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The source material for this EP was a limited-edition promo CD--when Mutamassik repatriated to Egypt, customs officials confiscated all remaining copies! No joke. That's how serious her sound is... MUTAMASSIK (meaning 'stronghold' in Arabic), is an Egyptian producer and DJ currently based in Brooklyn. War Booty draws on Mutamassik 's background in Sa'aidi folk music from the upper Nile valley, classical Arab song, and Coptic culture (Egypt's Christian minority)... as well as the streetwise schooling in hiphop & breakbeat poetics she received after moving to America as a youngster.

Mutamassik 's pioneering style has led to repeat performances at Ramadan celebrations in Paris, NYC's experimental Soundlab gatherings and underground African clubs. We're proud to announce that, apart from compilation appearances, Soot #4 is Mutamassik 's debut!

DJ /rupture contributes a remix guaranteed to make the speakers shake. Packaged in heavyweight 12" with hand-branded record jackets.