weaving together musical archetypes and universal narrative structures

characterized by the brutality of the active apocalypse and the eerie stillness that follows in its wake

and now the latest arrival into Chicago-based International Anthem’s growing family of progressive musical explorationists

Mark Molnar has been a linchpin of the Ottawa experimental music scene for over two decades

Melt Banana

V/A - Aman Aman - Greek Anatolian Laments LP D-Beat weaving together musical archetypes and"My pain is buried and my sorrow is great Hopeless things have come to my head" Antonis Diamantidis aka Dalgas, the Voice of Constantinople Intensely expressive free verse vocal laments over sliding violins, hammered santouri, guitar, and oud the hybrid sounds of the Mediterranean in the early 20th century. Aman Aman cry the singers on these recordings, their voices preserved on 78rpm discs cut between 1911 1935. The phrase roughly translates to