On June 19th, Checkpoint 303 performed at the Pork Store in SF. With members from Palestine, Tunisia, and France, Checkpoint 303, is a non-profit activist sound art project launched in 2004 by SC (sound-catcher) Yosh from Palestine and SC (sound-cutter) MoCha from Tunisia. It 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 from Palestine with electronic beats, effects and subtle oriental tunes. Checkpoint 303's next two performances were in SF on Tuesday, June 23rd at the Balazo Gallery (2183 Mission St.), and on Wednesday, June 24th at Baobab Village (3372 19th St.).

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 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.

Checkpoint 303 music can be downloaded for free from their website. Read more

DJ Revolutions: Spinning Beats for Freedom | Checkpoint 303 - Streets O Ramallah video by Leaphar