Carlton Academy, Birmingham, UK (supporting MASSIVE ATTACK)
14/02/2007
Brixton Academy, London, UK (supporting MASSIVE ATTACK)
15/02/2007
Brixton Academy, London, UK (supporting MASSIVE ATTACK)
05/05/2007
Inkonst, Malmö, Sweden
07/06/2007
CICP, Soirée Hommage à Cheikh Imam,Paris, France
09/06/2007
Parc du Cinquantenaire, Brussels, Belgium (opening for l'Orchestre National de Barbes)
21/06/2007
Café Zan, Ramallah, Palestine
22/06/2007
St Mary’s square, Nazareth (avec R.wan)
23/06/2007
Beit Hanina College, East Jerusalem, Palestine
24/06/2007
Bordeline Café, East Jerusalem, Palestine
25/06/2007
The Spanish Garden, Jericho, Palestine (with M.A.P)
24/08/2007
Roman Amphitheater, El Jem, Tunisia (with Vuneny)
26/10/2007
Théâtre Corona, Montréal, Québec, Canada (FMA)
03/02/2008
Melkweg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
07/02/2008
Tacheles Kunsthaus, Berlin, Germany
07/04/2008
Silverlake Lounge, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, USA
11/04/2008
UCLA, Art Department (MFA), Warner Studios, Culver City, CA, USA
12/04/2008
Live @ Pacifica Radio, Los Angeles, CA, USA
17/04/2008
Levantine Center, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, CA, USA
14/06/2008
St Peters, Sydney, Australia
19/06/2008
The Laundry, Melbourne, Australia
21/06/2008
Northcote, Melbourne, Australia
28/06/2008
Acropolium de Carthage, Tunis, Tunisie (F.E.S.T)
24/07/2008
Les Nuits de Fourvière, Lyon, France (supp. MASSIVE ATTACK)
21/08/2008
Blue Moon, Isshiki Beach, Hayama, Japan
22/08/2008
Treasure Chest, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
29/08/2008
Gamuso Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
04/10/2008
Scala, London, UK
21/11/2008
Gallery, Washington DC, USA
11/12/2008
De Centrale, Gent, Belgium
13/12/2008
Auditorium, Blankenberge, Belgium
02/02/2009
La Générale, Paris, France
03/02/2009
Chabada, Angers, France
14/03/2009
Film Festival, Paris, France
22/04/2009
Sala Caracol, Madrid, Spain
30/04/2009
La Caseta, Barcelona, Spain
31/05/2009
Circolo degli Artisti, Rome, Italy
19/06/2009
Pork Store Café, San Francisco, USA
23/06/2009
Balazo Gallery, San Francisco, USA
24/06/2009
Bollyhood Café, San Francisco, USA
4/10/2009
SCALA, London, UK
16/10/2009
The Viaduct Theater, Chicago, USA
20/10/2009
The Dark Room, Chicago, USA
Checkpoint 303 London DJ Set @ SCALA - Oct. 2009
Influences
palestine, struggle for justice, social justice, human rights, peace, freedom, activism. we listen to a lot of music, electronica, break-beats, noise, abstract & contemporary music, indian music (love dhol), arabic music, gypsy music. Artists we are currently listening to include: Filastine, Ramallah Underground, Muslimgauze, Kamilya Joubran, Speed Caravan, Duoud, Marcel Khalifa, Dhaffer Youssef, Chehade Brothers, massive attack, lamb, asian dub foundation, sonic youth, pj harvey, dj rupture, dj mutamassik, nass al ghiwane, neshez, zemeken, aie thoum, afghan wigs, blond red head, radiohead, oum kolthoum, björk, anouar brahem, khaled benyahia, trio joubran, boards of canada, cumbia cosmonauts, and the list changes every day...
Sounds Like
Not very similar to anything else...but if you like the sound and concept of Checkpoint 303 you might appreciate: Muslimgauze, Ramallah Underground, DAM, DJ Mutamassik, DJ Rupture, Massive Attack, etc. (but, feel free to tell us what bands YOU think we sound like...)
Checkpoint 303 in the Media...
