I DEMAND Bassel Khartabil's DATE OF DEATH and REMAINS returned to his family for mourning to begin #freebassel https://t.co/srejWEzcVE
— ../westy (@westyreflector) September 15, 2017
September 15, 2017 at 04:30PM
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../melody in chaos
I DEMAND Bassel Khartabil's DATE OF DEATH and REMAINS returned to his family for mourning to begin #freebassel https://t.co/srejWEzcVE
— ../westy (@westyreflector) September 15, 2017
September 15, 2017 at 04:30PM
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This is the fourth track I’ve recorded in honor of Bassel Khartabil Safadi, a pioneering and beloved Syrian open-source programmer who gave his life to ensuring an open web, teaching others about technology, and contributing his experience freely to help the world. Syrian military police arrested him in 2012 for unstated crimes, and held him without trial.…
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“Creating is living doubly.”
Jean-Paul Sartre
This was the third Disquiet Junto project that revolved around Bassel Khartabil Safadi, a coder, artist and free-expression pioneer wrongfully jailed by Syria, his home country, for “harming state security.” In October, he was transferred to a secret location, and his whereabouts as of this writing are unknown.…
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PROCESS
Connected to this assignment, and wanted to do some small part to keep Bassel’s cause and case out front. I’m not a foley artist and field recording is not my game, though, so consider this less a soundscape than a track that might run over closing credits.
Married some royalty-free congas, tambourines and trap kit loops on an Acid timeline.…
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