Air Liner – Open Krounotic

Chances are, you don’t know about Air Liner. I wouldn’t too if it weren’t for Taimur Mazhar Sheikh who showed me this awesome band. I know I cannot paint the exact picture so I am not going to try too hard to describe what Open Krounotic sounds like. Maybe Tim Hecker, Collapse Under The Empire and Susumu Hirasawa had unnatural sex and the end-result is the multi-cephalic monstrosity that is Air Liner. “Avant-garde” should point you in the right direction. You don’t need to be a fan of experimental music to enjoy this. Great music!

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Bigotry – Neurotic

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My first exposure and undoubtedly, the first exposure of the readership of the blog to Bigotry, comes from the Midnight Heartbreak Sessions Split we Aus Rine guys did. Bigotry was fairly ambient at the time but music should stay evolving. Taimur Mazhar, my long standing band mate, is out with the official Bigotry album entitled Neurotic. The overall sound on the album is very hard to pigeonhole, really and if I had to pick a name, I would go with Grouper, Einsturzende Neubauten and the Psychic Paramount spliced together. I cannot be sure though because I have only heard one song yet. I think it would probably pay you to go ahead and check it out anyway. Just how many albums does the Pakistani Music Underground get to see the release of on average per year? VERY FEW! Go ahead and check it out. Support! By the way, expect a podcast soon.

Tracklist; (click on the song title  to download)

01 – At Repose (Motte)

02 – Beginning – Of the Essomenic (Palisade)

03 – Beginning – Apathy Creeps in while the Hands Carve their Way into Flesh (Ashlar)

04 – The Isangelous Anguish (Keep)

05 – Neurotic – Concealed in the Heart of Every Being is Your Death (Parapet)

06 – Neurotic – Emptiness Governs the Universe (Allure)

07 – Neurotic – The Faithless Accuse the Faceless (Oilette)

08 – Sarcinarious (Turning Bridge)

09 – Novaturient (Revet)

10 – Reprise (Remnants)

Or alternatively, download the album in its entirety;

Bigotry – Neurotic

There is more to this album than just music. The album features artwork that will possibly help  you in discovering what that is.

Artwork; (click to download)

Neurotic Artwork

Aus Rine’s Self-Titled New Album

Aus Rine is their 1st release with me as part of the band and their 3rd release in general. There is a bit of everything in there; noise, ambient, kraut rock, post rock, drone etc. Aus Rine has also released a film in conjunction with the release. It is set to 4 songs off the album. The film was done by Talha Khan.

Download (the album can be downloaded here)

Listen (listen to the band on myspace)