Approaching The Absolute Periphery, by XAH

Approaching The Absolute Periphery

by XAH

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I am extremely proud to present to you what I believe to be XAH's first proper album on an American Label (other than that 3 inch on Inner Demons Records and frankly speaking that's Florida which is barely even America in this day and age)!
XAH may be an unfamiliar face to some but for true junk noise heads he's been an illusive name in the underground known for world class quality. His name has been passed around on noise forums and Facebook groups and little glimpses of his craft has been shown through unlisted YouTube videos of his albums and sets. He is also featured prominently on the Ukrainian щыл junk metal label. It is through these websites that I discovered XAH and finally after years of admiration from a distance decided to undertake the task of tracking down XAH and asking him to do a cassette.
On this release XAH gives us a stripped back dose of his signature raw junk metal noise recorded straight to tape. This is just how I like my noise. Fuck synthesizers and bleep bloop shit oscillators we don't need em. XAH's weapon of choice on this release is a junk metal sculpture covered in springs and raw energy. This energy always comes across intensely in XAH's recordings which hit you like a drop of adrenaline straight to the heart. This release is no exception. I hope you enjoy the noise and fall in love with the caustic noise of XAH the way I have.

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released June 23, 2021

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