Ruhail Qaisar Interview: Haunting Musical Compositions Capture Trauma and Decay in Ladakh -REDEFINE magazine @DanseNoire redefinemag.net/2023/ruhail-qa…

Fatima featured on bandcamp shortlist for January 2023 @DanseNoire

Fatima my debut album on @DanseNoire featured on January Roundup of bandcamp shortlist⛓

The Ladakhi producer speaks with Alastair Shuttleworth about his haunting debut album, exploring decay in his hometown of Leh and the turbulent recent history of the wider Ladakh region A Dead Future: Ruhail Qaisar Interviewed thequietus.com/articles/32606…

'Qaisar describes Fatima, a crushing, complex and destabilising album, as an attempt “to carry out the identity of my people – and our story so far – through music.”' A Dead Future: Ruhail Qaisar Interviewed thequietus.com/articles/32606…

'Qaisar discovered “extreme music” in the form of Einstürzende Neubauten and the Japanese noise scene. "It opened my eyes, and made me realise I could approach writing in terms of sounds, textures and rhythms."' A Dead Future: Ruhail Qaisar Interviewed tquiet.us/RQaisar

For our latest feature, Prarthana Mitra creates an in-depth profile of Ladakhi multi-disciplinary artist Ruhail in the context of his debut noise album 'Fatima', which dropped on Aisha Devi's label @DanseNoire. ⁠Read it here: thewildcity.com/features/20078…

“Urban life out there [in New Delhi] is very straining. When I get home to Leh and look at the landscape, it feels like time works differently.” A Dead Future: Ruhail Qaisar Interviewed tquiet.us/RQaisar

Nepal 11.3.23

Interview with Ruhail Qaisar @DanseNoire thequietus.com/articles/32606…

Manipur: Union Goverment Takes Charge of State's Security as Violence Flares Again thewire.in/communalism/ma…

If any organisations or individuals would like to donate funds for relief to grassroot organisations in Manipur please let me know. I am in contact with a friend working in an NGO in Imphal who will connect you to 20+ orgs working on the ground. DM for details. Pls retweet.

Special Projects Announcement for #LGW23 ⟶ leguesswho.com/news/lgw23-spe… 🚀 〰 Hidden Musics focuses on deeply localized music 〰 COSMOS presents some of the most exciting international music communities at LGW23 〰 The Anonymous Project: a radical new format for artists & listeners

The media reports based on a video emerging out of Manipur allegedly showing a mob of Meitei men assaulting and parading two tribal Kuki women naked to gang-rape them is a shocking reminder of the scale and severity of the ongoing impunity in the state. rb.gy/rug6s

Sounds from the ghost of DEATHPROD past The Harry Bertoia Foundation Ruhail Qaisar Anthony Di Franco Gorgonn @CPEffectmusic MUTANT JOE @prof_lofi Justin K Broadrick jako maron DREW DANIEL Released by cantaloupe music Grid Records @DanseNoire @FlagDayRec KimCosmik Important Records Nervous Horizon The Tapeworm @fransdewaard...