Checkpoint 303

BIO //Checkpoint 303 (Palestine/Tunisia/France) is a non-profit avant-garde activist sonic project launched in 2004 by sound-catcher SC Yosh (Palestine) and sound-cutter SC MoCha (Tunisia). Checkpoint 303 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 performed in Palestine with electronic beats, FX and subtle oriental tunes. Checkpoint 303 has evolved into an international (Palestine:Tunisia:France:Yemen:etc) collective of artists, musicians, DJs and VJs including performances by Cheikh Julio, Miss K Sushi, Mehdi Douss, etc.
Live with Massive Attack in the UK (2007) and France (2008)
//The band's recent live shows included electronic performances as supporting act for UK trip-hop band Massive Attack in a series of benefit shows in the UK in February 2007 (Birmingham and London's Brixton Academy) and again supporting Massive attack in France (July 2008, Nuits de Fourvière festival, Lyon). CP-303 has also performed numerous shows in France, Sweden, Belgium, Canada, The Netherlands, Palestine, Tunisia, USA (Los Angeles), Australia (Sydney & Melbourne).. [check out upcoming shows above!]
//You can sign-up to the official spam-free Checkpoint 303 mailing list here to receive up-to-date info about future gigs, new collaborations and CD releases.
//Using site recordings from Palestine, Checkpoint 303 constructs soundscapes live that weave cinematic audio with experimental sound processing and complex rhythms.
//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 that subsists 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.
//You'll find a selection of concert flyers / press clipping & media coverage of Checkpoint 303's work below. To find out more about Checkpoint 303's concept and download our music for free, check out our official website:
www.checkpoint303.com
//For booking information and press interview/kit requests contact us here
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CP-303 CONCERTS AND EVENTS
October 4th, 2008:
CHECKPOINT 303 (Palestine/France/Tunisia)
Live Electronic Set in LONDON @ SCALA.
Line-up: CP-303/Ramallah Underground/Visionary Underground/DJ U-Cef/DJ Bashir
Open at 8pm, Checkpoint 303 set kicks off at 9 pm

After the live sets in Tokyo and the set with Massive Attack in France, Checkpoint 303 has been scheduled to perform an audio-visual electro-acoustic set @ Scala in London, Sat. Oct 4th, 2008. Get on the Scala website for info on purchasing tickets.
October 2nd, 2008:
CHECKPOINT 303 live+interview on Radio RFI (Paris Studios)
Special guests of Les visiteurs du jour [11h40 Paris time]
Radio France International (RFI)

Listen to the interview and find out more on the RFI visiteurs du jour Website . Don't miss it! We'll be on @ 12h10 (Paris time)
August 29th, 2008:
CHECKPOINT 303 (Palestine/France/Tunisia) Live Electronic Set in TOKYO @ Gamuso Art Gallery.
Support act: Akifukuin (Tokyo/Japan)
Open at 7pm, show at 9 pm

After the shows in Hayama and Shibuya (see below), Checkpoint 303 will perform experimental electronic set @ Gamuso Art Gallery in Tokyo, Japan, august 29th, 2008. Support band: Akifukuin (Tokyo/Japan). The show will end with an improvisational experimental jam session between Checkpoint 303 and Akifukuin. Noise for peace and justice and a tribute to one of the greatest poets of all times, the late Mahmoud Darwish.
August 21st and 22nd, 2008:
CHECKPOINT 303 Live Electronic Sets in JAPAN
@ Blue Moon, Isshiki Beach, HAYAMA
@ Treasure Chest, Shibuya, TOKYO

July 24th, 2008:
CHECKPOINT 303 supporting MASSIVE ATTACK
Les Nuits de Fourvière
Amphithéâtre Gallo-Romain, Lyon, FRANCE.
Checkpoint 303 invité par Massive Attack à assurer la première partie de leur concert à Lyon (Les Nuits de Fourvière)
June 28, 2008:
CHECKPOINT 303 LIVE in CARTHAGE
FESTIVAL ECHOS SONORES TUNIS (F.E.S.T)
Acropolium, Cathédrale de Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia.

June 14th-21st, 2008:
CHECKPOINT 303 LIVE in AUSTRALIA
CP-303 announces live electronic gigs and Radio appearances in Sydney & Melbourne.


April 17, 2008:
CHECKPOINT 303 LIVE in SANTA MONICA
Bonsorte Studios, 2401 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica, CA.

April 12, 2008:
CHECKPOINT 303 LIVE @ Pacifica Radio, Los Angeles
KPFK 90.7 FM /Time: 2-4 am (listen online)
April 11, 2008:
Artist's Talk - Checkpoint 303 at UCLA
Where: Warner Studio, Culver City, Los Angeles, CA
When: 6 pm
Checkpoint 303 has been invited by the department of Art of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to give a talk and audio-visual demo/performance of Checkpoint 303's music/activism concept and sound art processes for graduate MFA students. [limited access]
April 7th, 2008:
CHECKPOINT 303 LIVE @ Silverlake Lounge
2906 Sunset Blv, Los Angeles, CA.

February 7th, 2008:
CHECKPOINT 303 LIVE IN BERLIN
Opening a Photography Exhibition at the Tacheles Kunsthaus
Berlin, Germany.

