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Worst of All Time EP

Worst of All Time

Ani Klang - Continu

Tadleeh - Ego Will Collapse [YGK006]

1. Kalix
2. Virgo?
3. Ego Will Collapse
4. Believe Me I'm Lying
5. Love Comes To Its Conclusion
6. White Flames On Black Embers

Format: Digital/EP
Release Date: June 26, 2019
Cover: Pietro Agostoni
Mastered by: Alexis Chan

Tadleeh - Kalix [YGK006]

Narcissi - Narcissi EP
Cat. Nr: DN017
Format: Digital
Release Date: 22 November 2019

The Southern Russian city of Krasnodar originated as a fortress, built by the Cossacks in the district of Kuban. Today, the region is the key fulcra of a distinct culture, and a carrefour between the Caucasus, the Black Sea, Eastern Europe, and Western Asia. Narcissi—a duo of Krasnodar residents, Eugene and Sasha—use music as a focal point to explore the roots and folklore of their region, from local spiritual legacy and Cossack traditions, to old Slavic and Russian folk songs. It’s an experiment in rethinking the ancient through the prism of our time; of storytelling and singing about today with the wisdom of generations behind you; of decrypting a folklore filtered through countless individuals, every word filled with the meaning and emotion of a single person.

Generating music outside of the computer, Narcissi operate using aging Soviet and Japanese synths, guitar pedals, cheap drum machines, and samplers loaded with videogame snippets and TV sound effects. Rich
soundscapes and stuttering cosmic electronics unfold beneath the duo’s chanting, singing tales of loneliness and horse riders while their keyboards shudder and buzz. An emotional syntax developed and shared across generations finds a home alongside rich blasts of voltage and washes of
synthesized chords.

Narcissi is about who Eugene and Sasha are within the sphere of their roots, and a geographically specific link to a lost universal knowledge. Sometimes it’s sad, hard, and destructive—a heritage of loss, blood, ecological violence, and resistance—yet the beautiful things of inner, meek, ancient, spirits and Saints, they have them too. “Devils we have, but Angels too,” declare Narcissi. “No hypocrisy please, but the good is stronger.”

Design by Niels Wehrspann
Figures from Visitors by Pasha Bezor & Pasha
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ANAPA 2019

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Narcissi - В Путь-Дорожку Дальнюю

Remix Howie Lee's Track "Mountain Song In A Jar" from Album "天地不仁".

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瓮中山歌 Mountain Song In A Jar (Alex Wang Remix)

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We are happy to introduce our newest addition to the roster Accotica with a new single off his forthcoming release on TAR.  This journey begins with falling inward.  Emotions, experiences, memories become light.

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2/28/2020

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Accotica - "SUPAKEZ"

Artist: Pisitakun
Album: Absolute C.O.U.P.
Format: Digital / Tape 
Cat.No: CHI022
Master: John Hannon
Artwork: Pisitakun
Release Date: 29 July 2020

The tourist board might try to paint Thailand as the Land of Smiles, but in reality, democracy and free expression for Thai citizens seem a far-off dream. The Southeast Asian country has undergone 13 military coups d’états following the Siamese Revolution in 1932, the most in modern history than any other country. “Since I was born I witnessed three different coups: in 1991, 2006 and 2014,” says Thai artist Pisitakun. “The question is stuck in my mind: Why do we have so many coups?”

Pisitakun explores this question on Absolute C.O.U.P. , his second release on Chinabot following 2018’s SOSLEEP. A whirl of hard techno, molam, military marching beats, Thai Pop and traditional Thai instrumentation, the seven-track record is a maximalist tour through the Thai political and psychic landscape, never sacrificing its wicked sense of fun in its pursuit of political justice.

Pisitakun is among the young Thai artists who use oblique playfulness to challenge the ruling powers in the face of censorship and prosecution. “I’m trying to collect the sounds, voices, samples or songs that relates to the coup and make songs from those sources. Each song represents the part of structure that supports the coup,” he says.

Opening track MoMoNarNarChy interpolates Pleng Sansern Phra Baramee, the Thai royal anthem. Played by Pisitikun on the phin, a lute from the marginalised Isan region of northern Thailand, he transfers the anthem through his analogue synthesizer to create a dissonant, unfamiliar version of the song, wrapped in techno beats and skittish distortions.

“This album was mix of different classes of music, from local to royal music, “ says Pisitakun of the album’s palimpsest of samples and tempo changes. “I try to put a lot of unstable parts into the song so that you never know when it will change, when it will be fun when it will be sad. It is like a coup in that you never know what will happen in the future. Only the one that makes the coup can know.”

Driven by military marching drums, ArArMyMy samples the Thai pop song Poor Soldier, a ballad about low solider wages, as well as the speech given in 2014 by the wealthy General Prayut Chan-o-cha shortly after his successful coup. Prayut, who implemented a number of anti-democracy and censorship laws, remains in power today.



As the world erupts in protest at police oppression, Pisitakun reminds us of the profound loss of human freedoms under a police state. His energetic defiance imagines an expressive, aggressive and deeply joyful world where the strata of power have been upended - a kind of coup in itself against the structures of hierarchy in Thailand.

The album includes three remixes from Gabber Modus Operandi, MSHR and ELVIN BRANDHI. It will be available to buy as a cassette or as a gold bullet-shaped USB stick—a typically subversive nod to the power and wealth of the Thai military elite. A visual artist as well as a musician, Pisitakun has made a painting for each song, which will be included as stickers with the physical release.


About PISITAKUN

Pisitakun Kuntalang is a visual artist and musician living in Bangkok. He released SOSLEEP, his first album with Chinabot, in 2018 and appeared on a number of other splits and compilations.

He questions fundamental and increasingly universal values without merely decrying the fact of corruption or offering neat palliatives. His works are based on political speculation and the external and internal frustrations artists are subject to.
He has performed at CTM Festival (Berlin, Germany), Asian Meeting Festival (Tokyo, Japan), WSK NUSASONIC (Manila, Philippines), Spaziomusica Festival (Cagliari, Italy) and Cafe OTO (London, UK).

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