Phiriya - ENAYET

Collaborative release between SLINK (NYC) and Daytimers (London). First press on limited 12" translucent "tea stain" vinyl!

From artist Bandcamp:

"Originally commissioned by the Samdani Art Foundation for artist Shezad Dawood’s “Concert from Bangladesh” film, “Phiriya” was composed and produced in collaboration with Daytimers’ Provhat, Dhaka-based composer/sitarist Nishit Dey, and a full ensemble of Bangladeshi vocalists and musicians.

The title track is a continuation of the modern club electronics and traditional Bangladeshi instrumentation explored in Enayet’s previous releases.

Recorded remotely across continents via late-night Zoom sessions, the piece draws equal inspiration from classical Indian raga, Nazrul Sangeet (a 20th Century Bangladeshi canon of revolutionary songs), and the diasporic blends of the 1990s/2000s Asian Underground movement. Translated loosely as “Turning” or “Returning”, this work is Enayet’s words, a reflection of a “shared and evolving cultural identity, in a young nation, in a region where national borders have been repeatedly shifted and redrawn over the course of the last century or so”.

“Phiriya” is paired with a “Provhat and Enayet’s Club Refix”, a condensation of the full piece into five minutes of peak soundsytem energy. The release also features remixes from Bangladeshi artist and “Phiriya” collaborator Siaminium, SLINK resident and NYC-based artist rrao, London artist Nahi Mitti, and Talvin Singh, a major figure in the UK Asian Underground and a primary influence on the record.

This is the first vinyl release from SLINK, featuring design by artist Somnath Bhatt."