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The playlist: Middle Eastern and north African – Checkpoint 303, Jerusalem in My Heart and more | Musique Non Stop

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Wednesday, August 19, 2015

The playlist: Middle Eastern and north African – Checkpoint 303, Jerusalem in My Heart and more

Today’s playlist features a shimmer of Israeli shoegaze, a collage of music in memory of a Palestinian village and a mix of LA-based Persian pop

It sounds like the Israeli shoegaze band Vaadat Charigim have suffered an existential crisis, if their second album, Sinking As a Stone, is anything to go by. In a recent interview with site Louder Than War, frontman Yuval Haring explained how the frustrations of everyday life had started to intermingle with those of the intractable political situation in the Middle East: “The first record was an impressionistic painting to me. I was observing the world. In time, I leaned more into inner observation and began a process of recording as expressing [this].” Vaadat Charigim continue to grow in stature around the world – unusual for a rock band singing exclusively in Hebrew – and will be touring the UK in October.

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by John Doran via Electronic music | The Guardian

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