Exactly in this environment since more then 10 years Gió Di Sera is fighting for young people aged 15-25 with many sponsors, supporters and cooperation partners in the Kreuzberg district, the Senate, artists and in the private sector. With the StreetUniverCity® Berlin a recognized independent agency for extracurricular education. The SUB combines international youth cultural work with professional orientation and political education. We work at a low (minimum) threshold, relying heavily on working with mentors from the young people’s cultural environment and making use of the young people’s language, styles and codes. Above all, the SUB aims to reach those young people who have slipped through all conventional educational systems. StreetUniverCity is not a school, vocational training or university, but an informal, cultural learning field. We work with empowerment and peer education.

Gió aka Don Rispetto started at Kiss FM in 1993 as a radio host. In the middle of ’97 he switched to radiomultikulti, where I hosted my own Saturday DJ special radio show “Radio Kanaka International”. This show was primarily intended as a forum for new talents, but also for established artists to give them the opportunity to present themselves in their own way (“Radio for da people”). The whole spectrum of the multicultural off-in culture gathered in my studio. The news from the international music and art scene was then brought to the people with the “Berlingo”. And as a Master of Ceremony, it was and still is my job to design programs, organize events and jams and of course to convey everything with a relaxed flavor.

Don Rispetto not only support Tropical Diaspora® in many opportunities, but he is our partner in various events giving us time in his radio broadcast, playing as guest in our events or contributing to our vinyl productions. Don Rispetto was responsible for the connection with a band from Bologna in Italy called El V And The Gardenhouse with the record El Doctor & Tamarita.

With great pleasure i´m proud to present you a relevant label in the global contest of the musical afrodiaspora and the people beyond it. It´s all about tropical Diaspora and Djs Garrinche & Dr. Socrates. Includes some vinyl rare and fresh tracks and a touch of militant philosophy. (against the corona blues), for all the amici of the gut welt wide musika Stay stark forte und Healthy und never vergessen la Solidarieté inna di SolidarCity de Berlin (Berlingo style)

Dj Garrincha mix tape: Rebellion on the crossroads of the Afro Diaspora

In researching for our record productions in various countries around the world, we observed how the African diaspora is now making use of the phenomenon of Afro-futurism in many areas of art. At the same time, we know about the social changes that the activism of the Afrobeat movement arouse, first in Africa and then worldwide. One of the most important characteristics of Afro-futurism and Afrobeat is the rebellion against the loss of African identity through everyday dehumanization, exploitation, alienation, oppression and inhuman treatment. This is where the causes of violence against and senseless murder of black people worldwide lie, as can be seen in countless examples: starting with individual fates named in the media such as George Floyd in the United States or João Alberto Silveira Freitas in Brazil or the migrants in the Mediterranean and to the majority of black people in the suburbs of metropolitan areas around the world.

Dr.Sócrates mix tape: Songs of Confinement

From the vaults of DJ Dr.Sócrates… I bring to you songs of confinement, confinement of people because of their ideas, because of their defense of the environment and social justice, because of the color of their skin or the gender they choose, confinement because of the place in which they were born, the culture they practice or the rituals they perform… and last but not least, confinement because of their social condition. These are angry songs without fear. Every track creates an intense and emotional dialogue with the song that precedes it and the one that follows. One take, only original vinyl records. You have to listen.