Hashshashin: With roccan krakebs, frame drum, harmonium and didgeridoo etc

Hashhashin - Badakshan

Posted on 4. September 2019 by Ulf Backstrøm in Nyheter, Snakk // 0 Comments

Sydney Australia has real buzzing music scene, and one of the most interesting and intriguing bands are the band Hashshashin draw fresh influence from Middle Eastern musical traditions while exploring progressive atmospherics and psychedelia. These new elements are fused with the band’s progressive approach to composition and penchant for trance-inducing drone. The line-up and the fascinating instrumentation, Evan McGregor: drums, percussion, Moroccan krakebs, frame drum, harmonium and didgeridoo, Lachlan R. Dale: guitars, Irish bouzouki, Persian setar, Pamiri setor and Afghan rabab, Cameron Macdonald: bass. Guest artist Natalya Bing: Violin (2, 3, 5, 6). The album Badakhshan is the Australian sophomore release. The track Sarhadd,

Hashshashin founded as an experimental rock trio for launching meditative eastern sounds blended with drone, prog and psychedelia. Three years ago their debut creation NihsahshsaH was released via their Bandcamp. The track Crossing The Panj,

Hashshashin have gigged actively and their live album NihsahshsaH was made in collaboration with Simon Dawes and with contribution from his guitars. Hashshashin’s music is powerful and muscular and ranges from full on psychedelic rock-outs to fully hypnotizing drone. Often ragged and cathartic, this is, in its own way, soul music, music that taps into a primal, tribal, part of our consciousness that we, in our too comfortable Western civilization, rarely draw from. Their debut album,