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A sonic journey comprising six tracks, Sharmi Basus Sicko is the zenith to their expansive catalog of experimental compositions that meditates on envisioning a sense of personal and collective liberation. This forty-four minute long masterpiece bends, weaves, repeats, deconstructs then rebuilds sound to formulate a new language of healing communicated uniquely through the world of Beast Nest. As a prominent educator and healer within their community, Basus artistic output has always been connected to sharing the power of compassion, and how to create tangible bonds between marginalized people through music. Even in the most dissonant valleys of Sickos sonic landscape, Basu never abandons their listener. Rather, they descend into darkness with you as the instrumentation surrounds you with the rhythmic pulse of various arpeggiators and drawn out sound textures crescendoing up to the LPs closing waves of bliss. Sicko offers more to the listener than just an album it is an experience of aural idiosyncrasies and multi-dimensional processes that lead one to find solace away from the colonialist confines of the material world. Upon multiple replays of this album, I was reminded of the catharsis I felt when I first fell in love with Beast Nests work: a sense of communal healing Basu generously offers to those closest to the heart of their artistic vision. -
Sepehr Mashiahof

Track List:

1Relief / Refuge8:04
2Jsun6:20
3Kim, People Are Dying7:23
4 Into The Tangerine9:41
5Frog5:38
6Ur Doing Great Sweaty6:03