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{"id":5936950706341,"title":"Saint Abdullah \/\/ In God’s Image 2xCD","handle":"saigi","description":"\u003cp\u003e※国内はTobiraがディストリビューターとなっております\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eイラン人の兄弟による実験ダブデュオSaint Abdullahが、L.I.E.SやMonorail Trespassingからもリリースしている\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNick KleinのレーベルPsychic Liberationから発売し、瞬く間に完売となった奇跡のデビュー2枚組CDがこの度再発されました。\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eイランの政治や宗教の混沌に凶暴なレイブビートとノイズでメスを入れます。\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e砂埃を立てながら突っ走る\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e全20曲の大作。\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/871542361\u0026amp;color=%23ff5500\u0026amp;auto_play=false\u0026amp;hide_related=false\u0026amp;show_comments=true\u0026amp;show_user=true\u0026amp;show_reposts=false\u0026amp;show_teaser=true\" height=\"166\" width=\"100%\" allow=\"autoplay\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"\u003e\n\u003ca style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"PL\/PSYCHIC LIBERATION\/PAIN LIBERATION\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/psychicliberation\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePL\/PSYCHIC LIBERATION\/PAIN LIBERATION\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"PLIB007 - SAINT ABDULLAH - A8. Problem\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/psychicliberation\/plib007-saint-abdullah-a8-problem\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePLIB007 - SAINT ABDULLAH - A8. Problem\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/871552633\u0026amp;color=%23ff5500\u0026amp;auto_play=false\u0026amp;hide_related=false\u0026amp;show_comments=true\u0026amp;show_user=true\u0026amp;show_reposts=false\u0026amp;show_teaser=true\" height=\"166\" width=\"100%\" allow=\"autoplay\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"\u003e\n\u003ca style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"PL\/PSYCHIC LIBERATION\/PAIN LIBERATION\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/psychicliberation\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePL\/PSYCHIC LIBERATION\/PAIN LIBERATION\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"PLIB007 - SAINT ABDULLAH - A7. Abadan Don [S. ENGLISH EDIT]\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/psychicliberation\/plib007-saint-abdullah-a7-abadan-don-s-english-edit\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePLIB007 - SAINT ABDULLAH - A7. Abadan Don [S. ENGLISH EDIT]\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/871557484\u0026amp;color=%23ff5500\u0026amp;auto_play=false\u0026amp;hide_related=false\u0026amp;show_comments=true\u0026amp;show_user=true\u0026amp;show_reposts=false\u0026amp;show_teaser=true\" height=\"166\" width=\"100%\" allow=\"autoplay\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"\u003e\n\u003ca style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"PL\/PSYCHIC LIBERATION\/PAIN LIBERATION\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/psychicliberation\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePL\/PSYCHIC LIBERATION\/PAIN LIBERATION\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"PLIB007 - SAINT ABDULLAH - A5. Of Us (CIENFUEGOS EDIT)\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/psychicliberation\/plib007-saint-abdulllah-a5-of-us-cienfuegos-edit\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePLIB007 - SAINT ABDULLAH - A5. Of Us (CIENFUEGOS EDIT)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/871563922\u0026amp;color=%23ff5500\u0026amp;auto_play=false\u0026amp;hide_related=false\u0026amp;show_comments=true\u0026amp;show_user=true\u0026amp;show_reposts=false\u0026amp;show_teaser=true\" height=\"166\" width=\"100%\" allow=\"autoplay\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"\u003e\n\u003ca style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"PL\/PSYCHIC LIBERATION\/PAIN LIBERATION\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/psychicliberation\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePL\/PSYCHIC LIBERATION\/PAIN LIBERATION\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"PLIB007 - SAINT ABDULLAH - B9. Sound, Sound, And Only Sound (GLYN MAIER RESHAPE)\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/psychicliberation\/plib0007-saint-abdullah-sound-sound-and-only-sound-glyn-maier-reshape\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePLIB007 - SAINT ABDULLAH - B9. Sound, Sound, And Only Sound (GLYN MAIER RESHAPE)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eレーベルその他作品は\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/pl\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/pl\"\u003eこちら\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\/\/\/ Click \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/pl\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/pl\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e to see more Psychic Liberation releases available at Tobira. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e------------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eSaint Abdullah, composed of Tehran-born brothers Mohammad and Mehdi, have fine-tuned their vision of conceptual, blown-out dub and free jazz with “In God’s Image,” an ambitious twenty-song double CD on Psychic Liberation. The opus by the two Iranians living in New York, is full of mourning and rage, but these affects only scratch the surface of the work’s emotional and formal heterogeneity. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"lightweightBreak\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eLike the image gracing its cover—a tiny, dusty peykan, its roof fitted with an image of Ruhollah Khomeini and cone speakers—Saint \u003cspan id=\"package_description_0\" class=\"peekaboo-text\"\u003eAbdullah uses DIY minimalism to deliver maximal messaging. On “Problem,” distorted percussion, Shia oration, and a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"package_description_0\" class=\"peekaboo-text\"\u003e sample of the late Nipsy Hussle meld into a cathartic club burner, while the rhythms and lifted string arpeggiations on “Potion for sorrow” induce hazy cinematics, the duo’s attempt at Persian stoner boom bap. