Cargo Records

Burn It

Filastine's Burn It is one of those rare debut albums that reveal an artist operating at the height of their powers.

A Hip-Hop backbone supports live polyriddims, collaborating musicians, lush electronica, field-recordings, and an array of guest MCs and singers. The result is genuinely fresh, streetwise, and solid. From start-to-finish.While Burn It will satisfy beat-heads, the album also exhibits a deeper musicality. Check the upright bass, horns, and sultry French vocals of "Palmares" (track 3) or the trio of singers on "Ja Helo" (track 14). "Quémalo Ya" (track 2) was composed on a Brazilian rooftop with vocals tracked in Havana, while Filastine assembled his studio in the medina square of Marrakesh to get the snake-charmer flutes of "Judas Goat" (track 5).If you were to circle the Earth a few times, listening closely to the beats and noises of the streets, it might sound something like Burn It. Fresh, well-traveled hybrid of hiphop beats, live percussion, and acoustic instruments/ Filastine to tour Europe this spring/summer with DJ Rupture/Debut album from founding member of the Infernal Noise Brigade (a 20-piece anarchist marching band)/Unique cover art by street artist Swoon.