La Danza Poetica

DJ LAPKAT

'La Danza Poetica' is a monthly podcast featuring poetry, hip hop, folk and oral tradition and global beats from around the world. Deep explorations into the many worlds, one world poetic groove, connectedness through story, song, language and rhythm.

  1. 08/17/2018

    La Danza Poetica #66 Docta Deep's Hip Hop India

    Presented by DJ LAPKAT. This month I hand over the decks to Australian DJ and hip hop scholar Docta Deep, for an energetic mixtape featuring rap crews and artists from Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Assam, representing India’s various linguistic and religious groups.

    51 min

  2. 07/20/2018

    La Danza Poetica #65 Pure Heart

    Mixed and presented by DJ LAPKAT. Mixed in a sultry summer in Budapest, La Danza Poetica #65 is a collection of sultry new sounds from South America, the States, France, Canada. And dedicated, with love, to the bright light of Australian poet and activist, Candy Royalle, who passed last month. Pure heart and spirit, within this music is the poetry of life, the continuum of tradition, the bright promise and healing that comes through music.

    1h 12m

  3. 06/12/2018

    La Danza Poetica #64 A Radio​-​Bridge across the Zambezi

    Mixed and presented by DJ LAPKAT. Made by Radio Continental Drift in collaboration with radio-makers at Zongwe FM and the women of Zubo Trust, A Radio Bridge Across the Zambezi includes tracks from more than 50 contributors, from 17 countries. It’s an energetic, spirited and spiritual journey created through a powerful spirit of unity and sharing.

    1h 6m

  4. 05/14/2018

    La Danza Poetica #63 Rim Banna: Voice of Resistance

    Mixed and presented by DJ LAPKAT. A special edition of La Danza Poetica dedicated to the life and work of Rim Banna, the poet, singer, and activist who left this world in March. A tribute to her extraordinary example, and to the power of poetry and music to amplify the stories and the struggle of Palestine to the world. I talk with with ScMoCha of Checkpoint 303 about working on Rim’s final album, her final creative act of resistance in the face of injustice and occupation in all their forms. Also featuring poetry from sons and daughters of Palestine, plus a recent collaboration between Brian Eno and Samir Joubran.

    1h 37m

  5. 04/18/2018

    La Danza Poetica #62 The Poem of the Truth

    A mix of sublime, poetic music, word and soundscape from Morocco, Tunisia, Syria. Poetry and music are inextricably intertwined, in a constant dance, in music, language, rhythm, and life. Sukitoa o Namau’s field recordings from and around Meknés, Morocco, form the canvas on which this whole mix has been painted. Also featuring Moroccan slam poet Mustapha Slameur, very conscious electronics from Tunisia’s Ghoula and NURI, the France/Morocco collaboration between Titi Robin and Mehdi Nassouli, Syria’s Muudra paying tribute to Vîyan Peyman, and reworking Emel Mathlouthi’s compelling song ‘Layem’, DJ Tudo connecting Morocco with Brazil, plus honoured ghost Paul Bowles, and classic recordings from Morocco released by the Dust to Digital project.

    1h 14m

  6. 03/13/2018

    La Danza Poetica #61 Innervisions

    Mixed and presented by DJ LAPKAT. Borrowing the title from Kuzich’s track (via Stevie Wonder’s seminal 1973 album) La Danza Poetica #61 Innervisions is a very conscious dream. Traversing all continents of our external and internal world, traditional folk song and experimental electric folk, melodic global bass rhythms, orchestral electronics, storytelling and intelligent poetics. Recent releases from Brome, J.Lamotta, Kuzich featuring Mei Saraswati, William Beale, Lido Pimienta, The Turbans, Besarabia, Anna Stereopoulou, Dat Garcia remixed by Space People, the Music Action Collective, DjClick, Lagartijeando remixed by Chancha Vía Circuito, and featuring Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet’s, “Landfall”, now released as an album.

    1h 11m

  7. 02/14/2018

    La Danza Poetica #60 Canada Untold Stories

    Mixed and presented by DJ LAPKAT. Canada’s diverse and challenging storytelling flow. Stories told in a time of reckoning, rooted in cultural expression, social consciousness and Mother Earth connection, raising Native voices and standing up. Featuring a new album from spoken word poet Brandon Wint, recent albums from poets M.L. Holton and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, a remarkable collaboration between poet Shane Koyczan, Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq and folk artist Kym Gouchie, another great Rise Ashen remix featuring Eivør Pálsdóttir, Native hip hop from Jb the First Lady, Wellspoke, Mob Bounce and the Mag7 Standing Rock collective, orchestral electronics with deep roots, from Francois Couture, Ziibiwan, and Quantum Tangle.

    1h 21m

  8. 01/15/2018

    La Danza Poetica #59 Chorus

    Mixed and presented by DJ LAPKAT. A slow driving mix for the first of 2018, spoken word and hip hop and multi-voice harmony, a slow chorus. Artists and poets from the United States to Spain, Colombia, Canada, and Guatemala. Big questions and big problems being addressed head-on. Complex melodies and harmonious fusions of electronic music and folk traditions.

    1h 10m
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'La Danza Poetica' is a monthly podcast featuring poetry, hip hop, folk and oral tradition and global beats from around the world. Deep explorations into the many worlds, one world poetic groove, connectedness through story, song, language and rhythm.

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  • Creator
    DJ LAPKAT
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2018
  • Episodes
    66
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    La Danza Poetica