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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

Air Liner – Flirting With Cities

Air Liner, a Karachi-based experimental act, just came out with a new single. The music is kind of hard to define. A rough estimation would be Boards of Canada, Telefon Tel Aviv, Aphex Twin, Throbbing Gristle, noise music and post-rock genetically spliced together; an outlandish analogy but what the heck! A highly enjoyable listen. You don’t need to be a fan of experimental music to be able to enjoy Air Liner.

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Air Liner – The Dream of Machine

DogMaschine

Airliner is a one-man experimental project based in Karachi which is headed by Taha Badar. Everybody should check this out. It is a band approved free download.

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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.

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Listen (listen to the band on myspace)

Midnight Heartbreak Sessions Released

Front Cover

Midnight Heartbreak Sessions is a split album by the bands Bigotry, Dreary Aperture and Rakas. The album showcases different side-projects of the people in Aus Rine. Let me warn you, though, that the music is highly experimental and is definitely not metal. Here is the band-approved link for downloading. The music is up for free downloading.

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