February 3rd, 2008:
CHECKPOINT 303 LIVE IN AMSTERDAM
SONIC RESISTANCE with
Ramallah Underground, CP-303, John Kameel Farah & DJ Takimi
Melkweg, Amsterdam, NL.

October 26th, 2007:
CHECKPOINT 303 LIVE IN CANADA
Opening show of the FMA 2007 Festival
Montreal,Quebec, Canada.

August 24th, 2007:
CHECKPOINT 303 LIVE IN TUNISIA
DT 21 Festival in El Jem.
Featuring special guest, guitarist Mehdi Douss!
21st-25th June 2007:
CHECKPOINT 303 LIVE IN PALESTINE
Pour la Fête de la Musique
June 23rd 2007:
CHECKPOINT 303 LIVE IN JERUSALEM
with G-Town + R-Wan!
(More dates in Ramallah/Jericho/Nablus/Nazareth - Flyer above)
June 9th 2007:
CHECKPOINT 303 LIVE IN BRUSSELS with ONB + more!
June 7th 2007:
CHECKPOINT 303 LIVE IN PARIS: Tribute to Cheikh Imam
May 4th 2007:
CHECKPOINT 303 LIVE IN SWEDEN: 4 The Jenin Theater
Checkpoint 303 in the Media...
Electronic Intifada | 22.02.07
An article published in February 2007 in Electronic Intifada (a non-profit, independent online publication) entitled DJ Revolutions: Spinning Beats for Freedom rewiews Checkpoint 303's innovative musical and militant approach and its performance as opening act for british trip-hop band Massive Attack in a series of benefit shows in February 2007.
Read full article here
The Montreal Mirror | 25.10.07
A piece by Rupert Botterberg reviews CP-303's electro-oriental militant compositions was published on October 25th 2007 ahead of the band's live show at the opening evening of the Arab World Festival in Montreal, Quebec.The Montreal Mirror is an English language alternative newsweekly based in Montreal (circulation of ca. 70,000 and reaches a quarter of a million readers per week)
Read full article here
O GLOBO - Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL | 11.04.08
An interview with members of Checkpoint 303 published in April 11, 2008 in O Globo, one of Brazil's largest newspaper.
Read full article (in portuguese) here
Smashing Mag - Tokyo/Osaka, JAPAN | 03.09.08
A review of a Checkpoint 303 gig in Tokyo (Aug 29th, 2008) part of the Checkpoint 303 electro Tokyo tour in August 2008. (incl. CP303's live tribute to the palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish with Tokyo experimental band Akifukuin)
Published in SMASHING MAGAZINE, one of Japan's leading alternative music magazines.
Read full article (in japanese!!) here
The Independent | 12.03.07
An article published in February 2007 in The Independent (a UK national daily newspaper) rewiews the Massive Attack show in Birmingham on Feb 6th, 2007 and briefly comments on Checkpoint 303's opening act for the show.
Read full article here
La Presse - Montreal, Canada | 26.10.07
An interview by Alain Brunet who spoke with SC MoCha and Cheikh Julio from the Checkpoint 303 collective during their stay in Montreal ahead of the FMA gig.
Read full article (in French) here
Le Monde | 18.04.07
Checkpoint 303's music and activism was portrayed in an article published in the french daily newspaper Le Monde on April 18th 2007. Online version of the article here
Le Voir | 25.10.07
A piece about Checkpoint 303 by journalist Stéphane Martel published in the Montreal alternative weekly newspaper le VOIR.
Online version here
Le Monde Diplomatique | Dec. 07
An article published in December 2006 in Le Monde Diplomatique (monthly newspaper, 1.4 million readers worldwide) entitled Chanter l’amour, chanter la guerre cites Checkpoint 303 alongside other palestinian artists such as Kamilya Jubran, Samir Joubran, and the palestinian hip-hop act DAM.
Read full article (in French) here
La Presse - Montreal, Canada | 12.02.07
An article published in February 2007 in La Presse discusses Checkpoint 303's concept and music as well as its February 2007 UK shows with Massive Attack.
Read full article (in French) here
FREEZE Magazine - Athens, GREECE | 01.02.08
An interview with members of Checkpoint 303 published in February 2008 in FREEZE Magazine.
Read full article (in greek!) here
JO Magazine - Amman, Jordan | 01.03.08
An interview with members of Checkpoint 303 published in March 2008 in JO Magazine.
Read full article here
Radio France Inter | 27.04.07
Checkpoint 303 was reviewed on a french radio show broadcast on France Inter on April 27th, 2007. The brief review (in french) is available as mp3: écouter ici [français] lien web France Inter
Radio Canada | 26.10.07
SC MoCha and SC Yosh from Checkpoint 303 were Christiane Charette's guests in Studio 18 @ Radio Canada on October 26th, 2007. A recording of the interview (in french) is available as mp3: écouter ici [français] lien web Radio Canada
Music Review | Radio Canada | 26.10.07
Checkpoint 303's music was reviewed on Radio Canada on 26th of October 2007. An audio excerpt of the review (in french) is available as mp3: écouter ici [français] lien web Radio Canada
More review and interviews of Checkpoint 303 are available here
More info here soon, meanwhile check out our website and sign up for CP 303's newsletter @ www.checkpoint303.com
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