@jjjacob
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released June 24, 2022

Summon I

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jjjacob - stella

Pollution Opera - s/t
Cat. Nr: DN027
Format: DL / LP
Release Date: April 24, 2024
Buy / stream: dansenoire.ffm.to/PollutionOpera

Elvin Brandhi and Nadah El Shazly refuse to turn away from the horror. The intercontinental duo’s Pollution Opera album is an uncompromising futurist depiction of our disfigured, dystopian, and dying reality. Facing hell in full defiance, the experimental noise album catapults itself through a volatile compound of breathless shouts, screams, and screeches, in collision with vocal samples, environmental recordings, and acousmatic sounds. Ten tracks cover the spectrum of electroacoustic fragments and vocalizations, treacherously suspended between the roar of engines and synth distortion, of evocative intonations or guttural retching.

First conceived in 2020, Pollution Opera bubbled up organically from a first tandem motorbike ride through El Shazly’s hometown of Cairo. Singing and screaming through the second-loudest city in the world, Brandhi and Shazly found the extreme noise pollution served as catharsis from the suffocating smog that surrounded them. They then took these sonic specimens into studios across years and countries—from the initial recording and sessions in Egypt to Uganda, where their so-called “cacophony carbon orchestra” would carry into simultaneous but separate residencies at Nyege Nyege in Kampala. There, Brandhi and Shazly reprised the role of the motorbike as their “stage,” in a city where motorbikes are the main mode of public transport. They then developed a live A/V performance from video material captured by Arno Mery, collected from their travels, and reworked by Egyptian artist Omar El Sadek during Banlieues Bleues Festival 2023 in France.

The result is what the artists themselves describe as “an uncompromising world-spew, a shameless alloy of love and hate.” Haptic knocking, barking dogs, and human growls trample El Shazly’s famously evocative Egyptian singing style on “CRÎi Me A River.” Breathless vocal cut-ups and samples are bulldozed by arrhythmic acoustic percussion on “Danse Le Flou.” There are moments of respite within all the chaos, however, whether in the heavily pitched, Auto-Tuned opening of “Pollute Bold” or the wonderfully melodic closer of “Crisp Heart”—its derelict rhythmic thrust giving a listener something to dance about.

Both artists lend their unique positioning and idiosyncrasies to Pollution Opera, whether it’s in artist, vocalist, and musician Brandhi’s avant-garde noise music pedigree as both a solo artist and member of father-daughter duo Yeah You, or
singer, composer, and producer El Shazly’s hybrid catalogue combining electronic music with contemporary classical. Together, in asking the question of what a postmodern opera might sound like, the duo offer their existential answer in the true spirit of the often playful and ironic philosophical position by offering no answer at all.

Voice & electronics: Elvin Brandhi & Nadah El Shazly
Violin on ‘Crisp Heart’: Ocen James
Soprano on ‘Attention’: Marie Requa Gailey

Artwork by Omar El Sadek & Niels Wehrspann
Mastering by Rashad Becker

Pollution Opera

Pollution Opera - Your Tracks Are Too Dark (ft. ZULI)

Taken from SBKT064: sideproject - sourcepond
Release date: 30th May 2024

Following up from work on Björk´s 'Fossora', Icelandic trio 'sideproject' debut on SVBKVLT with their new full-length album 'sourcepond'. Taking influence from the fog-covered wetlands of their native island, sideproject transfigure influences from the low-end frequencies of grime and bass music, and reshape it into a haze of transient-smeared beats accompanied by breathy synths that grow ever wetter till they slip beneath the surface tensions of their harmonic stratum. Compared to previous output, 'sourcepond' opts for a more concise approach to their music, stacking up their influences of experimental electronic, Icelandic punk and contemporary club music, and builds a sound that oscillates between melodic hooks and experimental rhythms. Each track carves through the sensuous material, pulling the listener into the dank sourcepond as though magnetic forces were guiding a bird's beak towards misty horizons.

