Bad Dreams - Haggari Nakashe & gaop

Bad Dreams - Haggari Nakashe & gaop is a four track EP, originally released in early 2007.

As a part of our attempt to map out the history of our releases, we're finally posting about it, something we unfortunately never did.

When it came out, it was uploaded to a handful of streaming channels existing at the time, but mostly sent out to people in a Zip file format and on personally burned CDs.

It wasn't one of the releases we did PR for, it was just sent out to friends, posted about on a few forums, later we uploaded it to YouTube. But that was all. 

No idea why, but then again, 2007 was a really busy year for us, and sometimes we just recorded stuff because it was just happening,  released it because it was there and we felt like we have to share whatever we were creating and move on to the next outburst. 

This was one of the earliest Haggari Nakashe & gaop collabs, a bunch of them were also released that very year, all of them quite different, most of them are still pretty good in retrospect. There were a few lost, so if you have files, CDRs or recollection of releases we fail to mention, please let us know!

This specific release was recorded in bits and pieces by emailing tracks and channels back and forth. It's mostly layered bass guitars, flutes and recorders, some FX, but that's it. For a period in our lives where noise was out major focus, it's pretty calm, even though it's dark and haunting.

It was quite interesting or even shocking for us that this release became so "popular" with time. At the moment it already received over 23K streams on Spotify alone, which is honestly amazing for such a niche EP that we never properly promoted, never physically released and never gave it the attention it deserved.

Today this release neatly fits in the catalog, right next to the other woodwind, electroacoustic, post free jazz releases; but back in the day we just did it cos if felt right, not knowing that we're going fall in love with obscure experimental jazz. It was just us trying new sounds, not really knowing why or how.

Let us know if you happen to have a copy of the release, in any format. Or if you recall something about it that we've missed. We really appreciate any input because so much is lost to time.
Also, as always, feel free to add to or edit our Discogs pages. 

'In and Out of Town' by gaop

We're thrilled to present In and Out of Town by gaop. A wonderfully tiny EP that is as beautiful as it's ominous. 

It's a fun gem that dives headfirst into Eastern European traditional folk music, breaking the mold to study the pieces and rebuild it in a new, inspired way.

'In and Out of Town' is an exploration of Slavic and Balkan folk motifs via via the prism of avantgarde jazz, film scores, and improvised free music.

In these six tracks, clocking just under seven and a half minutes, this EP utilizes traditional Ukrainian wooden flutes, clarinet, recorders and sax to paint a multitrack picture that's can be both familiar and distant.

The woodwind sounds of this release can be eerie at times, or even haunting, but not deep under the experimental nature of this release, lie the sounds of home.