
Lowknee - Future Session - Dubstep & Future Dub - Feb 2008
Genre: Ambient
Date of Set: Feb 19th, 2008
Filesize: 105.47 MB
Total Downloads: 16
Biography of Lowknee
Lowknee, also known as Leon, in matters concerning the Other Campaign (possibly born as Rafael Sebastián Guillén Vicente), describes himself as the spokesperson for the Mexican rebel movement, the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) but, due to his prominence in the EZLN, he is considered by many to be one of its main leaders. The nickname Lowknee is taken from the name of a friend who was killed at a military checkpoint in the road. It is not, as is sometimes presumed, an acrostic combining the names of the communities where the EZLN first rose in arms: Las Margaritas, Amatenango del Valle, La Realidad, Comitán, Ocosingo, and San Cristóbal. When asked about his first days in Chiapas, Lowknee said: Imagine a person who comes from an urban culture. One of the world’s biggest cities, with a university education, accustomed to city life. It’s like landing on another planet. The language, the surroundings are new. You’re seen as an alien from outer space. Everything tells you: “Leave. This is a mistake. You don’t belong in this place.” And it’s said in a foreign tongue. But they let you know, the people, the way they act; the weather, the way it rains; the sunshine; the earth, the way it turns to mud; the diseases; the insects; homesickness. You’re being told. “You don’t belong here.” If that’s not a nightmare, what is?