Occupation / Preoccupation at OPEN ENGAGEMENT
Please join us at the Candlelight Lounge in PDX at 5pm on 5/14 for a presentation on the project as part of the PSU Art & Social Practice OPEN ENGAGEMENT conference. We’ll have a very short presentation followed by a few performances of music from regions where there are U.S. Military Installations.
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خير النساء - تضامنا مع المعتقلات البحرينيات (by b14news)
وطن النهار - عبدالكريم عبدالقادر (by EngSonrisa)
thanks to birds at daybreak for recommendations, translation help, and tireless aggregation of EN news regarding the situation in Bahrain.
ثورة البحرين : ندعوا بـسلمِ ومحبه .. وجيشنا يقتلُ شعبه (by bahraiin)
This song was recommended to me by Bahraini Activist Zainab Alkhawaja as one of her father’s favorites. I am getting some translation help and working on a cover.
"I Am Willing to Give My Life": Bahraini Human Rights Activists Risk Lives to Protest U.S./Saudi-Backed Repression
AMY GOODMAN: Finally, the fact that the U.S. Navy is there, that the Fifth Fleet is based there, the extremely close relationship between Bahrain and the United States—your message for President Obama?
NABEEL RAJAB: Well, until recently, a month, I used to think it is a positive thing to have a strong relation with the United States, but now I realize it is—it is difficult. It is not a positive one, because now we are not supported by United States for our democracy, democratic movement, because we have an American base, and our ruling family have guaranteed them that they—they will guarantee their interests, and they will guarantee their military presence. And that’s why Obama administration are not supporting us, but supporting the government. So, this base is becoming too hard for us, too difficult for us, making our job more difficult. The interest of United States, as they believe, it lies with those dictators and the repressive regime in the region, but not with any democratic. But this is not good for Obama administration, not good for United States government. They are losing the heart and mind of people here. And I don’t think it is a positive thing that they lose the heart and mind of people here.
Two Compositions - “Drone Attack”
We receive some submissions which, while they don’t specifically meet the project’s defined goals of covering existing pieces of music from foreign regions where we have military occupations, are still quite related to the intentions of the project.
Charles Joseph Smith of California has submitted these two original compositions. His description is also included below.
Charles Joseph Smith - “Logarithm Fantasma 5ths / Drone Attack” // ocproc
“The actual piece was first named “Logarithm Fantasma 5ths”, composed during the Workshop for Algorithmic Computer Music Workshop at the U. of California/Santa Cruz in 2007.
I had decided to make this piece with a new title: “Drone Attack.” This algorithmic/electroacoustic piece is a witty avant-garde homage of how people in the newest anti-war protests are protesting the use of drone planes, especially in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In my opinion, a drone plane used in recent wars is a little new twist of the “shock and awe” campaign when we had the war in Iraq in 2003.
The compositional concept of “Drone Attack” depicts a drone plane constantly seeking a target, then destroying the target, and then, reloading to seek another target and destroying that other target….and the cycle continues.
For this project…I had sent you 2 version of this piece…..
1. The 1st version uses a piano track from GarageBand (Mac) with a pattern of resembling the “seek and destroy” cycle of a drone plane.
2. The 2nd version is like the 1st version uses a real Fantasma 5ths preset from GarageBand. Much more electroacoustic than the former….and louder, which depicts not only the awful cycle, but the loudness will remind one of Iraq’s “shock and awe” campaign.”
