dublab Radio presents Louder than the Noise: Dispatches from Progressive Music Minds, Makers, and Communities in the Middle East and North Africa. Our guests come from across the music world, including artists, engineers, producers, journalists, radio hosts, label owners, and more. This series spotlights their compelling work.

Palestine Underground by Boiler Room, 4:3 and Ma3azef documents the resilience of a burgeoning music scene undeterred and fuelled by political restrictions, building bridges through a shared sound and identity. For the past ten years, Palestinian music collective Jazar Crew have been fostering a vibrant party scene in Haifa, as an alternative to the mainstream club scene in Israel. Thanks to the internet, they’ve connected with artists in Ramallah, Palestine, and defied the separation wall to travel to the West Bank and organise events with Techno DJs Sama’ and Oddz, and members of the tantalising hip hop and trap scene, the collectives Saleb Wahad and Bltnm. Palestine Underground follows a week in the life of these artists and friends, in the lead up to the first Boiler Room in Ramallah in June this year.

Film Credits:
Director -Jessica Kelly,
Producer- Anaïs Brémond,
Original Idea / Assistant Producer / Programmer- Debora Ipekel, Editor- Nathan Greenwood

Jessica Kelly, Anaïs Brémond, and Debora Ipekel were interviewed by Alejandro Cohen.

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All interviews were conducted in 2019. We’d like to thank our guests and contributors. This series was produced by dublab Radio and Matteah Baim. Interviews were conducted by Alejandro Cohen and Mark “Frosty” McNeill. The dublab sound logo was created by Suzanne Ciani. Alejandro Cohen made our theme music. Editing was done by Matteah Baim. Lauren Denitzio was our graphic designer.