Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden (photo by Adam Pracher)
THE MONTH HATH COMETH !!!!
We don’t know where to start, we don’t know where to end, but we know where we’re trying to be. Bring a blanket and sit with us at Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden as we listen all the way through Disiniblud, the expansive and epic new record from Rachika Nayar & Nina Keith (who co-stewards Living Earth) featuring contributions from Julianna Barwick, Willy Siegel of Ponytail, Cassandra Croft, Katie Dey, Tujiko Noriko, and June McDoom! Out on July 18th via Smugglers Way // Domino Recording Co!
The belles of the ball Rachika & Nina are setting up between the koi pond and the waterfall to DJ alongside our dearest Geotic (aka Will Wiesenfeld of Baths). In Sheep’s Clothing are setting up shop, maybe we’ll have a friend to vend delicious bevs, who’s the say. With respect to the garden, we just ask that you leave your pups at home and unleash yr inner furry instead.
Records will be available to purchase irl!
Disiniblud, the thrilling new collaborative album project from the composers/producers/multi-instrumentalists Rachika Nayar and Nina Keith.
Rachika and Nina meet on complementary but seemingly disparate musical grounds. On her 2022 breakout LP Heaven Come Crashing, Rachika pushed her ambient guitar roots into passionate new terrain—where maximalist synths, sub-bass, and Amen breaks surged with cataclysmic longing and aching vulnerability. Her distinct fusion of post-rock and electronica earned her accolades as Pitchfork's Best New Music, on several best of the year lists (The New York Times, Stereogum, Fader, GQ, Bandcamp, etc), and as the opening act on tour with M83. Nina, meanwhile, is best known for her self-trained approach to composition, as evident on her 2019 debut MARANASATI 19111 and its delicate medley of cello, piano, clarinet, and flute, used to explore a personal history marked by community tragedy and paranormal incidents.
On Disiniblud, the two’s self-described “wordless conversation” orbits such themes as mortality, reinvention through destruction, and sublimating fractured histories into music—all resulting in a work that suggests sweeping transformation can come from embracing old wounds with childlike wonder. Nina envisions this as she and Rachika's younger selves packing a satchel, holding hands, and daring one another to run away into a place of "wounds and wonder," only to discover an unforeseeable magic in an amalgam of post-rock, glitchy indie electronica, neo-classical, and pop genres in this co-created realm.
Disiniblud features guest appearances from Julianna Barwick, Tujiko Noriko, Cassandra Croft, ASPIDISTRAFLY, Katie Dey, June McDoom and Ponytail's Willy Siegel.