Electronic Intifada | 22.02.07 An article published in February 2007 in Electronic Intifada (a non-profit,
independent online publication) entitled DJ Revolutions: Spinning Beats for Freedom rewiews Checkpoint 303's
innovative musical and militant approach and its performance as opening act for british trip-hop band Massive Attack
in a series of benefit shows in February 2007. Read full article here
The Montreal Mirror | 25.10.07 A piece by Rupert Botterberg reviews CP-303's electro-oriental militant compositions was published on October 25th 2007 ahead of the band's live show at the opening evening of the Arab World Festival in Montreal, Quebec.The Montreal Mirror is an English language alternative newsweekly based in Montreal (circulation of ca. 70,000 and reaches a quarter of a million readers per week) Read full article here
O GLOBO - Rio de Janeiro,
BRAZIL | 11.04.08 An interview with members of Checkpoint 303
published in April 11, 2008 in O Globo, one of Brazil's largest newspaper.
Read full article (in portuguese) here
Smashing Mag - Tokyo/Osaka,
JAPAN | 03.09.08 A review of a Checkpoint 303 gig in Tokyo (Aug 29th, 2008) part of the Checkpoint 303 electro Tokyo tour in August 2008. (incl. CP303's live tribute to the palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish with Tokyo experimental band Akifukuin)
Published in SMASHING MAGAZINE, one of Japan's leading alternative music magazines.
Read full article (in japanese!!) here
The Independent | 12.03.07
An article published in February 2007 in The Independent (a UK national daily newspaper)
rewiews the Massive Attack show in Birmingham on Feb 6th, 2007 and briefly comments on Checkpoint 303's opening
act for the show. Read full article here
La Presse - Montreal, Canada | 26.10.07 An interview by Alain Brunet who spoke with SC MoCha and Cheikh Julio from the Checkpoint 303 collective during their stay in Montreal ahead of the FMA gig.
Read full article (in French) here
Le Monde | 18.04.07 Checkpoint 303's music and activism was portrayed in an article published in the french daily newspaper Le Monde on April 18th 2007. Online version of the article here
Le Voir | 25.10.07 A piece about Checkpoint 303 by journalist Stéphane Martel published in the Montreal alternative weekly newspaper le VOIR. Online version here
Le Monde Diplomatique | Dec. 07 An article published in December 2006 in Le Monde Diplomatique (monthly newspaper, 1.4 million readers worldwide)
entitled Chanter l’amour, chanter la guerre cites Checkpoint 303 alongside other palestinian artists such as
Kamilya Jubran, Samir Joubran, and the palestinian hip-hop act DAM.
Read full article (in French) here
La Presse - Montreal, Canada | 12.02.07 An article published in February 2007 in La Presse discusses Checkpoint 303's concept and music as well as its February 2007 UK shows with Massive Attack.
Read full article (in French) here
Mideast Youth - BAHRAIN | 10.11.08 An interview with Checkpoint 303
published online Nov. 2008 in MideastYouth.com.
Read full interview here
FREEZE Magazine - Athens,
GREECE | 01.02.08 An interview with members of Checkpoint 303
published in February 2008 in FREEZE Magazine.
Read full article (in greek!) here
JO Magazine - Amman,
Jordan | 01.03.08 An interview with members of Checkpoint 303
published in March 2008 in JO Magazine.
Read full article here
Radio France Inter | 27.04.07 Checkpoint 303 was reviewed on a french radio show broadcast on France Inter on April 27th, 2007. The brief review (in french) is available as mp3:
écouter ici [français] lien web France Inter
Radio Canada | 26.10.07 SC MoCha and SC Yosh from Checkpoint 303 were Christiane Charette's guests in Studio 18 @ Radio Canada on October 26th, 2007. A recording of the interview (in french) is available as mp3:
écouter ici [français] lien web Radio Canada
Music Review | Radio Canada | 26.10.07 Checkpoint 303's music was reviewed on Radio Canada on 26th of October 2007. An audio excerpt of the review (in french) is available as mp3:
écouter ici [français] lien web Radio Canada
More review and interviews of Checkpoint 303 are available here
More info here soon, meanwhile check out our website and sign up for CP 303's newsletter @ www.checkpoint303.com
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BIO
//Checkpoint 303 (Palestine/Tunisia/France) is a non-profit avant-garde activist sonic project launched in 2004 by sound-catcher SC Yosh (Palestine) and sound-cutter SC MoCha (Tunisia). Checkpoint 303 creates experimental electronic music that aims at raising international awareness about the ongoing injustice and suffering of the civilian populations throughout the Middle East. Checkpoint 303 combines field recordings performed in Palestine with electronic beats, FX and subtle oriental tunes. Checkpoint 303 has evolved into an international (Palestine:Tunisia:France:Yemen:etc) collective of artists, musicians, DJs and VJs including performances by Cheikh Julio, Miss K Sushi, Mehdi Douss, VH Diddy, Melski, etc.
