The Spirit of Jazz Compels You, by Haggari Nakashe & gaop

This is a single-track, 40-minute-long album, released in a very fun collaboration via two other labels: Splitting Sounds Records, from Serbia and Noyade Records, from Russia.

This is really pure joy. It's the excitement of an international collaboration with such amazing labels that release hidden gems, doing us the favor of bringing us in and allowing us the pleasure of joining their circle.

It's the joy of experimental music. Supporting a release that flows like a painting, it has a beautiful droning backdrop, layers of pads, noise, and acoustic instruments. What else could one ask for?

Not much really. 

Haggari Nakashe is on most electronics & gaop is on noise woodwinds.

Released on Splitting Sounds Records as SSR​​​-​​​RR​​​-​​​0248
Released on RZRecords as RZR24SoSc

"The Spirit of Jazz Compels You" represents a somewhat groundbreaking fusion of experimental jazz, drone music, and ambient soundscapes that pushes the boundaries of contemporary improvised music. This 40-minute journey through doom jazz and noise jazz territories combines acoustic woodwind instruments with electronic processing to create a sonic experience that appeals to fans of avant-garde jazz artists like John Zorn, The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, and Bohren & der Club of Gore. The collaboration between Haggari Nakashe's electronic manipulations and gaop's experimental clarinet work produces layered drone textures that evoke the atmospheric qualities of dark jazz while maintaining the spontaneous energy of free improvisation. Listeners searching for experimental electronic music, atmospheric jazz, or drone ambient compositions will find this release particularly compelling, as it seamlessly merges multiple subgenres into a cohesive artistic statement available on Spotify, Bandcamp, and all major streaming platforms.

Be sure to visit, support, and follow these fellow creatives:

Splitting Sounds Records:

https://www.instagram.com/splittingsoundsrecords/
https://splittingsoundsrecords.bandcamp.com/music

https://splittingsoundsrecords.blogspot.com/

Noyade Records:
https://noyaderecords.bandcamp.com/

https://www.instagram.com/noyaderecords/

https://www.facebook.com/noyaderecords/

Don't forget to follow the RZRecords Bandcamp which is finally back.

This release is also available on Spotify and most streaming platforms.

This international music collaboration between RZRecords, Splitting Sounds Records from Serbia, and Noyade Records from Russia demonstrates the global reach of underground experimental music networks in 2024. Independent record labels specializing in avant-garde music, noise releases, and experimental jazz continue to build cross-border partnerships that help promote underground artists and distribute limited-edition releases to worldwide audiences. Splitting Sounds Records has established itself as a prominent Serbian experimental music label, while Noyade Records brings Russian underground music perspectives to this tri-label collaboration. For fans of international experimental music and collectors of independent label releases, this partnership represents the kind of grassroots music distribution that keeps experimental jazz and avant-garde improvisation thriving outside mainstream music industry channels.

Extended format experimental music releases like "The Spirit of Jazz Compels You" offer listeners a meditative deep-listening experience that contrasts sharply with contemporary short-form digital music consumption. This single 40-minute composition follows in the tradition of long-form ambient music and extended jazz improvisation, requiring dedicated listening time to fully appreciate the evolving textures and gradual sonic transformations. The album's structure allows drone elements to develop organically while woodwind improvisations weave through electronic pads and noise textures, creating an immersive soundscape ideal for focused listening sessions, creative work, or contemplative environments. Fans of artists like Brian Eno's ambient works, Stars of the Lid's drone compositions, or extended free jazz recordings will appreciate the album's patient pacing and attention to textural detail. Available as a high-quality digital download on Bandcamp and streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, and other platforms, this release joins a growing catalog of experimental music that prioritizes artistic vision over commercial radio formatting, offering listeners seeking challenging and rewarding musical experiences an essential addition to their experimental jazz and drone music collections.

Honey & Cream by Les Carnages Possibles, NishMa & gaop

 

Honey & Cream offers an intriguing take on the original track, "Honey Hunting" by Les Carnages Possibles and NishMa, now reimagined by gaop. Like the original, this release features the same mesmerizing drones and captivating female vocals enveloped in dark ambient sounds, but it adds to it.

This edited and overdubbed version takes the emotionally charged original, adding delicate layers of synth drones, subtle hiss noises, and woodwinds, resulting in a beautiful and poignant tribute with a unique character of its own.

This remix isn't just a cover; it’s a true deconstructed club-inspired metamorphosis. Where the original "Honey Hunting" felt like a drift through a vast, dark cavern, gaop’s version builds intimate, claustrophobic chambers within that space. By isolating the ethereal female vocals and threading them through gauzy layers of hiss and woodwind, the artist transforms the emotional core from one of searching to one of lingering memory. It’s a masterclass in how dark ambient music can be both deeply personal and universally resonant, proving that restraint often yields the most profound impact.

Listen closely with your top quality headphones, and you’ll discover gaop’s subtle genius in the negative space. The added synthesizer drones don’t compete with the original drone work; instead, they act as a warm, melancholic shadow, bending the pitch ever so slightly to create gentle, microtonal dissonances. This technique, paired with the deliberate inclusion of crackle and hiss, bridges the gap between pristine digital production and the warmth of worn-out vinyl. It makes "Honey & Cream" feel less like a digital file and more like a cherished, physical artifact, a fleeting moment captured beautifully on dusty tape.

"3" by cÆNINEZ, Haggari Nakashe & gaop, and SMEGMASMOG is finally out on all platforms!

"3" is a split release by cÆNINEZ, Haggari Nakashe & gaop, and SMEGMASMOG, showcasing just how interesting, layered, dynamic, and complex noise music can be.

