Mutamassik Goes the Strings of My Heart
A short pause on the Bedlah series, as I want to digest some of the commentary first. So, instead, how about a little music?
In my continuing search for kick-ass music, I've been trying to trace down certain artists. DJ Mutamassik was an enigma -- I only had a couple of mashups of her work on DJ Rupture's music to go by, along with some very positive online press. But what I was reading belied what I grasped from the mash-ups, and what I was grasping was a talent that was perfect for the post-modern raqs scene.
And now that I've got a chance to lay hands on her music in detail, she's the Perfect Storm of high-energy dance. And it is dance-able, unlike some other music that lies on the edge between "here" and "over there" that I love. Indeed, it's on the opposite edge from works like Dead Can Dance; it's hip-hop, bass-thumping, raw and powerful.
There's a power in the organic (for lack of a better term) nature of groups like Musicians of the Nile, something I sometimes feel is lost in the transition to the 20th Century Arabic Orchestra. Mutamassik, though, gives me the same chills that those groups do, even as the beat is thumpin' like it flowed outta Eric B's dark dreams.
You can hear some of her music on the Rough Americana site (scroll down for her pieces). I've also uploaded one of my favorite pieces, Gulf Rock Mix, for your listening pleasure.
In my continuing search for kick-ass music, I've been trying to trace down certain artists. DJ Mutamassik was an enigma -- I only had a couple of mashups of her work on DJ Rupture's music to go by, along with some very positive online press. But what I was reading belied what I grasped from the mash-ups, and what I was grasping was a talent that was perfect for the post-modern raqs scene.
And now that I've got a chance to lay hands on her music in detail, she's the Perfect Storm of high-energy dance. And it is dance-able, unlike some other music that lies on the edge between "here" and "over there" that I love. Indeed, it's on the opposite edge from works like Dead Can Dance; it's hip-hop, bass-thumping, raw and powerful.
There's a power in the organic (for lack of a better term) nature of groups like Musicians of the Nile, something I sometimes feel is lost in the transition to the 20th Century Arabic Orchestra. Mutamassik, though, gives me the same chills that those groups do, even as the beat is thumpin' like it flowed outta Eric B's dark dreams.
You can hear some of her music on the Rough Americana site (scroll down for her pieces). I've also uploaded one of my favorite pieces, Gulf Rock Mix, for your listening pleasure.
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