..Live with Massive Attack in the UK (2007) and France (2008)..
//The band's recent live shows included electronic performances as supporting act for UK trip-hop band Massive Attack in a series of benefit shows in the UK in February 2007 (Birmingham and London's Brixton Academy) and again supporting Massive attack in France (July 2008, Nuits de Fourvière festival, Lyon). CP-303 has also performed numerous shows in France, Sweden, Belgium, Canada, The Netherlands, Palestine, Tunisia, USA (Los Angeles), Australia (Sydney & Melbourne), Japan (Tokyo).. [more shows soon!]
//You can sign-up for the official spam-free Checkpoint 303 mailing list here: checkpoint303.free.fr/contact_303.php to receive up-to-date info about upcoming gigs, new collaborations and CD releases.
//Using site recordings from Palestine, Checkpoint 303 constructs soundscapes live that weave cinematic audio with experimental sound processing and complex rhythms.
//Through its compositions, collected sounds and noise, Checkpoint 303 spreads a message of peace and a call for the respect of human rights. Contrasting with the mainstream media's exclusive depiction of violence and suffering in the middle-east, CP-303's sound collages also report on the heroic hope that subsists in the region as well as the seemingly banal but ever so meaningful little things that embody a daily search for normality in a state of emergency.
//You'll find a selection of concert flyers / press clipping & media coverage of Checkpoint 303's work below. To find out more about Checkpoint 303's concept and download our music for free, check out our official website:
BOOKING //For booking information and press interview/kit requests contact us here
TWITTER //For regular updates and inside info follow Checkpoint 303 on twitter at twitter.com/checkpoint303
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CP-303 CONCERTS AND EVENTS
BREAKING NEWS:
CP-303 OPENING FOR MASSIVE ATTACK AGAIN IN 2009!
CP-303 DJ Set Opening for MA in LYON next week. Spinning Activist Breakbeats and Electronica from the Global Underworld: Dropping Beats not Bombs, making noise for peace, justice and human rights. C U there.
Nov 16th 2009:
CHECKPOINT 303 Electronic/DJ set
Opening for Massive Attack concert in Lyon.
Location: Halle Tony Garnier
Place Antonin Perrin, 69007 LYON, FR.
Web: www.halle-tony-garnier.fr
Oct 20th 2009:
CHECKPOINT 303 Electronic set in CHICAGO
at the Dark Room :: 2210 W Chicago Ave
Chicago, IL 60622, USA
CHECKPOINT 303 Live in CHICAGO
with Special Guest Mark Gergis (DJ set : Sublime Frequencies / Porest)
Oct 3rd, 2009:
CHECKPOINT 303 Live in LONDON
At SCALA :: 275 PENTONVILLE ROAD, LONDON N1 9NL, UK
June 24th, 2009:
CHECKPOINT 303 Live in San Francisco, CA, USA
At Balazo Art Gallery @ 20h / 5 USD
3372 19th Street, San Francisco, California.
