We Are Experiencing Turbulence | A Mixtape by Filastine

When presenting Fat Planet many moons ago, I was always keenly attuned to sounds that fused my two (then) primary concerns – broad internationalism and rugged experimental beats. Proponents of such a fusion were (and to a large extent still are) few and far between, but Mutamassik, dj/Rupture and Filastine stood out, stood proud and stood very loud. Often abrasive, and never compromising, they nonetheless married the promotion of global sounds throughout Western lands with an unfailing respect, collaborative diligence and due payback for the local artists involved. To herald the release of his ‘Extra Dirty Bomb’ EP (reworks and live tracks that “shits on geography & genre”, with mixes from Jahcoozi, Cardopusher, Phowa, Deep Throat X, Maga Bo and Electromeca), I’m delighted to post Grey Filastine’s new mixtape of insurrectionary bass music, and as an accompaniment, asked him for a few words on its genesis.
Stuart Buchanan

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“Last year’s tour started in Oceania January 1st and ended at the Copenhagen Climate Summit in late December. I went there to do a sound intervention, broadcasting 5-channel noise collages from moving bicycles as part of the larger direct-action bike bloc. The state repression was massive, we were detained, searched, and had our workspace raided. Meanwhile the COP15 Summit itself was a fucking disaster, as the leaders of the world proved yet again that we can’t rely on solutions from above. While there I also did a Filastine gig, in a circus tent inside the free-town of Cristiania, which ended in teargas & police helicopters pounding overhead. On return to Barcelona I began working on this mix, it was to be a “promo” for a new EP of remixes, but the urgency of this moment shaped it into something else. I hope it triggers some reflexion, some inspiration, or perhaps even some action.” Grey Filastine

DOWNLOAD: We Are Experiencing Turbulence – Insurrectionary Bass Music Sin Fronteras | Mixed by Filastine (Megaupload)

Tracklisting:
– Infernal Noise Brigade- live in Mexico at street protest
– Jazzsteppa- AmeriCa B
– Filastine/Cardopusher – Discontinuities (Singularities remixed- from the EP Extra Dirty Bomb)
– Fnaire- Lalla Mennana
– Filastine/Jahcoozi- Opium Den (Desordenador remixed- from the EP Extra Dirty Bomb)
– Beats Antique- Oriental Uno (feat. Fanafara Kalashikov)
– Oro 11- El Cangrejo
– Arena & Etian acapella- excerpted from Voces Rebeldes project
– Filastine/Ill Gates- Pharma Sutra (Fitnah remixed- from the EP Extra Dirty Bomb)
– Filastine/Maga Bo- Batalha Cotidiana (B’talla remixed- from the EP Extra Dirty Bomb)
– Chancha Via Circuito- Calzada
– Foxdye- Foxdyechek Collision
– Frikstailers- Sudaka Invasor
– Tego Calderon- Diento de Oro acapella cameo
– Sonik Omi- Ye Jawani Hai Mera Jaan
– Simbad- Airport Beat 1008
– Jahdan Blakkamoore- Dem A Idiot (instrumental – prod. by Matt Shadetek & Modeselektor)
– Amir Sulaiman- Danger
– Sunship feat. Warrior Queen/ Sinden(remix)- Quits
– Filastine/Deep Throat X- Con Las Manos En La Masa (remixfrom the EP Extra Dirty Bomb)
– Madera Limpia- La Lenta (Schlachthofbronx remix)
– Bassnectar- Cozza Frenzy
– Venetian Snares- Sabbath Dubs
– Kray Twinz feat. Twista- What We Do
– Suckafish P. Jones- Caribbean Nightmare Agent
– Dubchild- Can’t Keep Me Down
– Caving- Slimthug
– Dog Murras (feat. Propria Lixa)- Vai Levar Galheta
– Brasil 96- Batucada
– Lightning Bolt- On Fire
– Rhythm Collision featuring- Indian Street Music #3 / Sein Sah Thin / Tabuh Winangun Marga / Venetian Snares /
– Filastine / Drumcorps
– Filastine- Como Fugitivos (instrumental version)

with words lifted from:
– UK newscasters
– Carl Sagan dubbed into castilian spanish
– ANC Radio Freedom BroadcastSouth Africa1969
– a US Military Commander
– Waking Life
– The Century of Self
– Slavoj Zizek
– and more sources of lost origin