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FOCUS ON: Mutamassik
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- Label: Very Friendly >>
- Genre: Electronic
Mutamassik (stronghold, tenacity - in Arabic) first blazed New York lofts in 1996 with her unique DJ blend of afro-oriental roots, hardstep syncopation, and east coast hiphop headnod.
She has since toured the world several times over, and made her name as a producer inna like hybrid mode, with remix work for Arto Lindsay, and singles for Dr Israels Trumystik & Dj/Ruptures Soot Records.
MUTAMASSIK(meaning stronghold, tenacity in arabic) is a producer and dj specializing in Saaidi Hardcore & Baladi Breakbeats: Egyptian & Afro-oriental Roots mixed with the head-nod of hip-hop & the bass and syncopation of hardstep. RELENTLESS RHYTHMS FROM THE PAN-AFROARABIC IMMIGRANT SOUND SOURCES. (afro-oriental punk roots in a rich broth of hip hop; garnished with junglistic bass and syncopation: punk jaw electronic hip hop roots raggamuffin pan-african derivatives)
HAS PLAYED WITH: Arto Lindsay, Butch Morris, Burnt Sugar, Snorre Bjerck (Native Speakers), Wunmi, Vernon Reid, Joan Osborne, Ilhan Ershahin & Wax Poetic, Graham Haynes, Fathy Salama & Sharqiat, Trumystic Sound System, Qaballa Steppers, Telecorps, Pledge Drive, the Year Zero, Khaled Rico, Musicians of the Nile, Natacha Atlas, Elliott Sharp, Marc Ribot, Micah Gaugh, Melvin Gibbs, Pete Cosey, Bichir Mohamed (Master Musicians of Jajouka), Hamid Drake, Morgan Craft, Suphala, George Lewis... - www.burntsugarindex.com
