A tender sonic embrace from the depths of storm Éowyn as metronymph's debut ｡𖦹°‧⭑.ᐟ.ᐟ Feeling sooo excited to finally be able to record my mixes - though they will undoubtedly be replete with mistakes and blips (my laptop is still trash). This mix of ambient, electronica, RnB, Soul and whatever other gently jumbled genres will hopefully give u some comfort in these trying times. I would be honoured if you rotted, spread roots and found a gentle slumber in the middle of the day while listening to this in bed. 
lots of love,
𖦹 metronymph ꩜


track list:

It's A Rainy Day on the Cosmic shore - Ana Roxanne
Dreams Once Buried Beneath the Dungeon Floor Slowly Sprout Into Undying Gardens - André 3000
A (No Beckon) - Petfood
Green Eyes - Sudan Archives
Red Room (Nick Hakim remix) - Hiatus Kaiyote
Interlude - Kokoroko
Colouour - Moses Sumney
Joya - Arca
The Anchor Song (Black dog mix) - Björk
Nathaniel W. James & Dave Quam_Waitin_122BPM - Kelela
Bottom Energy - Dawuna
Can't Get Over You with You - ML Buch
Spirit 2.0 - Sampha
You Hold the Key and I Found It - George Clanton
We Give Thanks (KeiyA Remix) - Kokoroko
Gagarin - Moses Sumney
Falmouth, Trelawny - TWEAKS
Forever - Dean Blunt
call me maybe (original) - JPEGMAFIA
Parable II - Dawuna
All Is Full of Love - Björk
Estrogen - Arca
I am a Witness - Solange

In Éowyn's Embrace

A mix put together and performed the other day to celebrate Purim @ Sketchy Beats, recreating as faithfully as I could how magical it was in the moment ! Big shout out to Ana for sticking thru together with organising and making the night such a blast <3 and for putting me onto Chaia, who I also need to give a separate shoutout to - not only are her amazing tracks featured in this mix, but its thanks to her genre-building and sound-making work that I found so many of the sick Jewish electronica/Kleztronica tracks in this mix. ꧁ ༺ Her music means so much to me and is sending ripples across the pond  ༻ ꧂ check her out here https://soundcloud.com/chaialeh?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Purim is a holiday based on the story of Jews living under the rule of the Persian King Ahasuerus in approx 4th or 5th BCE. When a vizier of the persian emperor, Haman, gets it into his head to wipe out all Persian Jews, it is only because of the guiles and careful planning of the emperor’s wife, Esther (who is Jewish without the emperor knowing), that the Jews of Persia evade this fate. The holiday is traditionally celebrated through masquerade and dressing up to do comedic re-enactments of the story (called the Purim Spiel). There is also a long history of people getting in drag for the Purim Spiel. Though there are complexities and tensions within the story, such as its conclusion of killing Haman and all his sons, which dangerously echoes Zionist ideas around Jewish safety of “kill or be killed”, the story also captures the proximity to violence so many marginalised groups face under oppressive regimes, and the forms of subversiveness, play and deception that especially queer people engage in for their physical and emotional survival. This set is somewhat of an attempt at a Purim Spiel, in audio form, taking the serious, traumatic and mundane terrors of our repressive regimes alongside the humor and joy we find in between the cracks, taking parts and sounds that we're told don't/shouldn't mix, to iterate and reiterate, finding solidarity and harmony to transform through playing the parts over again, and make something new through that process.    

Track List:
Ghostly Waltz (The Minsker Niggun) - SK.EIN
AZADI.mp3 - Empty Platform
Lovalot - M.I.A
Dr. Drei Dreidl - Socalled
Utz' Eitza - Chaia
Mijwizz (Dammi Falastini Edit) - Saliah
Basura Dub - Shabbos Ranks - Borscht Beats
J Beat - Gip Gipz
Glorious - Sudan Archives
God Is Alive, Magic is Afoot - Buffy Sainte-Marie
Riquiquí(xx20);Bronze-Instance - Arca
Kaddisch - Marina Herlop
Close My Eyes - Bored Lord

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A Purim Spiel

Kaddisch is the traditional Jewish prayer of mourning. A remix of Marina Herlop's exquisite Kaddisch ft. trans excellence Arca and Bored Lord. This is for not even knowing where to start mourning, or when to stop. This is for rituals of mourning thru movement at home or in the club, this is for knowing and forgetting and remembering that we mourn by fighting and resisting. With the martyrs of Palestine and all martyrs resisting Zionism in mind, may their memory be a blessing and guidance on the path to liberation.

Note on language:
The biblical Hebrew word Yisroel (Israel) means “one/those who wrestle with G–d.” When the word “Yisroel” is said in blessings and prayers, we are not referring to the modern state of "Israel." Rather, we are connecting to the history of Jews as a people, who embrace wrestling with overwhelming mysteries and contradictions, with the traditions we inherit, with systems of power, and with injustice.

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