Music is the living history of mankind. The ROOT DOWN ORCHESTRA is deeply rooted in tradition, in the African and Arabmusic, in black Free Jazz of the sixties and Europ`s "New Music" scene. The radical changes in the Arab countries were theactual trigger for my new large ensemble compositions; the set actually starts with an adaptation of a protest song of theTunisian rapper "El Général" that became in fact the anthem of the Arab Spring. The music on TAHRIR draws from memoriesand at the same time comments on current dramatic events; i am also particularly interested in the "cultural" rifts, edits,crossfades, overlappings; the themes then only serve as a kind of marker; in-between the collective liberates itself and eruptswith enormous energy. Videos: