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nihsahshsaH (adj​.​)

by Hashshashin

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黑之爱丽丝 The most underrated band in all Australia. This appeals to everyone to fans of 60s psychedelia to the seediest bellies of metal. Hashshashin should be bigger than they are now. Favorite track: The Ascetic.
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The Midnight Toker. Blistering Middle Eastern/Arabic influenced tripped out psychedelica in the live format for your eargasmic pleasure !
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Nick Bradey I noted the link to Instrumental(adj) -therefore checked this out . Great performances. Not to be missed .
Favorite track: Ascension.
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Hugh Jass Atmospherically pulverizing, overwhelming heaviness. This is not background music.
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    This image is of the Heruka, a group of wrathful deities in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. These gods were worshipped in pre-Buddhist Tibet, in the regional folk animism and the shamanic Bön traditions.

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Prostration 03:39
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The Ascetic 02:41
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Ascension 04:53
4.
Moksha 06:18
5.
Levitation 09:13
6.
Immolation 05:58

about

“(Hashshashin’s) music is powerful and muscular and ranges from full on psychedelic rock-outs to fully hypnotising drone. Often ragged and cathartic, this is, in its own way, soul music, music that taps into a primal, tribal, part of our consciousness that we, in our too comfortable Western civilisation, rarely draw from.”

- Echoes And Dust

On their new live album 'nihsahshsaH (adj.)', Hashshashin pair their brand of of sun-baked, Middle Eastern psychedelia with improvisation by guitarist Simon Dawes of Instrumental (adj.), whose spacious and creative guitar playing calls to mind the compositions of Morricone, the nuance of Bill Frisell, and variety of Robert Fripp.

The songs come from the group’s claimed 2016 debut ‘nihsahshsaH’, which draws on progressive rock and metal with melodic themes from the Middle East, field recordings captured in Tibetan regions of India and Nepal, and passages of trance-inducing drone.

But here - and thanks to Dawes’ input - the transcendental atmosphere turns towards dystopia. Dawes advanced modal and melodic manipulations cast these once familiar songs in new light. The recording is further bolstered by the intensity and tightness of performance itself.

This is another thoughtful record from Hashshashin, which will be of interest to fans of progressive and experimental music, from The Physics House Band to Secret Chiefs 3.

credits

released February 15, 2018

Hashshashin (adj.) is:

Evan McGregor: drums and percussion
Cameron MacDonald: bass
Lachlan Dale: bouzouki
Simon Dawes: guitar

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Recorded live on 23 March 2017

This multi-track recording was made possible thanks to Ollie Bown, and with support from UNSW Interactive Media Lab.

Mixed and mastered by Tim Carr at Theta Labs
Artwork by Sam Harwood

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"Often ragged and cathartic, this is, in its own way, soul music, music that taps into a primal, tribal, part of our consciousness that we, in our too comfortable Western civilisation, rarely draw from.”

- Echoes And Dust

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