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September 30th, 2010

New Canadiana :: AHNA – AHNA

AHNA
AHNA
(Soldier Pumps // Broadway to Boundary)
Vancouver, BC
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From the cult of Aaron Levin:
In the valley between post-apocalyptic nihilism and ritual suicide resides a devastating sonic philosophy bred for mental undoing. Push the needle into AHNA’s polyvinyl debut and let this doomic celebration course through your mental veins. As the threads of fybre binding your consciousness burn away, AHNA’s desolate bellowing will forge new paths within the fermented entrails of your guttural chaos. Sip the froth of your own undoing and relinquish AHNA’s morose gin. \m/GRIP\m/

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AHNA – I Saw You

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AHNA -Confederation

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July 21st, 2010

Music :: Mongst – Kamira

Mongst
Kamira
(Isolated Now Waves (INW 226))
Vancouver, BC
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From the genital fusion of Aaron Levin:
Kamira sees Mongst traversing the dualic streams of Glassian multi-part ambience and melanic guitar exertion; both avenues percolating his soundscape with dialectical conviction. Let the hypnotic minimalia of “Or Does It Explode” take your mind through a 12 minute trip into ancient ambient pastures, climaxing with a heavy dose of tranquil string dronage. The whole passage seems serene when compared to “The Riverboard Caroline”‘s avant-occult shreddery, and thankfully the contradictions don’t stop there. A brilliant strip of experimentalia from one of Vancouver’s finest.

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Mongst – Or Does It Explode

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Mongst – The Riverboat Caroline

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March 30th, 2010

Review :: PIG – Magnetic

PIG
Magnetic
(Campaign For Infinity)
Halifax, NS
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From the magnetic eyes of Aaron Levin:
Continuing with their general disregard for genre fortification, PIG return with a c26 frothing with ataxic punk and chaotic sludge. After a side of perilous adventures through mires of improvised drones and guitar destruction, the quadro deliver a full blast of 90s doom-punk occultism. Part Altered Beast, part Ghosts and Goblins, Magnetic synthesizes the darkest parts of adjective-punk and coagulates them into an eerie resin of fractured sounds. A rare gift stolen from the hand of Moira. NO CONTINUES. GRIP++

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PIG – HEATHERS

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PIG – SOUTHERN DROWN

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PIG – MAGNETIC

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September 30th, 2009

Review :: Mongst – A Poison Stronger Than Love

Mongst - A Poison Stronger Than Love Mongst
A Poison Stronger Than Love
(Isolated Now Waves) (INW #203)
Vancouver, BC
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“It’s just some songs I recorded by myself” stated JV DUB, Shearing Pinx‘s drummer and participant in a plethora of Vancouver fringing (Black Dicks (best band-name in Canada), Aerosol Constellations, Totally Ripped, and Shitty Weed). A fairly humble statement considering the miasmic bludgeoning of basement doom and hellish guitar shreddery contained within A Poison Stronger Than Love. As bewildered and shocked as I was (and still am), it’s brilliance lay in providing the type of intimacy that is addicting and shameful; we become voyeurs on the brink of some terrifying shit. Which is great, because we need unnerving music to remind us of how remarkable it is to be moved. I’ve searched long and hard for artifacts that carry this banner and they are few and far between; intense, serious, and heavy. Real heavy. Really heavy. If you listen to this cassette at night you will, and I paraphrase the wise words of rapper Plies: go to bed real; wake up reala.

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Mongst – taxed body

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Mongst – dormitude

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July 6th, 2009

I work in a dungeon on the side.

Ahna - Red Tape AHNA
Red Tape
(Thankless)
Vancouver, BC
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Without a doubt AHNA’s Red Tape was in my top 5 independent releases of of 2008. Anju and Graeme, the two components which make AHNA, attack minimalism armed with a violin and bass guitar. The violin provides hidden structure within the undulating currents of bass-drone while they march forward into a triumphant summit; quick-victors atop a vertex of creative streams. Or, perhaps, a vortex? Either way, the two-track, 20-minute cassette is a rewarding, engaging, and wonderful listening experience. Red Tape is a rare treat in the experimental cosmos worth returning to; something we will surely look back on as wisps of distortion wash away our memories. I just wish it was longer!

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AHNA – i work in a dungeon

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AHNA – side job

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July 2nd, 2009

My doomdom for a track-listing.

Ahna - ??? AHNA
the cult of one
(Soldier Pumps)
Vancouver, BC
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Last year AHNA released this amazing violin+bass drone cassette (to be reviewed soon) and quickly re-emerged as a thrashy hardcore outfit. The dialectic has completed its full swing as the new CD sees the duo finding a compromise between the slow-and-low and hypertonic thrash. The searing bass-lines and feedback squall are patterned with the drummer’s screaming as the songs build into 10 second cycles of drone. It’s an interesting format and I’m excited to see where it goes. I was happy to catch them live during Calgary’s Sled Island music festival and it was a definite highlight. However, I kept asking myself: how many doom groups have female singers? I like it.

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Ahna – Track 1

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Ahna – Track 3

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