TSOR & Khaled M.

I went to a benefit concert called Harmony for the Horn a couple days ago and it was an event which had well known artists such as Khaled M and The Sound of Reason perform and all the proceeds went to East Africa. It was SUCH  a great night. To be perfectly honest, i hadn't heard of any of those people before that night but I fell so in love with them that I feel like it's a duty to spread the word to everyone. Basically, if you like artists such as Immortal Technique and Lowkey, you're gonna love these artists as well. They've got pretty much the same intention of spreading awareness of political issues, societal flaws and making an effort to change the direction of mainstream music. For people like me who can't stand songs that are all about sex, money and useless crap, I feel like i can finally listen to awesome music that's actually clean and doesn't kill my brain cells!

THE SOUND OF REASON

     So, The sound of reason is made up of Francis and Ku, both of who were friends long before they started their mission to change the sound of mainstream music. In under a year, they've gone from their basement studio in Montreal, Canada to being in the top 10 of the international radio list. I met them after the concert to get their autographs and their personalities off stage are exactly the same as on stage. Their sincerity and down to earth personalities are so great that you just can't not love em. What i love about their music is the variety. From a song about Palestine to a love song for an unborn child to the political corruption of the government - they've seriously got it ALL. Here's one of their songs, one of my absolute faves, it's called 'palestine'. Only Francis is singing in this one but you can hear Ku on his guitar :)

KHALED M.

Khaled tries to make it known that he is 'less politics, more lyrics'. He actually isn't too big for politics but more concerned with connecting with people through his music. You can see the love of his faith and his efforts to be clean with his music in a lot of his lyrics. He wants a way to spread the truth without being controlled by mainstream telling him what to sing about. Even though he isn't a huge fan of politics, some of his songs such as 'can't take our freedom' does talk about the oppression going on in Libya, Tunisia, Egypt and Palestine. But I mean, who could blame him when his dad died in imprisonment for being involved in the opposition movement in Libya? All in all, he's a great guy with great music and you gotta check him out. Here's the song i just mentioned a bit ago called 'can't take our freedom' made along with Lowkey.