Al Wahem (“The Illusion”) is the new full-length release by PRAED, the Swiss–Lebanese duo of Raed Yassin and Paed Conca. Recorded between Beirut and Berlin, the album returns to the group’s central aesthetic: a rhythm-driven weave of Egyptian shaʿbī, electronics, improvisation and the gritty pulse of street-level sound. Nearly twenty years into the project, PRAED have distilled their approach into four pieces that subtly shift the listener’s bearings, reordering grooves and fragments until familiar elements take on new identities.

The twenty-minute title track sets the tone. A tightly interlocking two-drum foundation from Pascal Semerdjian and Ayman Zebdawi shapes a structure that expands steadily: synth figures branch outward, clarinet and bass lines act as internal guideposts, and brief vocal calls from Yassin and guest singer Mayssa Jallad sit inside the texture rather than leading it. PRAED’s shaʿbī keyboard language is present, but the duo stretch it outward, building tension and movement through patient accumulation.

The new Eighth Tower Records compilation dedicated to the Electronic Voice Phenomenon (EVP) delves into one of the most fascinating and disturbing frontiers of sound and human perception. Across twelve tracks created by artists active in the post-industrial and dark ambient scene, the release investigates the mysterious intersections between technology, death, and the persistence of consciousness. The Electronic Voice Phenomenon, documented since the 1950s, refers to the capture of inexplicable voices on magnetic tape or digital media, often interpreted as messages from the dead or transmissions from other dimensions. Whether one believes in their paranormal origin or considers them the byproduct of noise and human projection, these sounds occupy a zone where the boundaries between science and mysticism, signal and hallucination, are erased. The artists involved translate that uncertainty into a dense fabric of drones, mechanical pulsations, spectral harmonics, and decomposed field recordings. Listeners are drawn into a space that feels simultaneously technological and occult, as if the recording devices themselves had become instruments of invocation.

The album functions as an aural séance, a shared act of listening where every sound could be a transmission from elsewhere. The ambiguity of these sonic traces mirrors the ambiguity of EVP itself: are we hearing external messages, or merely amplifying the hidden noise of our own minds? Faithful to the dark aesthetics that characterize Eighth Tower Records, this project extends the label’s exploration of modern mythologies and their technological manifestations. In a time when artificial intelligence and algorithmic processes increasingly mediate perception, the EVP phenomenon returns as a powerful metaphor for our relationship with the unknow, the desire to hear what is not meant to be heard.

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𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐀𝐂𝐊 !!!! No Problema Tapes version

𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐀𝐂𝐊 !!!! is a collaborative mixtape curated by Obituary Hermit & ᴋᴀꜱꜱɪᴀɴ ᴋᴏᴜʏᴀᴋɪɴ, designed as a way to bring together different artists from the underground internet music community, regardless of their respective musical genres and offer them a way to experiment and express themselves with absolute creative freedom.

All of the artists present on the tape were asked to make one or two tracks with no limitation at all. This text below was sent to each of them to give them a bit of inspiration, but they were also allowed to decide not to follow the « lore » of the project.

« The world is in big trouble. Giant monsters known as « kaijus » are attacking all across the globe. The ground is trembling beneath their feet, countries are falling, governments are hopeless ; the world as we know it is on the verge of collapse. But as all hope seems lost, a secret order only known as « The Underground » unités once again to face the otherworldly threat.

Will they be able to stop this monstrous menace ? Or is earth doomed for good ? »

𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐀𝐂𝐊 !!!! is a unique and fun project with many previously unheard sounds from artists you enjoy 🙂

Iₙ ₜₕₑ ₕₒₚₑ ₜₕₐₜ ₜₕₑ ₘₒₙₛₜₑᵣₛ wᵢₗₗ bₑ ₙₑᵤₜᵣₐₗᵢzₑd by ₜₕₑ ₐᵣₘₑd fₒᵣcₑₛ, ₐₗₜₕₒᵤgₕ ₐₗₗ ₕₒₚₑ ₛₑₑₘₛ ᵥₐᵢₙ, yₒᵤ’ᵣₑ ₛₜᵢₗₗ ₗᵢₛₜₑₙᵢₙg ₜₒ ₛᵤₙₛₑₜ ᵣₐdᵢₒ, ₐₙd ᵢₙ cₐₛₑ yₒᵤ dₒₙ’ₜ cₐᵣₑ ₐbₒᵤₜ dyᵢₙg, ₚₗₑₐₛₑ ₛₜₐy wᵢₜₕ ᵤₛ fₒᵣ ₐₙₒₜₕₑᵣ ₛₒₙg.

ₜₕᵢₛ ᵢₛ ” 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐀𝐂𝐊 !!!! “.

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Crash Course In Science Are A Post Punk Band That Formed In 1979 In Philadelphia. The Band Members, Dale Feliciello, Mallory Yago And Michael Zodorozny, Met While Attending Art School, Where They Began To Experiment With Crude Electronics And Off-beat Lyrics. Ccis Avoided Conventional Instrumentation By Using Toy Instruments And Kitchen Appliances To Augment The Distorted Guitar, Drums And Synthesized Beats.

Intergalactic Music Is Of the Outer Darkness It is rhythm against rhythm in kind dispersion
It is harmony against harmony in endless coordination
It is melody against melody in vital enlightenment

(Excerpt from The Outer Darkness by Sun Ra)

As always, for digital purchases please support the artist here:

purzum.bandcamp.com

Limited to 100 tapes

Cassettes available on:

02/06/2026

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Direct sequel to Far Out.