Bill Converse @ The Lot Radio 09 - 03 - 2022

Ku Mwezi

Hewa

The People's Avant-Garde w/ Hibotep - 08/01/2025

The work of Dhangsha, alias of Asian Dub Foundation founding member Aniruddha Das, is more of a sonic statement, compelling enough to reach number 11th on The Wire’s Releases of the Year. Its name, which means ‘destruction’ in Bengali, stands for the textual inscription of a content that conjures up and vindicates the now anachronistic idea of art as war, today received as an empty grimace. Certainly, his work has been particularly impacted by the witnessing of the live-streamed genocide happening in Gaza, Palestine for over a year, perpetrated by the forces of israeli fascism and basically applauded, funded and supported by western governments and their respective media.

The title of this podcast, "We Are Grieving But We Are Not Despondent", adds to the set of paratextual elements that complete its idiomatic features, largely present here, a sort of DIY interface between experimental noise and bass culture that traces connections between different events of Black Modernity, from black techno (a tautology that responds rather to white plunder tactics) to black noise to a mutant dub that inverts the importance of reverb to focus on compression. The effect of this last trait is as characteristic as it is paradoxical: percussion and spatialisation generate a weightless sensation that center the listener’s attention on the mid and high frequencies, abrasively accumulating uneasy hooks, alarms and feedbacks that weaponize the overhearing sounds in the western spectacle. Is it not perhaps a radical transfiguration of the liberating, spiritual hymnlike cadence of reggae/dub?

This is a specially recorded live session of his current material. Though each of his themes are defined by certain samples and sequences, the arrangements are always created through live improvisation and recorded straight to stereo, no multi-tracking. The recordings are processed afterwards with edits, fades, equalisation and mastering.

Public performance is what drives the development of the Dhangsha’s sound and compositions. He is aware of what’s going on in the world and doesn’t attempt to censor his feelings thereof.

Cover by Maria Isabel Acosta.

Dialektik Podcast #18 - Dhangsha

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“𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳’𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘮𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐’𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴’ 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘺’𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘣𝘺 @kagami_smile 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 “𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯”. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴, 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮-𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦”

- CVLT NATION, May 2025

https://cvltnation.com/kagami-smile-you-in-a-painting-ii/

PREMIER: KAGAMI Smile - You in A Painting II [UBN, 2025]

Slikback is an electronic producer from Nairobi, Kenya mainly focusing on experimental music, noise, bass and high intensity rhythms. Over the years his sound has morphed into various forms all meant to be an expression of different ideas and emotions. Unbound by any specific thing, his unique blend of sounds can be found in his multiple releases.


Unsound Festival w/ Slikback @ Kiosk Radio 16.02.2025

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One hour of Palestinian field recordings of Palestinian streets wedding from Jenin and its district 1980s digits from tapes.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/palestinian-sound-archive/episodes/palestinian-sound-archive-10th-march-2025

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