Filastine Spotlight the Life of A Scavenger on Music Video for “Los Chatarreros”
Abandon series which comprised of four music videos from Filastine has finally come to an end as “Los Chatarreros” was released. Three previous audio visuals from the series have been released and they are “The Miner”, “The Cleaner” and “The Salarymen” in a chronological order. The single “Los Chatarreros” itself has been available to be streamed digitally on Youtube, Bandcamp and Soundcloud. The terms derived from Spanish words to refer to scavengers who search for scrap metal every night in the corners of Barcelona city, Spain. The activities are mostly done by illegal immigrants without official paperwork to further sustain their lives in Spain. “Those people are actually scattered everywhere, but they’re like invisible. Their presence can be considered as weird for Barcelona’s image who is often labelled as trendy and cultured city,” says Grey Filastine who has spent most of his years living in the city. The video chronicles the daily activity of a scavenger who spends his night with his trolley looking for something useful to be sold again. His work ends when the sun rises from the east and he could later sell his “harvest” to those who are willing to buy.
Dougie Knight acts as the main lead of the video and Celine Pimentel was appointed as the choreographer for the visual. The video was directed by Xavier Artigas with the help of Mitra Azar who shot the aerial video for “Los Chatarreros”. In this song Filastine once again explore an experimental electronic sound and it’s a perfect pairing for the visual. The Abandon series display Filastine’s concern on people’s jobs which are often seen as degrading. Besides these four exisiting materials, Filastine will also add a few more songs on their upcoming album called “Drapetomania”. It is planned to be released on April 2017 in vinyl, CD and digital format. Starting from May, the duo comprised of Nova Ruth and Grey Filastine will embark on a tour to promote the album in some countries like Spain, France, England, Tunisia, until Italy. Hopefully they will come to Nova Ruth’s homeland, Indonesia as well as their tour stop later this year!
