Filastine

In Filastine’s technical rider, that is a list of the equipment that the musicians wish to have for their concerts, you will find a couple of odd requirements. Apart from the usual stuff - microphones, mixer, amplifiers, lights, if possible no smoke machine, a sound system that makes you feel the sound, he asks for a shopping cart, trolley, carito - your whatever it is called in the local language - i.e., in Swedish. En kundvagn in other words. Preferably a normal sized one made out of metal. According to Filastine it will not get destroyed during the concert and we will be able to return it to the place we “nicked” it from. It is on the trolley where Filastine intends to place his equipment, various electronics and percussion. And it is this attitude that captures the feeling in the music that he produces; most recently for Soot Records, a record company based in Barcelona run by Dj/Rupture (whom you may remember from the appearance with Nettle during Clandestino 3#/2005). The sound activist Filastine started his music career with the ensemble itchkung!, then he formed Infernal Noise Brigade, a twenty man strong band with music particularly suited for demonstrations against the war in Iraq. After a long time in Morocco, Filastine produced an album for Majmouat Abdel Hakim, a street musician from Marrakech. He continued to compose music for P.A.N, a Japanese Bhuto dance group that performs in Asia and North America. The sound is an action tool for Filastine. He arrives in Sweden by boat and train, and he wants more gigs in Scandinavia so he can lessen the impact of his travel upon the ozone layer. More than once the police of different nations have arrested him for guerrilla like audio interventions. So right now it is only the 1.5-meter high and 12 kilometres long Saftey barrier that has been build for 17 million dollars around the G8 meeting in Germany that can stop Filastine. This is his last stop before his appearance at opening night at the mountain camber. Prepare yourselves for global under earth warmth generated by Filastine and - as just confirmed - accompanied with MC Subzero Permafrost.

Dj Mleccha