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bod [包家巷] 
The Recurrence Of Infections [复发感染] w/Flora Yin-Wong & M.D. James remixes
DN014
Format: digital album
Release Date: 7 December 2018
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Nicholas Zhu’s previous efforts as bod [包家巷] saw them folding context both online and off into palpable concepts like MoVA (Museum of Virtual Art) as well as sound pieces Advent of the Silicon Rain [硅雨来临] and Limpid Fear [清澈恐惧], released through Quantum Natives and KNIVES, respectively. Zhu’s music is primarily constructed through piano and voice, “performed” through active manipulation of a MIDI instruments and vocal recordings overlaid and situated in field recordings and soundtrack rips. The resulting world created reads as documentations or meta-considerations of the present moment, measurements of the experience of life through technologically informed sound design.

The latest bod [包家巷] work, entitled The Recurrence Of Infections [复发感染], is an elliptically sweet yet unsettling audio piece that conceptualizes a state of mind in “the quiet hours of laborious coping that fall into the areas between work and sleep.” It comes with additional sound and video supplements that "are components of the larger, continuous work that is living." The title refers to a series of health issues that they had while living in Los Angeles.

Zhu has stated in previous interviews that their practice in music is distinct from their art, citing “socioeconomic precarity” as a driving force behind their work. “I put my studio practice on hold specifically to work on music (for efficacy, music allows me to engage with people in a way that art can’t) knowing that meaning doesn’t translate, even when literally transcribed.”

The spacious desolation and emotional surges that are felt in the sound piece aren’t intended to impart meaning as much as expressing an affect, specifically attuned to the darker moments in one’s life when they are self-loathing, lost in unease and intense fear. The work varies from calm and polymorphous soundscapes to maximal onslaughts of noise and harmonies, each section stitched to the next as nonlinear, anecdotal chapters in a story of personal experience.

The Recurrence Of Infections [复发感染]

bod [包家巷] - The Recurrence of Infections [复发感染]

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"A mythology of bewinged souls, protecting and defending our realms.
Archangels falling as freezing rain, in their struggles with themselves.
Saving the soul from sin and fear, cleansing away your inner disgusts.
Your spirit is ripe for the second coming, tribulation is close at hand.
The Deluge is coming and who will be saved, what becomes of Angelic Hostility."

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Mastering by Lorenzo Targhetta

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This compilation of 90 tracks was put together to support the feminist movement in the autonomous area of Northern Syria. All proceeds from the digital sales will be sent directly to the ‘Foundation of the Free Woman in Rojava‘ (Weqfa Jina Azad A Rojava) which is one of the last women’s organization in the area.

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That Which Is Not Born Nor Dies * SONIC RESISTANCE * A Compilation For Rojava

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The Box Man by @yoshitaka-hikawa-1. Taken from The Breath of Air, out July 2, 2020 via @katharsislabel

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"The Breath of Air" is the third release of katharsis, a new label focusing on emotionally charged music run by Copenhagen-based artist @jjjacob. This release is the third part of compilation trilogy featuring 30 different artists from all around the world. It follows the first compilation "The Flow of Water" released on May 21st and the second compilation "The Burn of Fire" released on June 11th.

The vibe of this compilation seems to fall between its two predecessors respectively tranquil and anxious moods. The ten artists of the record take you on a 40-minute contemplative journey of experimental and ambient music.

Mastering by RO Zar

Artwork by jjjacob

Released by katharsis

bod [包家巷] - The Recurrence of Infections [复发感染]

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