June 23rd, 2009:
CHECKPOINT 303 Live in San Francisco, CA, USA
At Balazo Art Gallery @ 21h30 / 4 USD
2183 Mission Street, Mission District, San Francisco, California.
June 19th, 2009:
CHECKPOINT 303 Live in San Francisco, CA, USA
At Pork Store Cafe @ 22h
3122 16th St (at Valencia St) – Free entrance
June 17th, 2009:
CHECKPOINT 303 On KPFA Radio Pacifica
Interview @ 7 PM (PST)
Listen online at www.kpfa.org
May 31st, 2009:
CHECKPOINT 303 Live in ROME, ITALY
At Circolo Degli Artisti @ 22h
via Casilina Vecchia 42, Rome – Free entrance
FINDING PALESTINE / 3rd Edition
More info (Italian)
Arpil 22nd & 30th, 2009:
CHECKPOINT 303 Live in SPAIN
Announcing live audio+video performance in MADRID & BARCELONA
MANIFIESTA Events / Launching Inspiraction NGO
(Invites only: Contact us by email to get on the list)
March 14th, 2009:
CHECKPOINT 303 (Palestine/France/Tunisia) + special guest
Live audio+video performance in PARIS
Festival du Film Tunisien à Paris / édition 2009
Location: Cinéma l'Archipel
Time: 9 pm :: 10/12 Eur
February 2nd, 2009:
CHECKPOINT 303 (Palestine/France/Tunisia)
Live electro-acoustics + video art in PARIS / [Sèvres]
Location: La Générale en Manufacture
Date: 2nd, Feb 2009 @ 8 pm / Entrée Libre
February 3rd, 2009:
CHECKPOINT 303 (Palestine/France/Tunisia)
Live electro-acoustics + video in ANGERS
Location: Chabada
Date: 3rd, Feb 2009
December 11th & 13th ,2008:
CHECKPOINT 303 (Palestine/France/Tunisia)
Live electronics, breakbeats and improvised acoustics
Location: Nebo Boot (Gent) & Auditorium (Blankenberge)
Date: Thursday 11th and Saturday 13th, Dec 2008
Dec. 11th @ NEBO BOOT 20h30 Organized by de CENTRALE Intercultureel Centrum
You can sign-up for the official spam-free Checkpoint 303 mailing list
here to receive up-to-date info about future gigs, new collaborations and CD releases.
November 21st, 2008:
CHECKPOINT 303 (Palestine/France/Tunisia)
Live Electronic Set in WASHINGTON DC
Location: GALLERY :: LODA Night by 88DC
Date: 21st, Nov 2008
You can sign-up for the official spam-free Checkpoint 303 mailing list here to receive up-to-date info about future gigs, new collaborations and CD releases.
October 4th, 2008:
CHECKPOINT 303 (Palestine/France/Tunisia)
Live Electronic Set in LONDON @ SCALA. Line-up: CP-303/Ramallah Underground/Visionary Underground/DJ U-Cef/DJ Bashir Open at 8pm, Checkpoint 303 set kicks off at 9 pm
After the live sets in Tokyo and the set with Massive Attack in France, Checkpoint 303 has been scheduled to perform an audio-visual electro-acoustic set @ Scala in London, Sat. Oct 4th, 2008. Get on the Scala website for info on purchasing tickets.
October 2nd, 2008:
CHECKPOINT 303 live+interview on Radio RFI (Paris Studios)
Special guests of Les visiteurs du jour [11h40 Paris time]
Radio France International (RFI)
Listen to the interview and find out more on the RFI visiteurs du jour Website. Don't miss it! We'll be on @ 12h10 (Paris time)
August 29th, 2008:
CHECKPOINT 303 (Palestine/France/Tunisia) Live Electronic Set in TOKYO @ Gamuso Art Gallery. Support act: Akifukuin (Tokyo/Japan) Open at 7pm, show at 9 pm
After the shows in Hayama and Shibuya (see below), Checkpoint 303 will perform experimental electronic set @ Gamuso Art Gallery in Tokyo, Japan, august 29th, 2008. Support band: Akifukuin (Tokyo/Japan). The show will end with an improvisational experimental jam session between Checkpoint 303 and Akifukuin. Noise for peace and justice and a tribute to one of the greatest poets of all times, the late Mahmoud Darwish.
