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Mutamassik - Mawlid

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There can be no Political Solution without Spiritual Resolution. Somehow Words and Politics have been bound-up in one sterilizing, paralyzing tool. This track Mawlid, as well as Mutamassik's recent album "That Which Death Cannot Destroy" illustrates that insurrection has to be gone about in a way that has not been figured out nor defined by 'the man' (including 'the woman' now). "Mawlid" invests in the Unseen (e.g. and especially Sound) and generally what has not already been "defined" as the only way to go. To Mutamassik, that is distinctly her job as an artist. Right now, in our so-called, first-world, material societies, believing in this Unseen is just about the most threatening thing you can do! By means of sound, Mawlid started with the intention of 'introducing the "enemy" to the"enemy".

From the jungles of Brooklyn to a cave in the mountains of Italy via Cairo; Mutamassik keeps relocating headquarters for immigrant punkjaw revolution. She collides South Egyptian sa’aidi hardcore with jungle with baladi breakbeats with hip hop from the Bronx. The sounds have gotten deeper and darker with the years, but the rhythms remain as aggressive as ever. As a DJ and producer, Mutamassik always attacks full on —rough and rugged. But then again, Mutamassik means stronghold in Arabic, with a touch of fanaticism. She defies the tendency to clean up and gloss over savage music for the museums. Living her politics, the Mutamassik's mission is to wake people the fuck up and make them feel something. Protests and marches are not enough. As Mutamassik says, for those with simple means, may your resourcefulness shine. Lest we ever forget, where one is the oppressed, in another land he is the oppressor.

the sample on this track is 'Mawlid el Nur' by Abdel Wahab, performed by Cairo Symphony Orchestra. extra drums are by Snorre Bjerck (drums and vocals) and Tor Haugerud. Mawlid is originally released by Mutamassik in her album 'Masri Mokkassar' on Sound-Ink Records.

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from Nomads In Sound v1​.​0, released January 1, 2011

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