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Everything we do includes some element of collaboration, this includes all the activities under the ‘Projects’ topic. Everything in the ‘Communities’ header is work organised by the communities, individuals and organisations we work with, sometimes we’ve played a small role, and sometimes we’re just there for a day out.
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Posts
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Sussex Syrian Community Fundraiser Concert
The event was a collaboration between friends and volunteers, working jointly with Best Foot Music, Sussex Syrian Community Group, Stand Up to Racism and Sussex Interpreting Services. Events like this are an important and enjoyable opportunity to celebrate our community and offer some support to those who have fled the crisis in Syria and are…
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Polish friends, Sudanese music and Iftar meal.
Short stories with friends from around the World, in the UK. Its four days since the ‘Brexit’ vote, and one consequence has been a visible rise in racism and xenophobic attacks. On Sunday morning came news of the attack on POSK. Similar incidents were reported all day. Almost immediately on Friday afternoon, a friend posted…
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Voice of Santur Fundraiser for Rojova
Fundraising event for medical supplies for Syria, featuring Kurdish, Iranian and Afghani musicians. We worked with the organisers in an event management capacity and technical support role, and also documented the night with photography and audio recordings, which will eventually appear on our music pages. Music on the night was provided by Peyman Heydarian, Elaha…
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Calais ‘Jungle’ Camp Recording Session
On December 17, as part of on going work with an several organisations, I travelled to Calais, to record a concert with musicians in the refugee camp there. The concert was held on Friday the 18th, International Migrants Day. Before travelling, I’d been unsure if the whole thing was a good idea or not; the…
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Crawley International Mela Festival
Crawley International Mela Festival was established in 1989, running for many years in the grounds of the Hawth Theatre. It was the biggest community lead festival in Sussex, celebrating the diversity of Crawley and the surrounding areas. We were invited to become involved in 2011, working with the festival committee and local Polish communities to…
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Lessons for Gadzo
In 2013 we where approached by documentary maker Victoria Fiore, who wanted to make a film based around Gypsy Stars and their families. The main idea of the film was developed by band leader Jerzy, who wanted to show as much as possible how life had been for Roma people when they where still nomadic…
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Brighton, Polish, Czech and Slovak Musicians
From 2010 until around 2013, we worked regularly with several musicians, originally from Poland, The Czech Republic and Slovakia, who had moved to Brighton as part of the widening of the European Union (2004) . These were the first people and gigs that really got us started, the first bands we saw play live, that…
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