Cassette & Record label. Established 2008

Nordra is the solo project by London-based artist Monika Khot. She creates her design of the future of pop using an incredibly intense mix of noise, electronic beats, her ethereal voice and various live instruments such as a guitar and a pocket trumpet. Her sound emits the fate and terror of metal even if the traditional instrumentation of a metal outfit is missing. As a film and dance composer, Nordra’s sound world is cinematic nature and her creations are heavily driven by mental states that face fear, torment, hope and despair.

In addition to her solo project, she fronts the band Zen Mother and has been found as a touring multi-instrumentalist with Daughters, Zola Jesus, Marissa Nadler, Cassandra Jenkins, and more.

Barkhausen is a collective devoted to improvisational, abstract music.  

Our debut album "The Length of Heaven" is now available in a limited edition of 100 CDs in Wellington record stores, as well as the Digital Album and CDs from our BandCamp page at https://barkhausen.bandcamp.com/

The tracks posted here are generally improvised, live recordings, edited for length and equalization. No overdubs (except where explicitly noted)!

All works copyright by the artists as noted. All Rights Reserved.

Releases:

2 x 12" "Tributary" on Activ-Analog Records. Released Feb. 2020. 

7" 33rpm Split w/ Natural Causes, b-side, "Fashion Device (Sponge Bath Version)" on Acid Etch Recordings, released April 8th, 2017. Buy here: https://acidetchrecordings.bandcamp.com/releases. 

12" 45rpm "Golden Light"   on @tone-log, released April, 9, 2016. 

c47 "Driven by the Night" tour split w/ Patrick Gallagher via @new-body-tapes. Released spring '16. 

c85 "Mainsprings of My Desire" via @new-body-tapes. Released Summer '15. 

c30 (self-titled) via @grovl. Released Fall '14. For further information and digital download:
http://grovl.bandcamp.com/

New tests, sketches and experiments from my film scores and various band projects (under the names of genshi, jido-genshi, Science Patrol, StarDotStar, cell:burn, Seven Summer Eyes, and a few others) as well as an archive of old songs of mine from various decades.

"Searing and percussive music from Oregon’s Don Gero; ripping beats do battle with freaked-out synths." -Bandcamp

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