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Love

Kenneth Goldsmith - Sings Baudrillard (2006)

кто знает лучше тебя, что мне нужно
я всегда была послушной
но сейчас
ты можешь быть прав, но рядом
рядом с тем что я узнала и о чём молчу

спаси меня от того, что я хочу
спаси меня от того, что я хочу
спаси меня от него у, у 
спаси меня от того, что я хочу

мы заслужили всё, что получим
время ничему не учит
ты сейчас не можешь быть прав, 
но можешь быть рядом

мы сложим из равных сторон
кровь и песок, сахар и снег
и я просыпаюсь во сне
когда вижу твои глаза

спаси меня от того, что я
спаси меня от того, что я
спаси меня от него у, у, у
спаси меня а а

наадя - спаси

SYMBIOTIC

Наадя - Сто Дней (Pixelord Remix)

Наадя - Вспоминай (Oligarkh Remix)

DPOSISC

Hyper-Island (with Charlie Osborne)

Citylights (with Esben Weile Kjær)

FRSHmint

Hesaitix - Noctian Airgap (PAN 152)
Label: PAN
Cat.No.: PAN 152
Release Date: 06 December 2024
Purchase: pan.lnk.to/NoctianAirgap

Through the haze we could make out hardly anything. Just the black line of the horizon. And in the distance the faint glimmering of the sea.

James Whipple returns from a long period of musical dormancy with his first full length LP for PAN since 2017.

As M.E.S.H., he honed a singular and unpredictable sonic identity on his debut album Piteous Gate. Re-emerging as Hesaitix, the now-familiar motifs have become streamlined, the sound palette both more refined and more elaborate. Even at its most abstract, there is an uncanny presence permeating the record, a convincing emotional reality with its own narrative and spatial logic.

Opener ‘Cusp of Unknowing’ announces itself with crushing low end synths feathered with delicate chimes before dissolving into the oceanic din of a data center. Rolling, engine-like subs mark the start of ‘Taurian Shade,’ a low- tempo percussive drive past iced-over chords and angular synth lines. ‘Geflatnet’ and ‘Volunteer’ dip into grooves bordering on nostalgic, referencing a misremembered golden era of electronica long-players. On ‘Santarosae (Black Dolphin),’ a sense of primordial awe comes to the fore, while ‘Black Line,’ originally presented as an audio installation in 2022, uses the human voice to explore a narrative approach to sound. ‘Noctian Airgap’ and ‘Anticrime’ return to syncopation and its complex moods, while ‘Subdermal’ and ‘Hypersea’ embrace repetition in service to atmosphere.

Hesaitix - Taurian Shade

Hesaitix - Santarosae (Black Dolphin)

Hesaitix - Black Line

Hesaitix - Subdermal

Ghalia Benali/ the golden hats /غالية بنعلي / القباب الصفر
Lyrics by Hani Nadeem
composition: Ghalia Benali

قصيدة "القباب الصفر" لحبيب الروح
Hani Nadeem
صعبة، كثيفة، حبلى بالمعاني الثقيلة، لن تغنى ولن تسمع بالعقل لأنها إيقاعات قلب منتظمة وصدى روح هائمة

"ان المجاذيب من احداقها ذرفوا
ترخي لهم عنبا اذ كفهم رفعت
كم يسكرون به
وتسكر الغرف
...

Photo: Selfie !Ghalia Benali)


Ghalia Benali/ the golden hats /غالية بنعلي / القباب الصفر

PAN DAIJING - Lack 惊蛰 (PAN 79)

Format: LP / Digital
Label: PAN
Cat.No: PAN 79
Release Date: 28 July 2017

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pre-order: http://pan-daijing.bandcamp.com/album/lack-pan79

Pan Daijing announces her debut album, ‘Lack 惊蛰’, on PAN this July.

Culminating as the purgative ‘finale’ to her improvisational live performances, Pan Daijing’s debut album also offers an insight to her future works. The process was intuitive and raw, born out of her previous explorations. Over the past 2 years, she has composed, recorded and edited different concerts and field recordings across Europe, China, and Canada, forming the basis of the record. Arriving as her first full-length album, ‘Lack 惊蛰’ was crafted from this long, painstaking mental and physical practice.

Daijing’s pieces are created around a very intense and intimate mental catharsis, often expressed through a close physical interaction with strangers in her live sets which seek to engage them in a highly personal way. “When I was finalising this album, they didn’t feel like tracks to me anymore, but more like a psychoanalytical process,” she says. “I saw myself being this absurd, mad person ‘acting’ out the sounds… It’s rather physical, and became like a mindgame. All things came out naturally as part of me.”

The narrative of the album presents a perspective of the world as ‘the theatre of our minds’ - where Daijing sees the record as an ‘opera piece’ in its storytelling and drama.

The release is mastered by Rashad Becker at D&M, featuring photography by Ralf Marsault, and artwork by Bill Kouligas.

Lack

Pan Daijing - Act of The Empress 皇后之作 (PAN 79)

This "Summertime"

カスバの女～夜のムードを歌う

"Kasuba no Onna" (Casbah Woman) - Midorikawa Ako (1967)

Desaparecer / Ampersan / Flor de biznaga

The ever-reliable Batov Records have another unmissable 45 on the way. This time it's a band formed only this year called Şatellites. MIMS is proud to premiere B-Side, "Deli Deli", a razor sharp slice of Turkish psych funk & pop in 6/8 time.

Şatellites are another exciting act from the celebrated Tel Aviv music scene, and here at Batov Records we love them! Formed earlier this year, the group comprises talented vocalist Yuli Shafriri on the synth; Itamar Klüger on the baglama & bouzouki; Ariel Harrosh on the bass and Azriel ‘Raz’ Man on the drums. The band plays everything from Anatolian rock to vintage psych and spacey grooves. Şatellites describe their sound as retro-fresh psych à la Turk, a musical “laboratory” lost somewhere between the mysterious alleys of 70’s Istanbul and the scorching sun and crystal blue sea of Jaffa-Tel Aviv.

"Deli Deli" opens with a groovy bass riff and ululating synth, followed by a nifty melodic lead on the baglama and then Yuli’s enchanting vocals. The song is a new interpretation of an old piece by beloved 70’s Turkish folk singer Şakir Öner. This new version differs from the original in the more bright and poppy feel, conveyed by the 6/8 rhythm, and the addition of a whole new section by the band. 

"Deli Deli" is released on 27th November with "Big Baglama" on the flip, and if you've checked that one already then you've surely bought a copy! Destined to be a hit at your next post-lockdown breakers jam and very much destined to sell out. So don't sleep!

Pre-Order

Exclusive Premiere: Şatellites "Deli Deli" (Forthcoming on Batov Records)

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