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Some of the most forward thinking global beats you'll hear a

Global SoulJah | Spain | 08/02/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Filastine is classic Global SoulJah material. Forward thinking beats mixed with the sound of the world but it's the sound of the world behind the Hollywood smiles, "caring" corporations and middle class self-righteousness. It's the sound of small business, the uncared for and disenfranchised. A war cry for the people that endure a crisis every day just trying to feed their families not those that think a crisis is when the value of their shares drop and they have to sell one of their cars to pay the mortgage. It is the beat of a dying planet being slowly but surely raped and sold by a few wealthy individuals and the audio representation of the increasing wealth gap between the rich and poor.



Filastine is a gypsy both geographical and musically. Armed with his portable studio he travels the world producing on the fly whilst djing on sound propaganda trucks for Japanese anarchist groups, rocking large festivals alongside Nick Cave, serenading 5 people in pole buildings in the New Mexico desert and entertaining activist collectives in Java on Christmas day.



Musically he's missing trains in Romania due to sampling metro door buzzers, playing cellos with drum sticks, sampling and pitch modifying violin stabs sampled from dusty Balkan vinyl, programming super fresh beats, recording Japanese hip hop activists in one take while running to the airport and all whilst dropping bass lines fatter than an American with a McDonald's season ticket. He's the epitome of the mobile D.I.Y. producer and flying the flag for a better more open minded, independent musical world.



Apart from the chaotic nature of the man's lifestyle and eclectic musical methods this isn't just another sample heavy album to throw away when the summer festivals are over and you finally realise how shallow and disposable the production is - this one has got integrity and staying power just like the man himself.



The musically inquisitive amongst you will check his blog and album whilst I guess the rest of you will be on your way to the rock and pop section at FNAC with your nicely whitened new teeth and fretting about "the crisis".



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