, president of Radio d’Ici by Denise Barstow (Fréquence-Sillé)”

Déclaration audio de Radio d’Ici sur l’attentat du 10 mai 2020

L’AMARC a été informée que dimanche 10 mai 2020, un groupe de personnes masquées s’est violemment introduit dans les locaux de Radio d’Ici, la radio associative locale et membre de longue date de l’AMARC, à Saint-Julien-Molin-Molette, Département de la Loire, France. Pendant l’attaque, le studio a été vandalisé, et des symboles fascistes et suprémacistes blancs ont été peints sur les murs, le matériel d’enregistrement et le studio ont été détruits par les attaquants.

Radio d’Ici a été fondée en 1996 et exploite trois fréquences avec un bassin d’écoute de 50 000 personnes et facilite les productions de plus de quarante bénévoles. Heureusement, aucun membre du personnel de la radio n’a été blessé pendant l’attaque. Cependant, la diffusion FM en direct via le studio a été suspendue en raison des dommages, alors que les opérations et la production se poursuivront via Internet et des podcasts. Le pionnier de la radio communautaire française et président de Radio d’Ici Patrice Berger déclare: «Cette attaque est inexplicable, mais elle était visiblement ciblée. Nous poursuivrons notre travail d’information et de culture. En ces temps difficiles, c’est un travail de contact, de soutien et d’amitié entre les gens. Nous rebondirons très rapidement. “

Vous trouverez ici la déclaration audio”Radio associative française victime d’une agression néo-nazie : entretien avec Patrice Berger, président de Radio d’Ici, par Eric Lucas, délégué national au SNRL”