BITTER STORIES
English - LongVersion
In this podcast & animation project 'Music as a Weapon' the musicians fight for their music and a life in freedom. The ban on music and the arrests of musicians is a threat to our freedom.
My podcasts tell about the lives of these musicians who have been persecuted. Through their stories, I want to investigate why repressive regimes are so afraid of music. I want to point out, that freedom of expression in music is a basic human right.
We spoke with Srirak Plipat, Freemuse director. And the mission Freemuse has; to unveil all the cases of artists at risk. Throughout his story we look into the bitter stories of Musicians who had to flee to Paris and Belgium, because of their music
We spoke with Spanish Rapper Valtonyc who had to go into exil very recently. He Feld to Belgium, his Lawyer Mr. Paul Bekaert is worried about the European laws.
We spoke with Cheick Tidiane Seck. He had to flee from Mali in the ’70’s and is now again worried about the situation in his country Mali. Just like the Chilean composer Patricio Wang who had to flee from Chili in the ’70’s. The story of being banned for your music is a never ending story.
Director: Arjanne Laan | Production: Moving Image Kaie Klaassen | Distribution: Freemuse & MovingImage
Released: May 2020
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BITTER STORIES
English - LongVersion
In this podcast & animation project 'Music as a Weapon' the musicians fight for their music and a life in freedom. The ban on music and the arrests of musicians is a threat to our freedom.
My podcasts tell about the lives of these musicians who have been persecuted. Through their stories, I want to investigate why repressive regimes are so afraid of music. I want to point out, that freedom of expression in music is a basic human right.
We spoke with Srirak Plipat, Freemuse director. And the mission Freemuse has; to unveil all the cases of artists at risk. Throughout his story we look into the bitter stories of Musicians who had to flee to Paris and Belgium, because of their music
We spoke with Spanish Rapper Valtonyc who had to go into exil very recently. He Feld to Belgium, his Lawyer Mr. Paul Bekaert is worried about the European laws.
We spoke with Cheick Tidiane Seck. He had to flee from Mali in the ’70’s and is now again worried about the situation in his country Mali. Just like the Chilean composer Patricio Wang who had to flee from Chili in the ’70’s. The story of being banned for your music is a never ending story.
Director: Arjanne Laan | Production: Moving Image Kaie Klaassen | Distribution: Freemuse & MovingImage
Released: May 2020
Part 5 | Valtonyc | Flight from Spain | Music as a Weapon
Valtonyc had to flee Spain because of his music. In Belgium he finds exil.
Spanish Rapper Valtonyc in the Podcast series "Music as Weapon".
He flees in 2018 when he hears that he will be taken to an anti-terrorism prison. He says: “I had to go 500 kilometers from home and was not allowed to have contact with anyone. I thought that I would suffer not only in prison, but especially under the anti-terrorism regime. And that for a few Rap songs, which I made.” His lyrics are cynical, with a wink.
Valtonyc is convicted of insulting the Spanish Royal Family, seemingly praising terrorism and death threats in his Raps. He decides to leave and goes to Belgium in order to get his case under international attention. To be able to get a judgment from the European Court of Human Rights.
He sees no possibilities in Spain. In Belgium, he hopes for independent justice, which is not guided by political ideology. 'Belgium has a good reputation when it comes to case law.', Valtonyc says.
For him it was also important that the politician Puigdemont, just like Valtonyc also a Catalan, had sought his asylum in Belgium. Puigdemonts’ lawyer Master Bekaert is also the lawyer of Valtonyc.
In the elections in Spain on Sunday 28 April 2019 Vox won more than 10% of the votes. Vox is one of the right-wing parties in Spanish politics and is an opponent of the Catalan independence movement. It won't matter to Valtonyc. He remains in exil in Belgium.
In March 2018, Amnesty International says that a Spanish law "prohibiting the glorification of terrorism" has created a hair-raising environment in which people are afraid to express alternative views or make controversial jokes.
In the Freemuse report The State of Artistic Freedom 2019, Spain is in the top ten of the world of captive musicians. There are 14 others besides Valtonyc.
https://freemuse.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/saf-2019-online.pdf
May 23, 2018 | In a tweet Valtonyc writes:
Josep V. 🎗️ (@valtonyc)
'Mañana es el día. Mañana van a tumbar la puerta de mi casa para meterme en la carcel. Por unas canciones. Mañana España va a hacer el ridículo, una vez más. No se lo voy a poner tan fácil, desobedecer es legítimo y obligación ante este estado fascista. Aquí no se rinde nadie.'
Translation:
"Tomorrow they will knock down the door or my house to put me in jail," he wrote. “For some songs. Tomorrow Spain is going to make a fool or itself, once more. I'm not going to make it easy for them. Disobedience is legitimate and it's an obligation when it comes to this fascist state. No one's giving up here. "
And so Valtonyc fled to Belgium. Listen to the Podcast.
Muziek als Wapen
BITTER STORIES
English - LongVersion
In this podcast & animation project 'Music as a Weapon' the musicians fight for their music and a life in freedom. The ban on music and the arrests of musicians is a threat to our freedom.
My podcasts tell about the lives of these musicians who have been persecuted. Through their stories, I want to investigate why repressive regimes are so afraid of music. I want to point out, that freedom of expression in music is a basic human right.
We spoke with Srirak Plipat, Freemuse director. And the mission Freemuse has; to unveil all the cases of artists at risk. Throughout his story we look into the bitter stories of Musicians who had to flee to Paris and Belgium, because of their music
We spoke with Spanish Rapper Valtonyc who had to go into exil very recently. He Feld to Belgium, his Lawyer Mr. Paul Bekaert is worried about the European laws.
We spoke with Cheick Tidiane Seck. He had to flee from Mali in the ’70’s and is now again worried about the situation in his country Mali. Just like the Chilean composer Patricio Wang who had to flee from Chili in the ’70’s. The story of being banned for your music is a never ending story.
Director: Arjanne Laan | Production: Moving Image Kaie Klaassen | Distribution: Freemuse & MovingImage
Released: May 2020
