It’s still amazing to me that they manage to be so inventive and so consistently ‘on’ while working from such a minimal instrumental palette but I’ve yet to hear anything by these two that hasn’t handed me my ass on a plate

He found support in Norman Lonhard (Triptykon

sparring with the nebulous fringes of psychedelia in Fushitsusha

melodic punk-rock all the time

while live favourite Slurry demolishes proceedings with a Suicide-like take on Chicago house

LAHCEN AKIL - Lahcen Akil And The Chaâbi Brothers LP Post Metal It’s still amazing to meLahcen was born in 1969 in the village of Tamlalte in the Moroccan High Atlas. Influenced by acoustic music and traditional songs, he started making music at a very young age. Lahcen perfroms his songs on a lothar, an instrument that he made himself, with a wooden handle, a palm soundboard and goatskin. He is regularly accompanied by his brother on percussion.