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'''Footprints Catalog & Trust''' is an independent music trust. It is the umbrella for the discography, projects, personas, and monikers of SESAC composer [[Artist:William Lamont Robinson|William Lamont Robinson]] — [[Artist:Muhammad Hasan|Muhammad Hasan]] — who has recorded under his many names since 1994. Footprints was started in 2021 to bring that whole body of work under one catalog.

== Operations & Infrastructure ==

* '''Publishing:''' Operates in direct association with [[Urban Sufi Music - Sesac|Urban Sufi Music]], the SESAC-registered publishing entity founded in 2004. The writing catalog — more than 600 published compositions — is managed across three publishing entities, one per performing rights organization: [[Urban Sufi Music - Sesac|Urban Sufi Music]] (SESAC), [[Ghadaqan Music - BMI|Ghadaqan Music]] (BMI), and [[So Amusing - Ascap|So Amusing]] (ASCAP).
* '''Distribution:''' Partners with [https://distribution.fka.audio FORM] for global digital distribution and physical media manufacturing. Releases appear across formats: vinyl, CDs, USB albums, and NFT-authenticated editions bundled with wall art.
* '''Studios & design:''’ From album art to music production, recording, mixing, and mastering are handled at ATHARi, a production house of Hasan’s Dissidence USA.

== Catalog & Artists ==

The catalog focuses on independent hip-hop, beat tapes, and electronic/ambient library music — nasheed, post-modern hip-hop, and beat art at its core, with the Traces line covering nu-jazz and jazztronica. Its library music is placed for film, TV, and multimedia use. This wiki documents the catalog as it stands: 70 releases, 750 recordings, and 653 registered works.

Releases and distributed works include projects by:

* [[Artist:Bil Basmala|Bil Basmala]] — the "Beat Art" moniker: spiritual Urban Sufi hip-hop built on a dusty aesthetic and soulful, jazz-influenced samples.
* [[Artist:Autolect|Autolect]] — downtempo, jazzy hip-hop with thoughtful lyrics; the official debut ''Every Mans Universe'' arrived in 2005. The moniker is now retired.
* [[Artist:Usephasan|Usephasan]] — one of the earliest recording names in the catalog, still active.
* [[Artist:PER Music Library|PER Music Library]] — started in Burbank, California as Preservation Electronic Recordings. Library, theme, and archive music across experimental, hip-hop instrumentals, ambient, minimal, jazztronica, and nu jazz.

== External links ==

* [https://footprints.bandcamp.com/artists Footprints Catalog on Bandcamp]
* [https://urbansufimusic.bandcamp.com Basmala & Urban Sufi Music on Bandcamp]
* [https://permusiclibrary.bandcamp.com PER Music Library on Bandcamp]
* [https://www.articologist.com articologist.com — Muhammad Hasan]

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