Artwork by sideproject
Mastered by Raphael Valensi

sourcepond

sideproject - wet cement

The sixth and last episode of the series ends up in North Africa - welcoming from Morocco Archidi, experimental composer, audiovisual manipulator, and noise maker of sublime harshness ; and Disektor, a sound designer, creative coder, music producer and founder of Geometric Corruption Records, pushing the limits of dissection into the most abstract territory. This last fragment is a living embodiment of unity, a testament to the power that once came from the union of many others, a deflagration of collective consciousness and cosmic oneness.


After the Flash :: SD Shards w/ Archidi & Disektor (30/07/24)

Producer, vocalist, DJ, and dancer Andras_2020 is a rising figure in Europe’s burgeoning electronic music
scene. Originally from Brazil, the artist garnered a dedicated following by releasing their intricate and
textured debut EP, “Cuerpo Temperamental (acting in concert),” in 2021. This success was followed by
the Cuerpo Tour, which saw Andras enthralling audiences across Europe and the UK for nearly two years.
As a live performer, Andras’ work amalgamates contemporary dance and club culture. Their performances
fuse the visceral materiality of the body, violent screams, and poetry, exploring themes of survival and
physical transformation, contrasted with the gentleness of soft pop live aesthetics.
Motivated by a desire and natural ability to fuse personal experiences with creative expression, Andras
released “Blowhole” for Rest Now!. The title candidly contrasts the concept of inhaling and exhaling
through a hole, like cetaceans, with anal pleasure and its associations with queerness and discomfort.
At the base of the creative process lies the recovery experience from a series of major rectal surgeries,
serving as a paradox and a mirroring of the shame, sorrow, pain, and torment they endured during such
a period.
The EP balances its profoundly personal core with a lively and polished avant-garde pop exterior,
showcasing prominent synthetic sounds and metallic textures, evoking the ambiance of an operating
room or the calls of dolphins. Andras’ second bedroom studio record features collaborations with thrilling
artists such as Bristol-based Sarahsson and MICHAELBRAILEY.

Songs composed, produced, performed and mixed by Andras_2020
Mastered by Dreeks
Vocals by Sarahsson in ‘Gestation’
Additional production by Yvy in ‘Wings’
Additional vocal processing by Angel Demon in ‘Wings’
Additional synth programming by Toue in ‘Gestation’ & ‘Shell-Shifting (interlude)’
Featuring vocals, lyrics and additional production by MICHAELBRAILEY in ‘In Your Eyes’
Strings played and record by Carl Nöe in ‘Sofrimento’
Artwork by Photographed and edited by Thomas Lambertz

Blowhole

Sofrimento

Shell-Shifting (Interlude)

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AZULA - WHAT THE F*CK [FREE DL]

Get ready to relive your childhood nightmares....with bass. This Goosebumps theme flip takes the spooky nostalgia and turns it on its head, dropping you straight into a dark, wubby soundscape packed with growling basslines, trap-infused hi-hats, and spine-chilling build-ups. Haunting melodies meet heavy drops in this dubstep/trap fusion that hits harder than a midnight jump scare. Perfect for Halloween sets or just creeping out your speakers.

Warning: May cause goosebumps... literally.

GOOSEBUMPS THEME SONG (WES WILD FLIP)

For He Can Creep

SLUMDOG JUNGLE RESEARCH 

OUT 28/4/2019 on @heel-zone

https://heel-zone.bandcamp.com/album/hd-016-slum-drums

PRODUCED AND MASTERED BY KUTHI JINANI, 2019

www.kuthijinani.com

https://soundcloud.com/kuthijinani

KUTHI JINANI - CROWBAR

First Circle - Bitter?

"Blowhole" out now via Rest Now! 

From Brazil, based in Germany.

Bookings/inquiries:
gaelle@epm-agency.xyz

instagram
https://www.instagram.com/andras_2020/