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mlybdmncy is the debut project from duo Vesta Payne (Sarah Hartnett of Ghostlore of Britain & Tom Wheatley of Теплота) - presenting a collection of pewter water castings made under the divinatory method of molybdomancy (the ‘reading’ of objects created by casting boiling metal into water). It is historically present in various cultures, including Scandinavia, Turkey and Pagan Britain. Peoples have diversely employed the method to foretell fortune, deduce bewitchment and remedy curses.

The castings are in a limited edition of 50 unique pieces and an accompanying 3 track EP where the sounds of the process were interpreted vibrationally and ‘recast as music’, offering time-linear observation through listening.

Mastered by Amir Shoat

Listen to the full EP here: https://doyenne-books.bandcamp.com/album/vesta-payne-mlybdmncy

Vesta Payne - Supplication (D-004 Preview)

@SaintAbdullah & @Eomac rekindle their longstanding collaboration in this fiery new release sourced from the multiple cultural references and personal stories of its producers.

In their third installment entitled “Light meteors crashing around you will not confuse you”, the New York-based Iranian-Canadian siblings Mohammad and Mehdi Mehrabani-Yeganeh aka Saint Abdullah & Wicklow-based Irish producer Ian McDonnell aka Eomac continue their exploration of sounds and rhythms through an expansive use of sampling and heavy distorted beats. Passionately curious about diverse vocal and musical cultures as well as their own, the trio began their long-distance collaboration in 2019, releasing their first two albums, “Patience of a Traitor ” (Other People) and “Chasing Stateless” (Planet Mu) in 2022 and 2023 respectively.

The trio recorded the album as the world witnessed the genocide on Gaza, Mohammad notes that all tracks were “recorded within a few weeks in October after the war broke out as we tried to keep our heads above water.” The sound of Saint Abdullah is characterized by a keen interest to challenge cultural perceptions and expectations of diasporic narratives, by foregrounding sounds, field recordings, and sacred and profane music from the multiple worlds they belong to. They pay homage to the distinct influences, however sonically and culturally disparate, that have permeated their records and musical process so far. Together with Eomac, they continue a conversation shaped by their ever-growing sonic heritage and shared musical affinities. The inclusion of field recordings for example, often personal ones, are not ornamental but are integral parts of the whole album in which vocal samples are both used in moments of release or through thrusts of heavy beats, continually mirroring a state of unease.…

Reflecting on the recording process, Eomac notes that: “There is a strong influence and inspiration from hip-hop culture here. The beat-tape in particular. It’s rough, raw; rhythms are direct and not overthought. The beats are heavy and distorted for the most part, often shifting and changing throughout a single track. This brings an intentional “ungroundedness” to the record and a sense of tension.” Echoing this state of unsteadiness, Mohammad writes in a poem during the recording: “Those in the diaspora, are those that have left their home, by force, by will, somewhere in between. Are we the connective tissue that makes things more interesting?” Tracks like 'Bitch, I am Islam’ and ‘Rocknrallah’ relieve some of the sense of disorientation but are no less poignant. In the former, 'Bitch, I am Islam', Mohammad uses old personal recordings of his sisters reciting the Quran or repeating Iranian revolutionary chants like “War war, until victory”, an acknowledgment of the worlds they left behind and the ones that need building. In ‘Rocknrallah’ Abdel Ja7eem Hafeth sings a rendition of the 1933 American standard tune ‘Smoke gets in your eyes’ only to evoke the smoke coming out of Gaza.

The record also features fellow Iranian artists in the diaspora, musician and sound artist based in Paris Cinna Peyghamy and club experimentalist Aria Rostami. Ian Bruner, who worked on the album’s artwork, created a composite of the different elements and motifs that form the album, an image of arduous travel towards the mirage of Americana. In this historic period of grief and anger, ‘Light meteors crashing around you will not confuse you’ musically and conceptually engages world systems and beliefs through the experiences and stories of its producers.

—Rayya Badran

All proceeds UNRWA

Produced by Saint Abdullah & Eomac Featured Artists: Cinna Peyghamy, Aria Rostami, Abdel Ja7eem Hafeth Mastered by Rashad Becker Art by Ian Bruner

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Light meteors crashing around you will not confuse you

Saint Abdullah & Eomac - Overexposure will kill a pornstar

OXY w/ OBLAKA - 20/05/2024

Influenced by her hometown Cairo’s underground scene, London-based writer and researcher Nihal selects contemporary left-field hip hop, drill, drum & bass and experimental sounds from the Middle East and North Africa capturing the organic crossovers traversing the region.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/nihal/episodes/nihal-13th-june-2024

Nile to Bank w/ Firas Shehadeh 130624

This week's TANK Mix of experimental electronica and lolloping ambient interludes comes from James Massiah, who had the following to say on the mix's creation: “This mix is for the journey. It's a mix for discovery. I like the idea that the different cross sections these artists represent can intersect through me. It's moody. It's atmospheric. It's dark at times but it's fun too. Melancholic but a little manic. It's me in a mix in Summer 2024. True Romance FTW.”

Tracklist:
Ink Cloud - Two Lone Swordsmen
Braeburn - Lauren Duffus
1013 - Miso Extra 
Favorita - Dinamarca & AMORE
Powder - fakemink
No - Nicolas Jaar 
Tour - Capleton
No Delay Freestyle - Elheist 
I'm So Random - sasha B & 3o
Love Me Jeje - Tems 
Transparency - D'eon
black star - Klein 
Dejavu - lolina

Photo by Zora Kuettner

TANK Mix: James Massiah

A show that is a testament of a newfound friendship between Jana & Tarek who aim to showcase the rich heritage and diversity of their respective homelands, the Balkans and the Arab world.

Zanatski Dukkan w/ Jana & Tarek @ Kiosk Radio 05.07.2024

Taken from 'Action Sports 2'(G&P016), out November 8, 2020.

Besides Action Sports, the duo of friends and frequent collaborators Matthew Pepitone (alias Karmelloz) and Dylan Howe (alias Cplusplus) together form another two vital projects - Julius Theory and Portland Compressor. As Actions Sports they candidly combine their solo approach into sublime and multifaceted compositions, welcoming the listener with a great dose of warmth and pleasantly-colored sentiment. After dropping their first eponymous longplay via Barcelona-based label angoisse, Gin&Platonic is proud to present the duo's follow-up – 'Action Sports 2', which marks their most diverse and complex work yet.

Moderately reinterpreting the legacy of such as BoC or Biosphere while still staying up to date, the duo ambitiously joins the rank of rising contemporary ambient-oriented projects, recruiting from labels like West Mineral or Motion Ward. Beautifully balanced and elegantly composed, the music on Action Sports 2 seeks to erode the delimiters between pristine hi-fi digital dub, abstracted electronic glitches, and the smoked-out, but emotive haze of the American Pacific Northwest ambient. Being released in early November, the mesmerizing longplay calls for repeated listens while out on cold strolls through nature trails, or just leaving unpacked for a proper evening couch voyage with a thick damiana spliff in hand. Either way, Action Sports 2 offers enough thought space for the inherent and low-key rewarding post-summer contemplation. 

Written, produced & mastered by Matthew Pepitone & Dylan Howe
https://soundcloud.com/derrida
https://soundcloud.com/dylanmhowe

Artwork by Jiri Macku
jirimacku.tumblr.com

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