BlackMoon1348 with the Tibetan Tashi Lhunpo monks, album launch show

Uncanny Valley, Static Palm and IlSantoBevitore

Presented by: BlackMoon1348

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0	LONDON: SET - Dalston
P	Saturday 15th December, 2018
N	7:00pm

Event information

To celebrate BlackMoon1348 new album - Recorded live with the Tibetan Monks of the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, we are throwing an album launch party. The record has been released by Broken English Club, Death & Leisure record label.

BlackMoon1348 will be joined in collaboration with artist Blair Zaye, creating a live mandala of esoteric knowledge; a spontaneous reaction to the music and video /projection mapping by Fehérvári Gábor and DIZ_QO ( http://www.dizqo.net ).

This will be a rare performance and collaboration, awakening all senses.

Only very limited copies of the record will be available on the night, with all record profits being donated to the monastery.

Joined by the awesome:

Uncanny Valley :

Inspired by the early industrial pioneers, dead crooners and the unrelenting speed of change, Uncanny Valley combine live electronics with human error for unusual effect.

https://soundcloud.com/uncannyvalleyuk

BlackMoon1348 in collaboration with the Tibetan Monks of the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery (Tibet/ India). 2017 BlackMoon1348 embarked on a cultural experimentation of cultural diversity in the arts, forming a collaboration of ancient Tibetan ceremonial practises and instrumentation with sub-harmonic drones and industrial soundscapes. The music amalgamates sacred mantras that date back to the early teachings of Tibetan Buddhism practised in the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, with heavy detuned western instruments, synths, and electronic music for the first time in recorded history. The Tashi Lhunpo monastery was once home to the Panchen Lama who subsequently “disappeared” under the oppressive Chinese rule of Tibet. A handful of the Tashi Lhunpo monks were fortunate to escape into exile and have since re-built the monastery in Mysore, South India - now flourishing with over 400 monks practising within the monastery. Tibetan Buddhism is an outlawed ancient tradition within Tibet - monks, nuns, and Tibetans cannot openly practise their heritage and traditions, forcing Tibetans to inhabitable plateaus, with such areas are now under “Chinese Re-development”, the land being stripped of natural resources for China’s ever growing economy and totalitarian rule. Tibetans face persecution for as little as owning a Tibetan flag, or picture of the Dali Lama, with such actions landing you in jail, tortured, poised, and/or being released just before the point of death. It is important for us to remember and celebrate the traditions of the Himalayas and its sacred, peaceful practises.

The music was recorded live in one take at Flesh and Bone studio in Hackney for NTS Radio’s Black Impulse show. Engineered, mixed, and mastered by Oliver and Owen at Flesh and Bone, capturing the raw, ethereal essence of the collaboration and ceremonial sounds buried deep within the Himalayas. This was the first time in history for such collaboration of tradition, ideology from Adeline Rozario and orchestrated by David Kerry of BlackMoon1348 who created this music to diversify and bring together ceremonial instruments, diversifying the metaphysics of transcendence through ceremonial Tibetan practises.

It is important to understand that BlackMoon1348 are not attempting to change the fundamental meaning or belief of the Tashi Lhunpo Monks, or assume to have a deep-rooted understanding of the ancient traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, This is our understanding of Tibetan culture and practices as truly and honestly as we see and feel it, and our attempt to spread this beautiful, sacred, culture, and keep it alive within today’s society.

Static Palm
https://staticpalm.bandcamp.com

IlSantoBevitore
https://auroraborealisrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/realm-of-consciousness

Inspired by ancient rites and practices, IlSantoBevitore continues his
ethnomusicological research on ethnic electronics. The working sound palette is a mixture of blackened tribal, ritualistic percussions, raw beats, lo-fi noise and hypnotic vocal ceremonials.


DJ set from Strobe Light Prayers - Greg Allan will be spinning industrial music until the early hours.
Liberation through hearing.

Entry £7 in advance. Or drop us a message if you can't grab advanced tickets..