August 21st and 22nd, 2008:
CHECKPOINT 303 Live Electronic Sets in JAPAN @ Blue Moon, Isshiki Beach, HAYAMA @ Treasure Chest, Shibuya, TOKYO
July 24th, 2008:
CHECKPOINT 303 supporting MASSIVE ATTACK Les Nuits de Fourvière Amphithéâtre Gallo-Romain, Lyon, FRANCE.
Checkpoint 303 invité par Massive Attack à assurer la première partie de leur concert à Lyon (Les Nuits de Fourvière)
June 28, 2008:
CHECKPOINT 303 LIVE in CARTHAGE FESTIVAL ECHOS SONORES TUNIS (F.E.S.T) Acropolium, Cathédrale de Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia.
June 14th-21st, 2008:
CHECKPOINT 303 LIVE in AUSTRALIA CP-303 announces live electronic gigs and Radio appearances in Sydney & Melbourne.
April 17, 2008:
CHECKPOINT 303 LIVE in SANTA MONICA Bonsorte Studios, 2401 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica, CA.
April 12, 2008:
CHECKPOINT 303 LIVE @ Pacifica Radio, Los Angeles KPFK 90.7 FM /Time: 2-4 am (listen online)
April 11, 2008:
Artist's Talk - Checkpoint 303 at UCLA Where: Warner Studio, Culver City, Los Angeles, CA When: 6 pm
Checkpoint 303 has been invited by the department of Art of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to give a talk and audio-visual demo/performance of Checkpoint 303's music/activism concept and sound art processes for graduate MFA students. [limited access]
April 7th, 2008:
CHECKPOINT 303 LIVE @ Silverlake Lounge 2906 Sunset Blv, Los Angeles, CA.
February 7th, 2008:
CHECKPOINT 303 LIVE IN BERLIN Opening a Photography Exhibition at the Tacheles Kunsthaus Berlin, Germany.
February 3rd, 2008:
CHECKPOINT 303 LIVE IN AMSTERDAM SONIC RESISTANCE with
Ramallah Underground, CP-303, John Kameel Farah & DJ Takimi Melkweg, Amsterdam, NL.
October 26th, 2007:
CHECKPOINT 303 LIVE IN CANADA Opening show of the FMA 2007 Festival Montreal,Quebec, Canada.
August 24th, 2007:
CHECKPOINT 303 LIVE IN TUNISIA DT 21 Festival in El Jem.
Featuring special guest, guitarist Mehdi Douss!
21st-25th June 2007:
CHECKPOINT 303 LIVE IN PALESTINE Pour la Fête de la Musique
June 23rd 2007: CHECKPOINT 303 LIVE IN JERUSALEM with G-Town + R-Wan!
(More dates in Ramallah/Jericho/Nablus/Nazareth - Flyer above)
June 9th 2007:
CHECKPOINT 303 LIVE IN BRUSSELS with ONB + more!
June 7th 2007:
CHECKPOINT 303 LIVE IN PARIS: Tribute to Cheikh Imam
May 4th 2007:
CHECKPOINT 303 LIVE IN SWEDEN: 4 The Jenin Theater
Checkpoint 303 in the Media...
Electronic Intifada | 22.02.07 An article published in February 2007 in Electronic Intifada (a non-profit,
independent online publication) entitled DJ Revolutions: Spinning Beats for Freedom rewiews Checkpoint 303's
innovative musical and militant approach and its performance as opening act for british trip-hop band Massive Attack
in a series of benefit shows in February 2007. Read full article here
The Montreal Mirror | 25.10.07 A piece by Rupert Botterberg reviews CP-303's electro-oriental militant compositions was published on October 25th 2007 ahead of the band's live show at the opening evening of the Arab World Festival in Montreal, Quebec.The Montreal Mirror is an English language alternative newsweekly based in Montreal (circulation of ca. 70,000 and reaches a quarter of a million readers per week) Read full article here
O GLOBO - Rio de Janeiro,
BRAZIL | 11.04.08 An interview with members of Checkpoint 303
published in April 11, 2008 in O Globo, one of Brazil's largest newspaper.