This release is a standing proof of the greatness of a genre, which is often blamed for being diluted by an infinite number of artists on their home computers. 

With only three tracks, and clocking just under half an hour, this release brings forth a potpourri of haunting sounds, the darkest of ambients, drones, shrieks, and beeps. 

With the sheer amount of music released every second, this testament to the remarkable side of noise might get lost to time, only to be occasionally remembered by the participants themselves. But such is always the nature and risk of music. This is especially true for noise music genres. The constant fate of extreme, independent, and experimental releases that have little to no mass appeal to begin with.

At the end of the day, it is up to each and every one of us to make sure that the music we love is not overshadowed by the passage of time. The artists, the labels, the listeners, the people sharing links online, we each do our tiny part in appreciation and preservation. It's a delicate ecosystem, and we hope that our work on bringing forth "3" is nurturing enough for you to keep on flourishing. 

Releases like "3" face constant risk of being lost to algorithmic noise. By writing about, sharing, and archiving these works, listeners become active participants in experimental music preservation. Every stream, download, and blog mention acts as evidence that this corner of the underground exists. If you create avant-jazz, drone, HNW, or noise rock, we want to hear it. Read our guide, then hit us up for a spot on our split series. The ecosystem survives only when we each do our tiny part.

Unlike solo albums, splits foster direct dialogue between artists. They are the most accessible entry point for listeners new to depressive blackened noise or electroacoustic improvisation. They require no expensive studio time, only the willingness to share space with another artist's vision.

In Drone We Trust, by NishMa, Haggari Nakashe and gaop

 A while back we told you about an upcoming special release that wasn't only a collaboration between artists, but also a joint effort between RZRecords and Ranger Magazine.

Ranger Magazine was the first platform on which we released IN DRONE WE TRUST, the dreamy, spooky, wonderfully haunting album by NishMa, Haggari Nakashe, and gaop.

This release is interesting as it's almost a meditative trance of sorts, while also being heavy-hitting (bordering on doom metal aesthetics) at times, and ambient-like, droning, and experimental enough to contain elements of noise and free jazz.

We're now glad to announce that this album is available on all streaming platforms, and if not all then surely most of the big ones. 

Please, go on and enjoy this thing of beauty.

One last note: while this year our main focus is releasing and distributing digital albums, we are considering releasing this gem in physical format. This will mostly be up to our listeners, which is based on the play statistics.

Every now and then we toy around with the thought of doing new CDR releases, cassettes, and even vinyl, but as of now, there was no special demand that we noticed. If you feel strongly about owning 

our releases or merch, please let us know!!!

[UPCOMING] In Drone We Trust - in collaboration with Ranger Magazine

We're very excited to share that the soon to be published issue #4 of the wonderful Ranger Magazine will include a premiere release of In Drone We Trust, the long awaited collaboration between NishMa, Haggari Nakashe & gaop.

This nine track album has been in the works for the entirety of 2023, with a few singles (with earlier versions of the tracks) appearing throughout the year on compilations.

The album is (obviously) drone heavy, incorporating elements of dark ambient, noise, experimental or avant-garde metal, and just a dash of woodwind instruments and world music motifs.

Ranger magazine is a web publication (with printed copies) dedicated to experimental art, poetry, music and film. We encourage you to explore past issues and stay tuned for issue #4.

In Drone We Trust, by NishMa, Haggari Nakashe & gaop

RZRecords SIX WAY SPLIT, Vol.1

It brings us much joy to introduce the following release.

Rzrecords SIX WAY SPLIT, Vol.1 the first in the series of what hopefully will become many.
This is our way to bring artists together, spread the word, collaborate, and have fun.

This is a purely online release, successfully spread like a virus across several streaming platforms. 
A streaming format seemed right to us for the initial releases, with the thought of physical releases becoming a reality perhaps at a later point in time.

We've already started conceptualizing the next releases in the series, so feel free to send in your materials!

The participants in Volume.1 are:

(in order of appearance)

• MettaUniverse
• The Crimson Rod
• MEZZUU
• gaop
• Sabixatzil
• Torture Prophet
  

As always, we love to keep things interesting, so there's a mash-up of genres going on.

While the color palette stays dark, the compilation travels between the industrial side of metal, free noise rock, noisy dark ambient sound art, dark avant-garde jazz, guitar jazz that's cut up with field recordings, and straight-up HNW.

We really had tons of fun working on this one, be it listening to all the wonderful materials we were gifted by these great artists, of the fun of stitching it all up into a coherent form.

Thank you for participating, caring, listening, reading this post or any interaction you may have with RZRecords!

Synth & Sax for the Elderly by Haggari Nakashe & gaop

Now here's a fun little treat!

A new collab album by Haggari Nakashe & gaop.

It's been on repeat at RZRHQ since we got the master files, happy days indeed.

This one is a bit of everything thrown into the lab, a tad of jazz, ambient, drone, beats, noise, a very good listen.

A word from the artists:

Synth & Sax for the Elderly, a collaboration between gaop and Haggari Nakashe, paying homage to our ancestors via noisy drones, sax abuse and a few beats. Inspired by life itself.

 

NishMa / gaop split

 A super fun collaboration by NishMa and gaop.

The first thee tracks are by NishMa. They're wonderfully cinematic, larger than life soundscapes that conjure sci-fi drama, vast futuristic dystopias, dark skies filled with rusted flying cars.

The last three tracks are by gaop. They're conceptual attempts at deconstructing traditional IDM music into easy listening piano ambient music, using the usual tools of the trade and an electric piano.

The track "Marcel will return", sandwiched right in-between the other tracks, is a joint effort by both gaop and NishMa, delivering top execution from both artists.