Hinterlandt and Hashshasin Double EP Launch with raven

Art As Catharsis presents the launch of Hinterlandt’s 'Sollbruchstelle' and Hashshashin's 'nihsahshsaH (adj.)'.

- Hashshashin (Middle Eastern psychedelic drone prog)
- Hinterlandt (progressive indie chamber music)
- raven (looped cello explorations)

Entry $15. Doors 7pm. Kids under 18 get in free.

Hinterlandt - Sollbruchstelle

Hinterlandt return with ‘Sollbruchstelle’, a lean, 19-minute EP that takes listeners through beautiful harmonic progressions and shifting time signatures in the quartet’s heaviest, densest, and most polyrhythmic work to date. 

Here, Hinterlandt combine intimate chamber music with densely layered, eclectic compositions. The result sounds something like a marriage of Kronos Quartet, Steve Reich and Meshuggah. 

https://hinterlandt.bandcamp.com/album/sollbruchstelle

Hashshashin - nihsahshsaH (adj.)

On their new live album 'nihsahshsaH (adj.)', Hashshashin pair their brand of of sun-baked, Middle Eastern psychedelia with a live 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.

https://hashshashin.bandcamp.com/album/nihsahshsah-adj

raven

'the night is dark, the night is silent, the night is bright, the night is loud' is a captivating exploration of cello, and the limits of experimental music.

Peter Hollo draws from styles as diverse as neo-classical, ambient, drone, noise, breakbeat and post-rock on this beautiful and expansive album.

When not playing with the genre-defying Tangents or the almost impossibly eclectic FourPlay String Quartet, Peter has performed alongside a long list of Australian luminaries, including Sophie Hutchings, Oren Ambarchi, Lisa Gerrard (Dead Can Dance), Seekae and Paul Mac

https://raven.bandcamp.com/album/the-night-is-dark-the-night-is-silent-the-night-is-bright-the-night-is-loud