There's a wonderful new compilation out on Pukehammer Records, and our beloved gaop is participating with When the Lights Explode.
But by all means, please listen to the entirety of the compilation as there was lots of effort put into gathering such a superb release, and it shows.
We hope you enjoy it as much as we did!
Hot on the heels of Vol.1 it's out extreme pleasure to present: RZRecords 6 WAY SPLIT, Vol.2 !!!
We were lucky enough to be presented with enough materials for two back to back releases.
This made the process a bit longer because we had to find the right concept for the releases to work in a harmonious way, but this is far from a complaint, it was a pleasure to be trusted with the participants' art, and to come up with a result we are very proud of.
As always, our goal is to find interesting collaboration, to do our tiny part in the promotion of artists you might have not heard of, and in the process to discover new music that excites us.
This is yet again a purely online release, which is spread across several streaming platforms.
Feel free to share it anywhere, and look for other instances it on other platforms that might pop up later.
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 fine people over at Delirium Psychosis Productions have released yet another wonderful compilation, and yet again, we were lucky enough to take part.
Here's a message from the DPP team:
54 years after the Stonewall Uprising inaugurated the gay rights movement, we find ourselves once again in the fight for our lives. Trans genocide must be resisted by any means necessary. We are undergoing a deep historic process in the fight for our liberation, one that has been met with the utmost cruelty at the hands of bourgeois counterrevolution. Stand up, fight back, smash gay oppression.
All proceeds donated to The Trevor Project.
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.
The kind folks over at Delirium Psychosis Productions released a 50 track compilation titled "Psychic War Against Cop City: An Extreme Music Compilation" with the profits going to the Atlanta Solidarity Fund.
It's a good compilation with lots of interesting tracks and genres, and a very good cause.
Some of our artists participated, so if you're into the stuff we're doing, here's a great opportunity to contribute or just take a moment to learn about this important cause.
The following release sparks much joy in our hears.
It's a collaboration between Haggari Nakashe and gaop that's both beautiful and intelligent.
The rich, dark, ambient sounds of this track, are haunting and lovely, blending piano with synths in a droning and slows manner, suitable for both active and passive listening.
Here are a few words from the artists:
'Topic to Topic #2' is a musical experiment that seeks to examine what would happen to a piano composition ripped out from the modern or post modern genres, into the realms of downtempo, electronic drone music, effect-heavy and synth-laden.
The result is this atmospheric, 34 minute track. Beeping, humming, dragging like doom metal, yet retaining its grace.
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.
gaop & NishMa present: Snake Handling Gloves.
Drums, recorders and electric organ. Simple and brilliant.
Abstract, jazz like, nightmarish. Conjuring ambulances, rattlesnakes, dangerous woods, poisonous attacks, hallucinations, trips to the hospital, bagpipes, abandoned churches, deserts, scary birds, warm bottled water, Lars von Trier and other stuff too.
Good stuff.
Reflections, by Haggari Nakashe & gaop, is an hour long drone / dark ambient piece, with electroacoustic and musique concrète overtones.
It's suitable for trance like states, deep thinking, meditation, frightening trips, horror movies and probably nature movies too.
Available on all streaming platforms, but mostly for purchase on Bandcamp (below) and on Spotify.
RZRecords proudly present The Hidden Hand, a brand new single by NishMa, gaop & Haggari Nakashe, collaborating on a drone oriented noise track, accompanied by live drums.
The track is available for streaming on most platforms, and for purchase via BandCamp.
2023 is looking great release wise, with a strong first quarter, and a few more surprises up our sleeve for the near future.
We're super excited to present The Jazz of Shapes to Come, a brand new gaop album.
It's a celebration of electro-acoustic pianos, woodwind instruments, bells and tape recorder hiss sounds.
While the title obviously references the Coleman masterpiece, The Jazz of Shapes to Come is a different take on free jazz or avant-garde, with an approach that's more mellow, rooted equally in ambient as it is with musical giants such as Art Ensemble of Chicago.
The album is available on most streaming platforms, purchase via BandCamp and is do for a limited physical release in the future.
Haggari Nakashe has released a holiday themed EP titled "Tis the Season for Revenge" and we love it.
Three dark ambient tracks, it's all you ever wanted, all you ever needed, here in your arms.
gaop's Sick Days is an interesting take on genres like grunge, noise rock, punk, stoner rock and indie, serving as a fusion and revision of the above, via the experimental gaop prism.
Live and programmed drums, guitar, bass, synths and vocals, all provided by this one-man-band.
This release has no real aspirations to become a part of any of the corrupt, co-opted genres it explores, and yet it wins in advance by not participating. It's a labor of love, creative onanism, fun and effect pedals.
This release is available for purchase via BandCamp, and for streaming on most streaming platforms.
Software Bondage and gaop provide four tracks each, eight tracks in total.
Software Bondage brings crunchy, minimalistic, noise oriented sounds, a really interesting take on noise, with rhythmic patterns, melodies, granular distortion and lots more stuff that makes it stand out in the genre.
gaop mixes woodwind instruments, ambient, electroacoustic, IDM, avant-jazz and some other stuff thrown into this weird beautiful mix.
Split album by Yasuyuki Uesugi and gaop.
It's a very interesting listen indeed.
FROM THE ARTISTS:
A split release featuring the music of Yasuyuki Uesugi and gaop.
The result is a harmonious blending, combining two schools of electronic music.
Yasuyuki Uesugi offers layered, textured, repetitive and somewhat ritualistic works of sound art, honoring the long standing tradition of Japanese noise.
gaop brings a different variation to the table, in the form of electronic ambient with hints of classical, minimalist, avant-garde.
May this combination be a blessing to your ears.
Our dearly beloved friend and collaborator, Itai Matos, has released an album, which we support and even assisted in the distribution of.
Titled "The Second Coming of Itai Matos", it's an honest diary, obsessively documenting self analysis, introspection, anxiety, pain, love, addiction, restlessness and other, more mundane happenings.
This weirdly beautiful collection of songs is the epitome of TFIM (The Famous Itai Matos), it's all over the place, navigating the wide spectrum of rock, channeling influences, stirring up memories, it's a homage, it's a work of outsider art, it's everything all at once.
Spoken word poetry read over synth noise, followed by surf music, followed by 90's electro-rock, followed by more 90's style alternative with noise rock influences, suddenly exploding into something that's more of the same and yet something completely different. It also mixes English and Hebrew. It's an all around mash up.
It's a strangely addictive release, as it's more rewarding than it is challenging, even tough it's not a easy listen. It demands another round and yet another play. There are obvious ups and downs, there are interludes and aural assaults, there are unexpected climatic culminations.
Above anything else, this album is an obvious labor of love, and it's kind of infectious.
~ 20 Years of RZRecords, a Retrospective Revisiting Haggari Nakashe & gaop's Pictures of Gold and Terro...
