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A week ago, we announced the launch of our record label: Equanimity.
Curious to know who we will release music from?

Today we announce one of the first artists you will find on the label: Tunisian-born, Belgium-based producer Samer Soltan.

Follow https://soundcloud.com/samersoltan | https://www.instagram.com/samersoltane/ | https://www.facebook.com/Semersoltane

Melodic Diggers °112 | Samer Soltan - Ajna

Out now on Human By Default: lnk.to/HBD015

DakhaBrakha is a quartet from Kyiv, Ukraine, experimenting with Ukrainian folk music since the group's inception in 2004, combining an array of instruments from around the world with powerful and uncompromising vocal performances. For the latest release on their ever-impressive Human By Default imprint, label heads Bedouin rework four tracks from DakhaBrakha’s catalogue, fusing the captivating vocals and instrumentation of the quartet with their pitch-perfect production.

Leading the A-side is their reinterpretation of ‘Salgir Boyu’, with shuffling percussion and organic loops providing the backdrop for stunning elements of the original to shine. The rework of ‘A Doshchuk Nakrapaye’ follows, with DakhaBrakha’s vocals fading in and out of the background as Bedouin’s gentle synthesis and evolving drums carry the track. On the flip, ‘Svyryd’ sees hypnotic drones and bright shakers evolve alongside a rolling bassline before closer ‘Yahudky’ seeks more electronic territories, bringing tense strings and unfurling synths together to see out the release.

DakhaBrakha - A Doshchyk Nakrapaye (Bedouin Rework)

DakhaBrakha - Lubovi poklyk Au-Ua (Cover of Perkalaba)

originally recorded 2008 los angeles ca 
remixed 3.26.2016 los angeles ca
all instruments etc etokle

thurston moore

The Eternal

Calming The Snake

Jamala & DakhaBrakha - Заманили (Morphom version)

The Road

Monakh

If you like this edit please support the artists and check their album at Bandcamp! To me it's an extraordinary piece of art and a wonderful example of contemporary folkmusic. 

Original + translations:
https://dakhabrakha.bandcamp.com/track/seno

Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/dakhabrakha

DakhaBrakha - Seno ( Baru Edit )

Battery Park, NYC: July 4th 2008

The Sprawl (Battery Park, NYC: July 4th 2008)

As a bunch of slender ticks rein us in suitably for the opening, Aera pushes us inwards and sets a rather simple yet sophisticated tone. ‘Return To Never’ is the first production in his studio post-lockdown after many months of making music at home, and whilst it’s labelled as a piece which came together quickly in a rush of excitement, there’s no sense of hastiness of urgency here: instead it breezes itself along calmly and collectively. Focusing on minor chord progressions for the fundamental melody, Aera plays around with a mellow build-up of hi-hats, synesized haloes and reserved waves, all so finely and thoroughly packed to orchestrate minimal escapism - a delicate vessel of only the most adoring tones letting life back into new-found landscape we find ourselves in.


Mastering by Francesco Papaleo.

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