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Axis of Equals:

Artists from across Middle Eastern, North African, Jewish communities, combining traditional sounds and music with contemporary approaches (rock, hip hop, jazz, electronica, more)

The following artists are exemplary of the concert event concept and of those artists intended to be contacted for event participation:

Kamilya Jubran
Sussan Deyhim
Pharaoh's Daughter
David Fiuczynski (Screaming Headless Torsos, Hasidic New Wave)
The Mast (Haleh Gafori)
Noah Hoffeld
The Klezmatics
Matisyahu
Tareq Rantisi
Simon Shaheen
Çark (Nihan Devecioglu, Cenk Erdogan, Adam Matta)
Y-Love and DeScribe
DAM
Gaida and Rufus Cappadocia
Eyal Maoz (Edom)
Suheir Hammad
Vanessa Hidary
Remi Kanazi
Cuban-Jewish All Stars
Paradox Trio
Maryam Saleh
Al Sarah and the Nubatones
Souad Massi
Mycale (John Zorn)
Alya Al-Sultani
Noa
Brother Ali
Ofra Haza
Tinariwen
Secret Chiefs 3

full Axis of Equals video playlist(Youtube): Axis of Equals

Artists included represent vision of "Axis of Equals," combining traditional sounds and stories with contemporary approaches (rock, hip hop, jazz, electronica, more), but project remains only an initiatory selection of the myriad artists and projects worldwide who explore similar approaches

No artists above have provided express permission or support for project

Playlist and project created by Adam Matta, as online users have created playlists with Matta's content

possible worksheet questions:

1. In 2002, when George W. Bush announced to the American public that an invasion of Iraq was necessary and imminent, he used the phrase "Axis of Evil" to refer to Iran, Iraq and North Korea. At the time of this speech, were those nations, especially Iraq and Iran, collaborators and allies, as were WWII's "Axis Powers?"

2. Of the videos included in the playlist, which are your three favorite? What similarities might these share (possiblities include: music genre, lyric content or style, musical scales, modes, tempos, instrumentation, other formal elements)?

Axis of Equals was originally conceived in 2007 as a live concert festival event in Lower Manhattan, at multiple venues, over a weekend approaching or near the date of 9/11, potentially incorporating art exhibits, film screenings, panel discussions, live music improvisation sessions, and more