Read full article (in portuguese) here
Smashing Mag - Tokyo/Osaka,
JAPAN | 03.09.08 A review of a Checkpoint 303 gig in Tokyo (Aug 29th, 2008) part of the Checkpoint 303 electro Tokyo tour in August 2008. (incl. CP303's live tribute to the palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish with Tokyo experimental band Akifukuin)
Published in SMASHING MAGAZINE, one of Japan's leading alternative music magazines.
Read full article (in japanese!!) here
The Independent | 12.03.07
An article published in February 2007 in The Independent (a UK national daily newspaper)
rewiews the Massive Attack show in Birmingham on Feb 6th, 2007 and briefly comments on Checkpoint 303's opening
act for the show. Read full article here
La Presse - Montreal, Canada | 26.10.07 An interview by Alain Brunet who spoke with SC MoCha and Cheikh Julio from the Checkpoint 303 collective during their stay in Montreal ahead of the FMA gig.
Read full article (in French) here
Le Monde | 18.04.07 Checkpoint 303's music and activism was portrayed in an article published in the french daily newspaper Le Monde on April 18th 2007. Online version of the article here
Le Voir | 25.10.07 A piece about Checkpoint 303 by journalist Stéphane Martel published in the Montreal alternative weekly newspaper le VOIR. Online version here
Le Monde Diplomatique | Dec. 07 An article published in December 2006 in Le Monde Diplomatique (monthly newspaper, 1.4 million readers worldwide)
entitled Chanter l’amour, chanter la guerre cites Checkpoint 303 alongside other palestinian artists such as
Kamilya Jubran, Samir Joubran, and the palestinian hip-hop act DAM.
Read full article (in French) here
La Presse - Montreal, Canada | 12.02.07 An article published in February 2007 in La Presse discusses Checkpoint 303's concept and music as well as its February 2007 UK shows with Massive Attack.
Read full article (in French) here
Mideast Youth - BAHRAIN | 10.11.08 An interview with Checkpoint 303
published online Nov. 2008 in MideastYouth.com.
Read full interview here
FREEZE Magazine - Athens,
GREECE | 01.02.08 An interview with members of Checkpoint 303
published in February 2008 in FREEZE Magazine.
Read full article (in greek!) here
JO Magazine - Amman,
Jordan | 01.03.08 An interview with members of Checkpoint 303
published in March 2008 in JO Magazine.
Read full article here
Radio France Inter | 27.04.07 Checkpoint 303 was reviewed on a french radio show broadcast on France Inter on April 27th, 2007. The brief review (in french) is available as mp3:
écouter ici [français] lien web France Inter
Radio Canada | 26.10.07 SC MoCha and SC Yosh from Checkpoint 303 were Christiane Charette's guests in Studio 18 @ Radio Canada on October 26th, 2007. A recording of the interview (in french) is available as mp3:
écouter ici [français] lien web Radio Canada
Music Review | Radio Canada | 26.10.07 Checkpoint 303's music was reviewed on Radio Canada on 26th of October 2007. An audio excerpt of the review (in french) is available as mp3:
écouter ici [français] lien web Radio Canada
More review and interviews of Checkpoint 303 are available here
More info here soon, meanwhile check out our website and sign up for CP 303's newsletter @ www.checkpoint303.com
Important:
"Palestine" is not included on MySpace's list of countries. Please take a moment to sign this petition to get MySpace to recognize Palestine in its list of countries: click here
You can also send a message to myspace here
[spread the word by adding this information to your myspace page]
I hope to meet you once in vienna, ramallah, jerusalem or wherever we are able to travel - its a privilege and its fine that u use it in this sublime way! Greetz
Thanks a lot for friendship. I really admire what you do. Keep doing great artistic music to spread the words against injustice and war in your homelands. Best wishes from Sweden
yo man, came by to chill to yo cool beats. really dig what you do and fully support the arab hip hop community with collabo's with Dj Lethal Skillz and MC Moe. love what you do man.
remarquable travaille sonore,j'aimerai bien qu'on échange nos travaux musical si cela vous branche ,et pourquoi pas aboutir a une éventuelle collaboration
merci de demande et bienvenue au Japon. je suis le membre d'AKIFUKUIN mais je me suis déplacé de Tokyo ce mois et habite à Paris. bien jouer, on se va voir en Europe! ai
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