Filastine

Filastine creates music that bends genre, cutting mutated hiphop with international street rhythms to build a new sonic territory defined by nomadism, beat science, and massive bass. Based in Barcelona but constantly on the move Filastine brings the soundclash to every type of club, squat, and festival imaginable across the earth, playing in nations across Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and Australia. His live sets are a deep exploration of rhythm and noise, layered with live percussion, ranging from dubbed out disorientalism to slamming beats that weld batucada & grime.

In 2006 Filastine dropped his debut release, Burn It, to much critical acclaim on DJ Rupture’s boutique imprint Soot Records, it was then re-released by French label Jarring Effects, Japanese glitch label ROMZ, and the anarchist media collective Crimethinc. A new album is nearly finished, likely out in late 2008. Filastine tracks have aired on the UK radio shows of Mary Anne Hobbs & the late John Peel, and peaked at #15 in French independant radio charts. Less visible are the spins on pirate stations in the Americas, or the more than fifty thousand downloads of his dj mix on Blentwell.com.

Before making dirty electronic beats Filastine busied himself with the Infernal Noise Brigade, ¡TchKung!, and composed music for butoh dance. Sound is also a tool of direct action for Filastine. He conducts guerilla audio interventions and has been assaulted or arrested by police of many uniforms in the course of his work.