Kutmah (Brainfeeder): I WAS PLAYING AROUND WITH AN EDIT OF ''I WISH IT WOULD RAIN'' BY THE SOULFUL STRINGS AND THOUGHT IT NEEDED VOCALS. THEN FOUND THE SUFI ACA AND IT SORTA WORKED. I DIDN'T EDIT THE VOCALS DOWN RIGHT SO THEY SORT OF JUST FLOAT OVER THE TRACK. ANYWAY, I REALLY LIKE SONGS WITH ''RAIN'' IN THE TITLE. OH AND ''BUTTER''
Kutmah is a DJ from the Los Angeles scene known for his affiliation with Dublab and Low End Theory ... that is, he was until a couple months ago when a pack of federal immigration agents raided his pad, threw him in the detention center in the desert, and eventually deported him to his resident country, UK.
We'd been talking about a Kutmah podcast for a while, and knowing that he'd be released someday, brought it up again via jail mail. Kutmah's now a free man, living temporarily in Manchester UK, and finally got enough of his equipment together to put together this 50 minute mixtape.
We posted some stuff of Kutmah in the past time,and ive written some stuff about the "Free Kutmah" initiative and his deportation.Now "Kutmah" is back in the game,back to his fam and his Brainfeeder crew and back to the fans.Good news,and a fuckin good podcast.Check it.
THE BACKGROUND: Kutmah was born in the UK to an Egyptian mother and Scottish father. He moved to the US with hismother when he was 12 years old. They immediately applied for US residency to keep them from being sent to Egypt. The US court ruled that as a British citizen he would be able to live in the UK and denied their application.
Kutmah and his Mom returned to court to plead their case 14 years ago when Kutmah was 20. They were againdenied a green card and were urged to sign a document stating they would voluntary leave the US.On Wednesday morning, May 5th armed agents entered Kutmah's house and detained him. He was brought to a facility in downtown LA where he was interrogated. On Thursday he was moved to New Mexico. We need to show how important Kutmah is to the LA and US community. Please write a letter and spread the word!
Please customize the letter below and send it ASAP to Gaby Hernandez: gaby5hernandez@gmail.com
LETTER TEMPLATE: To Whom it May Concern:Justin McNulty is a highly talented artist, DJ and music producer who is a beloved member of the Los Angeles creative community.For well over a decade he has devoted his substantial skills to the betterment of our community through positive, artistic actions.Mr. McNulty has selflessly donated his time and exceptional talents to numerous charitable and non-profit causes. He has garnered worldwide acclaim through these efforts based in the United States.Mr. McNulty’s individual community arts service is a testament to modern philanthropy. In an age when institutional funding is slim he has taken personal action to better our country by inspiring its citizens through progressive cultural outreach.I fully support Justin McNulty’s right to stay in the United States and urge your positive and swift action in this matter. His deportation would be a devastating loss to Los Angeles and the American arts.
Es wäre eine schöne Geste sich die Zeit zu nehmen und die Petition zu unterschreiben.Unabhängig davon wen es trifft,ist es immer ein trauriges Schicksal wenn sich Menschen in Abschiebehaft befinden und von einem Tag auf den anderen aus ihrem Leben gerissen werden um auf ihre "Deportation" ins Ungewisse zu warten.Faschistische Gesetze sind es, die Staaten sich immer wieder zu eigen machen um durch Machtwillkür und Staatsgewalt, die Freiheit und Individualität des Einzelnen mit Füßen zu treten.Demokratie ist Dackelblut!Eine Petition ist zwar nur ein Tropfen auf dem heißen Stein aber auch hier lautet die Devise "Die Hoffnung stirbt zu letzt".// Wir bitten euch keine Fake Email Adressen zu benutzen,da die Unterzeichnung später bestätigt werden muss.Danke für eure Zeit!
You have to digg this incredible Sketchbook Radio(NTS) episode with Low End Theory pioneer "Kutmah". 50 minutes filled with exclusive unreleased Madlib instrumentals. Deep, Tasteful and Extraordinary.
I´ve been too busy, or maybe just too lazy in the last weeks.. but, I´ll post some good one´s for you now!.
Let´s start with this superb mix that Kutmah did for fact-mag:
Hit+Run Volume 3 is out and contains works from Kutmah, Teebs, Sonnymoon, fLako and many more great artists. Support the projhect with 10 bucks, its available on Bandcamp and itunes.
For the fourth installation of our mixtape series, we are glad to welcome UK producer S.Maharba. The name is notoriously surrounded with fuzzy images of pin-up girls, however not much is known of the person behind this masquerade of 1970’s sex idols.
His Banu tape for EB compiles the most adventurous beat music you can find to date. Dirty L.A. is featured with Juj, Kutmah, Durlin Lurt and Leaving Records boss MatthewDavid. AEED, ichiro_ and OL from our team make another appearance, as well as EB future wunderkind iL. UK stands tall with Kato, Young Montana? and shooting stars Forest Swords. Most tracks are condensed to the very essence, looped and blurred into each other while S.Maharba lavishly embraces everything from Progressive Rock to reverb-laden Ambient: this is what makes this mix one of the best we had in a long, long while.
You know, i love that dude. S.maharba .Stream or download the mix for error broadcast (download) and get a trip across his likes.