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"lightweightBreak\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElsewhere are instances of improvised jamming, melancholic twinkling, and pensive restraint. The powerfully eclectic statement by Saint Abdullah includes appearances by saxophonist Travis Laplante, who blows a spiralling noir line over feedbacking cacophony. On another track, Moor Mother delivers a poetic lashing on Western imperialists who rain missiles on hospitals, grieves the bodies piling up as capital gets sucked from the Earth. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"lightweightBreak\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe sample work on “In God’s Image” draws heavily from Iranian documentaries, and includes the brothers’ field recordings from Tehran and New York. Heretical combinations collide senses of antiquity and contemporaneity, resisting the many orientalist reads on Iranian culture and politics. In this struggle, Saint Abdullah conveys many emotional registers, from exhausted depression to righteous indignation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"lightweightBreak\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmong many things, the image of Khomeini on the cover, which often scandalizes American audiences, represents the overthrow of a 2,500-year-long monarchy. All forms of dehumanization receive the sonic snakebite of Saint Abdullah, and “In God’s Image” resuscitates the revolutionary potential of music that pulls from the traditions of oppressed peoples in both the East and West. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"lightweightBreak\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePsychic Liberation, in operation since 2018, is an experimental music label started in Brooklyn, New York, currently based in The Hague, Netherlands. The label is distributed in North America by Fantastique, and in EU\/UK by Boomkat.\u003cbr\u003eMastered by Glyn Maier\u003cbr\u003eLayout by Sara Abruña\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eartist : Saint Abdullah\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003elabel : \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePsychic Liberation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2020-11-25T09:23:55+09:00","created_at":"2020-11-25T09:23:42+09:00","vendor":"Tobira Records","type":"","tags":["cd","hiphop \/ house \/ techno","new","Psychic Liberation","recommended","strange beats","techno \/ house"],"price":248000,"price_min":248000,"price_max":248000,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":37247014043813,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Saint Abdullah \/\/ In God’s Image 2xCD","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":248000,"weight":140,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/1637\/9780\/products\/0021003703_10.jpg?v=1606263824","\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/1637\/9780\/products\/R-15800325-1600881513-5148_jpeg.jpg?v=1606263825"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/1637\/9780\/products\/0021003703_10.jpg?v=1606263824","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":14190092026021,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.118,"height":1073,"width":1200,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/1637\/9780\/products\/0021003703_10.jpg?v=1606263824"},"aspect_ratio":1.118,"height":1073,"media_type":"image","src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/1637\/9780\/products\/0021003703_10.jpg?v=1606263824","width":1200},{"alt":null,"id":14190092058789,"position":2,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.12,"height":535,"width":599,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/1637\/9780\/products\/R-15800325-1600881513-5148_jpeg.jpg?v=1606263825"},"aspect_ratio":1.12,"height":535,"media_type":"image","src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/1637\/9780\/products\/R-15800325-1600881513-5148_jpeg.jpg?v=1606263825","width":599}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e※国内はTobiraがディストリビューターとなっております\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eイラン人の兄弟による実験ダブデュオSaint Abdullahが、L.I.E.SやMonorail Trespassingからもリリースしている\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNick KleinのレーベルPsychic Liberationから発売し、瞬く間に完売となった奇跡のデビュー2枚組CDがこの度再発されました。\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eイランの政治や宗教の混沌に凶暴なレイブビートとノイズでメスを入れます。\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e砂埃を立てながら突っ走る\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e全20曲の大作。\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/871542361\u0026amp;color=%23ff5500\u0026amp;auto_play=false\u0026amp;hide_related=false\u0026amp;show_comments=true\u0026amp;show_user=true\u0026amp;show_reposts=false\u0026amp;show_teaser=true\" height=\"166\" width=\"100%\" allow=\"autoplay\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"\u003e\n\u003ca style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"PL\/PSYCHIC LIBERATION\/PAIN LIBERATION\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/psychicliberation\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePL\/PSYCHIC LIBERATION\/PAIN LIBERATION\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"PLIB007 - SAINT ABDULLAH - A8. Problem\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/psychicliberation\/plib007-saint-abdullah-a8-problem\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePLIB007 - SAINT ABDULLAH - A8. Problem\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/871552633\u0026amp;color=%23ff5500\u0026amp;auto_play=false\u0026amp;hide_related=false\u0026amp;show_comments=true\u0026amp;show_user=true\u0026amp;show_reposts=false\u0026amp;show_teaser=true\" height=\"166\" width=\"100%\" allow=\"autoplay\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"\u003e\n\u003ca style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"PL\/PSYCHIC LIBERATION\/PAIN LIBERATION\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/psychicliberation\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePL\/PSYCHIC LIBERATION\/PAIN LIBERATION\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"PLIB007 - SAINT ABDULLAH - A7. Abadan Don [S. ENGLISH