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Animistic Beliefs - MERDEKA

With their profound take on electronic music, Animistic Beliefs have steadily solidified their spot in the global underground. Influenced by cultural concepts such as ancestry, animism and mythology, as well as the languages of political techno, punk, bubbling and IDM, Linh Luu and Marvin Lalihatu consistently translate their visions into sensitive productions as well as high-octane live performances. On their new record, MERDEKA, the artists explore and embrace their cultural heritage in all of its pride, pain and complexity. MERDEKA symbolizes Animistic Beliefs’ breaking free, coming to terms with their changing selves and letting go of external expectations. The record rethinks childhood memories, confronts the generational trauma left by (post-)colonialism, and re-connects Linh and Marvin – respectively of Vietnamese-Chinese and Dutch-Moluccan descent – with their formative cultures. 

MERDEKA marks their first step in an overall departure from western club music. For its layered sound, Animistic Beliefs once again draw from the past, present and future of global club music, creating a sonic space where fast techno, warped breakbeats and ambient soundscapes make way for the augmented influence of (Southeast Asian) tribal music. 
The record incorporates Indonesian scales and recordings of 
the Tahuri (a wind instrument made out of a conch shell), Totobuang (Gamelan-like gongs) and Tifa drums, known as ‘the Moluccan heartbeat’. 
There is no audible distinction between old and new, between organic and digital, between instrumentation and voice. 
It is through words that the artists further touch on their experience; To Dream About Water opens with a stirring spoken word fragment by Marvin, marking the first time his voice is recognizably featured, whereas Khi Minh Gap Lai (‘Until We Meet Again’) centres on a Vietnamese poem by Linh, in which she beseeches her ancestors and finds a safe haven for unanswered questions. 

In true Animistic Beliefs fashion, MERDEKA will set fire to sweltering clubs and (sleepless) dreams. Yet, for the artists, it is essential to amplify the stories that spark that flame and keep it burning. 
The release of MERDEKA follows CACHE/SPIRIT, their ongoing collaboration with visual artist Jeisson Drenth, which extensively explores the artists’ intersectional identities. As such, the latest album is the next step within a bigger, introspective investigation. More unapologetic than ever, MERDEKA embodies a turning point on Animistic Beliefs’ ongoing journey towards self-acceptance – fuelled by the sound of urgency. 
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released August 26, 2022 

Written and produced by: Marvin Lalihatu and Linh Luu 
Artwork by: Don Elektro 
Mastered by: Rashad Becker

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REGIS - ALLIES (1996) vs DJ N.K - ORIXÁS GROOVE (2006)
CHOPPED BY SHAUNYB666.

So I made a new Bootleg track at about 3am this morning. 
It combines Regis' 1996 track Allies with DJ N.K's track Orixás Groove from the 2006 "DJ Do Ghetto" compilation.

In Allies, you can really hear industrial techno in its infancy, emerging from the Birmingham post industrial urban environment in the mid nineties, as heavy metal had done 30 years earlier. It was clearly a reaction to the commercialisation and "happy-isation" of hardcore and rave culture.

Similarly in Orixás Groove and the entire DJ Do Ghetto compilation we hear the birth of a new wave of Kuduro, emerging from the increasingly westernised, dubstep-ised Kuduro sounds that were making their way to my english ears in the mid noughties.

When i first heard "Allies" it reminded me of the rawness and immediecy of the early Angolan Kuduro sounds I had found hidden in the depths of internet blogs. I also feel that Techno and Kuduro, at their best and mixed well, both share the same transendental hypnotic quality, to me there is no "CLASH" here, the two styles are best friends.

It was a no brainer that I had to mash it together with a Kuduro rhythm. It took me ages to get round to doing it but finally, here it is.

ORIXÁS ALLIES Regis x DJ N.K

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