Harsh Noise Wall Means Fight Back: Smash Gay Oppression

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.

 

This time, the contributions on our end were:

• Haggari Nakashe - Echoed Sentiments
• gaop - Thelxiepia 

Special shoutout to MEZZUU, yet another participant, who's also starring on our upcoming split series.

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.

 

Psychic War Against Cop City: An Extreme Music Compilation

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.

Here are the direct links to the tracks:

• Haggari Nakashe - Modern Life 
• gaop & NishMa - It Must Flow
• Paxit - The Hidden Tongue

Haggari Nakashe's track is a synth drone gone noise. gaop & Nishma's track is multilayered noise, with drums and heavily distorted woodwinds. Paxit delivered straight up experimental doom metal.

'Topic to Topic #2' by gaop & Haggari Nakashe

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.

'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.

Snake Handling Gloves by gaop & NishMa

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

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.