As the humanitarian tragedy in Gaza continues, the music community is working together to take action and show solidarity in ways that are tangible.
Many musicians and record labels have responded through art, using their platforms to call for an immediate and lasting ceasefire, and releasing records to raise money for the relief effort.
Here is a regularly updated list of releases we encourage you to purchase, and a list of resources and organisations doing crucial work on the ground.
V/A compilations:
We Will Stay Here – Music for Palestine
Love Boat Records
What: Experimental underground electronics
Artists include: Susu Laroche, Assyouti, 3Phaz
Supports: MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians)
Palestine Solidarity Compilation
Idiotape Records
What: Lo-fi leftfield punk
Artists include: Powerplant, KAPOW!, Teo Wise
Supports: Donate directly and receive a download code – MAP, UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East), PCRF (Palestine Children’s Relief Fund), PRCS (Palestine Red Crescent Society), ANERA (America Near East Refugee Aid), PYM (Palestinian Youth Movement)
ENOUGH!
Dreaming Live
What: 63 electronic workouts, from downtempo to electro
Artists include: Simo Cell, Nicolás Jaar, Juliana Huxtable & Via App
Supports: The Ghassan Abu Sittah Children’s Fund
Musicians for a Free Palestine
What: 71 indie, folk and alt-rock bands
Artists include: Mannequin Pussy, Frankie Cosmos, Horse Jumper of Love
Supports: eSims for Gaza
Free Palestine: A Compilation for Humanitarian Aid
Human Endeavour
What: Acid-flecked, retro-leaning, leftfield electronic music
Artists include: JD Twitch, C.A.R., Lisene
Supports: MAP, War Child UK
From Manchester To Palestine: Volume 2
MCR4PAL
What: Alt-rock, r’n’b, dance music, poetry and much more from Manchester’s underground
Artists include: Mr Scruff, Chimpo, Ellen Beth Abdi
Supports: MECA (Middle East Children’s Alliance), Palestine Action
Slump Recordings Artists For Palestine Compilation
Slump Recordings
What: Dancefloor ready grooves and breaks
Artists include: Baby Rollén, Rudy J, Demi Riquísimo
Supports: Jewish Voice for Peace, Palestine Solidarity Campaign
IN SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINE
radio.syg.ma
What: Scatty ambient and experimental sonics
Artists include: Dis Fig, cerpintxt, Pessimist
Supports: Individuals and families displaced in Rafah, and local organisations in Gaza
After the Last Sky
Al Gharib
What: Haunting, Arab influenced alt-rock
Artists include: Sans Merit, The Allegorist, Maryam Saleh
Supports: Dalia Association
Rise Up: BDS Mixtape Vol. 2
Amplify Palestine
What: Action demanding hip-hop, pop and rock from the USA
Artists include: Red Baraat, Alsarah & the Nubatones, Mike Dillon
Supports: Adalah-NY
Radiant Records Palestine Comp
Radiant Records
What: Heaters from one of contemporary trance’s most important labels
Artists include: byron yeates, Angel D’lite, IN2STELLAR
Supports: Pro-Palestine protestors and their legal fees, until funds can reach Palestinian people directly
For Palestine
Paralaxe Editions
What: Beatless, downtempo and ambient
Artists include: Azu Tiwaline, claire rousay, Verraco
Supports: Médecins Sans Frontières
A HOMELAND DENIED: A Compilation for the Palestinian Liberation
Hardcore 4 Gaza Initiative
What: 121 hardcore and metal headbangers
Artists include: END, xRitualx, Cloud Rat
Supports: MECA
Fluo IV – For Palestine
Kindergarten Records
What: Floor shaking bass and club beats
Artists include: Ma Sha, Sobolik, Drummy
Supports: MAP
Transmission for Palestine
Amphibian Records
What: Ambient and psy chuggers from the Czech underground
Artists include: Ancestral Vision, Oblaka, Assyouti
Supports: PCRF, MECA
RESIST COLONIAL POWER BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY
PTP
What: Deep electronics, poetry and indie from New York’s underground
Artists include: Black Rave Culture, Bergsonist, rRoxymore
Supports: Urgent Support for Medical professionals in Gaza (via gofundme), Cultural Capital Haiti
AYI AYI FOR PALESTINE
AYI AYI
What: Club heat from Asian and Pacific Islands diaspora artists
Artists include: Dynoman, Romu DJ, Vyper
Supports: Palestinian-led mutual aid efforts, such as those led by families seeking support in their evacuation to safety
CEASEFIRE
NR Magazine
What: Deep, psychedelic techno
Artists include: estoc, Alarico, Victoria Mussi
Supports: MECA
Women of Noise for Palestine
Women of Noise
What: Industrial, noise rock and ambient
Artists include: Frozen Innards, Judith Judah, Bluecommand
Supports: PCRF
Merciless Accelerating Rhythms – Artists United For a Free Palestine
HATETOQUIT
What: Lo-fi indie and electronica
Artists include: Drawl, Saturnalias, Fraternal Twin
Supports: PCRF, Palestine Legal
EQ50 Presents 4GAZA
EQ50
What: Smoky, pressure-filled drum’n’bass and jungle
Artists include: Craggz & Flight, Mani Festo, Chimpo & Dub Phizix
Supports: Anera, Decolonize Palestine
C2E – Emergency for Gaza
Cease To Exist
What: Experimental, eye-closing sonics
Artists include: Varg2™️, Van Boom, Anthony Linell
Supports: PCRF
For Gaza
Planet Turbo Records
What: Forward thinking club sounds from the Seoul subterranean
Artists include: Yetsuby, Dayoung, 7ip7o3
Supports: Mutual aid groups working on the ground in Gaza
Gaza Calling
Nuovo Canzoniere Partigiano
What: Italian folk, indie and post-punk
Artists include: Amen Sioux, Wildsheep, Lamante
Supports: ABSPP (Associazione Benefica al Supporto del Popolo Palestinese)
EPs/albums:
Toumba – For Palestine
What: Unreleased material and lost dubs from the Hessle Audio signee
Supports: MAP
eoin dj – edits for palestine vol 2
What: Trance and 2-step pop bootlegs
Supports: Pro-Palestine protestors and their legal fees, until funds can reach Palestinian people directly
Kindness – فلسطين (Palestine)
What: Dreamy alt-pop
Supports: PCRF
ZULI – Komy
What: Bass and club workouts
Supports: MAP
GIDEÖN – Study War No More
What: Dusty house from a queer legend
Supports: MAP
mi-el – from the river to the sea
What: Haunting ambient, with vocal samples from the likes of Azu Tiwaline and Musys
Supports: MAP
Adrianne Lenker – i won’t let go of your hand
What: Acoustic tenderness from a folk figurehead
Supports: PCRF
Purchase to listen via Bandcamp.
Organisations to donate to:
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)
Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS)
Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF)
UNICEF Gaza Appeal
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Islamic Relief, Palestine Emergency Appeal
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA)
Action to take:
Vote Palestine 2024
Know what to boycott
Divest for Palestine
Sign a petition calling for an immediate ceasefire
Write to your Member of Parliament (UK) or Member of Congress (USA) to demand a ceasefire
Purchase an eSim for someone in Gaza
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