EDIT]\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/psychicliberation\/plib007-saint-abdullah-a7-abadan-don-s-english-edit\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePLIB007 - SAINT ABDULLAH - A7. Abadan Don [S. ENGLISH EDIT]\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/871557484\u0026amp;color=%23ff5500\u0026amp;auto_play=false\u0026amp;hide_related=false\u0026amp;show_comments=true\u0026amp;show_user=true\u0026amp;show_reposts=false\u0026amp;show_teaser=true\" height=\"166\" width=\"100%\" allow=\"autoplay\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"\u003e\n\u003ca style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"PL\/PSYCHIC LIBERATION\/PAIN LIBERATION\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/psychicliberation\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePL\/PSYCHIC LIBERATION\/PAIN LIBERATION\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"PLIB007 - SAINT ABDULLAH - A5. Of Us (CIENFUEGOS EDIT)\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/psychicliberation\/plib007-saint-abdulllah-a5-of-us-cienfuegos-edit\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePLIB007 - SAINT ABDULLAH - A5. Of Us (CIENFUEGOS EDIT)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/871563922\u0026amp;color=%23ff5500\u0026amp;auto_play=false\u0026amp;hide_related=false\u0026amp;show_comments=true\u0026amp;show_user=true\u0026amp;show_reposts=false\u0026amp;show_teaser=true\" height=\"166\" width=\"100%\" allow=\"autoplay\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"\u003e\n\u003ca style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"PL\/PSYCHIC LIBERATION\/PAIN LIBERATION\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/psychicliberation\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePL\/PSYCHIC LIBERATION\/PAIN LIBERATION\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"PLIB007 - SAINT ABDULLAH - B9. Sound, Sound, And Only Sound (GLYN MAIER RESHAPE)\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/psychicliberation\/plib0007-saint-abdullah-sound-sound-and-only-sound-glyn-maier-reshape\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePLIB007 - SAINT ABDULLAH - B9. Sound, Sound, And Only Sound (GLYN MAIER RESHAPE)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eレーベルその他作品は\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/pl\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/pl\"\u003eこちら\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\/\/\/ Click \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/pl\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/pl\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e to see more Psychic Liberation releases available at Tobira. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e------------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eSaint Abdullah, composed of Tehran-born brothers Mohammad and Mehdi, have fine-tuned their vision of conceptual, blown-out dub and free jazz with “In God’s Image,” an ambitious twenty-song double CD on Psychic Liberation. The opus by the two Iranians living in New York, is full of mourning and rage, but these affects only scratch the surface of the work’s emotional and formal heterogeneity. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"lightweightBreak\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eLike the image gracing its cover—a tiny, dusty peykan, its roof fitted with an image of Ruhollah Khomeini and cone speakers—Saint \u003cspan id=\"package_description_0\" class=\"peekaboo-text\"\u003eAbdullah uses DIY minimalism to deliver maximal messaging. On “Problem,” distorted percussion, Shia oration, and a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"package_description_0\" class=\"peekaboo-text\"\u003e sample of the late Nipsy Hussle meld into a cathartic club burner, while the rhythms and lifted string arpeggiations on “Potion for sorrow” induce hazy cinematics, the duo’s attempt at Persian stoner boom bap. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"lightweightBreak\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElsewhere are instances of improvised jamming, melancholic twinkling, and pensive restraint. The powerfully eclectic statement by Saint Abdullah includes appearances by saxophonist Travis Laplante, who blows a spiralling noir line over feedbacking cacophony. On another track, Moor Mother delivers a poetic lashing on Western imperialists who rain missiles on hospitals, grieves the bodies piling up as capital gets sucked from the Earth. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"lightweightBreak\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe sample work on “In God’s Image” draws heavily from Iranian documentaries, and includes the brothers’ field recordings from Tehran and New York. Heretical combinations collide senses of antiquity and contemporaneity, resisting the many orientalist reads on Iranian culture and politics. In this struggle, Saint Abdullah conveys many emotional registers, from exhausted depression to righteous indignation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"lightweightBreak\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmong many things, the image of Khomeini on the cover, which often scandalizes American audiences, represents the overthrow of a 2,500-year-long monarchy. All forms of dehumanization receive the sonic snakebite of Saint Abdullah, and “In God’s Image” resuscitates the revolutionary potential of music that pulls from the traditions of oppressed peoples in both the East and West. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"lightweightBreak\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePsychic Liberation, in operation since 2018, is an experimental music label started in Brooklyn, New York, currently based in The Hague, Netherlands. The label is distributed in North America by Fantastique, and in EU\/UK by Boomkat.\u003cbr\u003eMastered by Glyn Maier\u003cbr\u003eLayout by Sara Abruña\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eartist : Saint Abdullah\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003elabel : \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePsychic Liberation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}
