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The Five Techniques is a new music project created by Belfast DJ & producer David Holmes, are a collective of artists who believe music, art & humanity can be acts of resistance.<\/h2>\n
The project\u2019s first single \u2018Resistance In The Dark\u2019 is out today on Heavenly Recordings featuring Irish-Palestinian R\u00f3is\u00edn El Cherif and English rock legend Paul Weller on vocals.<\/p>\n
The trio connected at the Weller-curated Gig For Gaza, and comes with a song about resistance in Palestine, with El Cherif singing \u201cIf my voice should falter, yours will remain,\u201d in Arabic.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom Naji Ali to today\u2019s Children of Gaza, Palestine is the story of a people\u2019s fight for freedom,\u201d says R\u00f3is\u00edn El Cherif. \u201cThe freedom to be born free in your Homeland. For Palestine our beloved.\u201d<\/p>\n
Weller says: \u201cThis is our response to the ongoing land grab, displacement and genocide against the Palestinian people by the brutal Israeli government. We wanted to show our solidarity with the people of Gaza and Palestine, and their ongoing struggle and resistance. It\u2019s a struggle of all people denied their rights.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n The video is a compilation of Gaza destruction put together by Douglas Hart. All proceeds will be donated to Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP).<\/p>\n \u201cResistance In The Dark\u201d is available now<\/a> to stream, download or pre-order on 7\u201d vinyl from the 5th December here, to be released 30th January, 2026.<\/p>\n Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005<\/a>. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent,\u00a0 Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter,\u00a0 and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events<\/a> in Dublin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wednesday, December 3, 2025 David Holmes’ new project The Five Techniques releases ‘Resistance in the Dark’ with R\u00f3is\u00edn El Cherif and Paul Weller The Five Techniques is a new music project created by Belfast DJ & producer David Holmes, are a collective of artists who believe music, art & humanity can be acts of resistance. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":329572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97309],"tags":[155714,277,3701,15426,4513,5401,3937,10629,59029,7755,155715],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-329571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-music","tag-cherif","tag-dark","tag-david","tag-holmes","tag-paul","tag-project","tag-releases","tag-resistance","tag-roisin","tag-techniques","tag-weller"],"yoast_head":"\n
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