Ramallah Underground
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Ramallah Underground, based in Ramallah, Palestine, was born from the immediacy of musical experimentation and the need to give voice to a generation of Palestinians and Arabs who face a turbulent and uncertain political landscape.
The collective was founded by artists Boikutt, Stormtrap, and Aswatt and has always held a commitment to both the honesty of their work and the need to creatively rejuvenate Arabic culture. To this end they combine music ranging from hip-hop, trip hop to downtempo with a deep sense of their local culture and imposing presence of Palestine in their lives. The outcome is a new specific sound, which has never been heard before.
RU (as producers and as MC's ) has collaborated with numerous artists across the globe, including countries like Lebanon, UK, Switzerland, Italy, USA, France and many more, including a collaboration with Slovo (a band headed by the guitarist from faithless) in their track "Nakba" which appears on their new album Todo Cambia
RU has also performed live shows in Ramallah, Bethlehem, Vienna, London, Cairo, Lausanne, Amsterdam and Washington DC.Their live shows are mainly a performance of their hip-hop tracks, as well as a few of their own electronic productions as a warm up. More recently RU has incorporated a visual set in their live performances brought to you by Palestinian visual artist Ruanne.
Their popularity in the independent cultural scene has also led to some media exposure including BBC Arabic radio, AFP France TV/newspapers/magazines, Current TV, Palestine TV, Radio 1 Lebanon, Dubai One TV, Reuters, Gulf News, Socialist worker UK and many more independent outlets across the world.
Their lyrics and music are an expression of anguish and defiance, ultimately remaining a defiant voice of the colonized against the colonizer. They continue to play a big role in the Arab Underground cultural scene while slowly gaining wide global and local popularity.
Although Ramallah Underground does not have an official release as of yet ,(they have appeared on many official releases as can be seen from their discography on their myspace page; they have numerous songs on the internet , and mostly use the internet as a way of circulating their music.
[edit] Articles on Ramallah Underground
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http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/07/23/10141184.html
http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=8343
http://www.cjme.org/speakers/joecarr/joe-05aug27.htm
http://www.fatplanet.com.au/blog/2006/11/14/ramallah-underground-palestine/
http://web.axelero.hu/raven99/triphophu/
http://palforce.blogspot.com/2006/10/meet-another-palestinian-rapper.html
http://www.spitsnet.nl/nieuws.php/1/85332/cci/Rappen_voor_rechtvaardigheid.html
http://www.trip-hop.net/news-738-mp3-trip-hop-et-abstract-hip-hop-from-palestine.html
http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3613/rap_the_casbah/
