Here's a special in-depth interview with one and only Salem Anhedonia aka E_DEATH / Edith Underground. Her music and visuals should be familiar to anyone reading this blog, I've been championing her creative outputs for many years now, and it makes me happy to see her grow as an artist and keep gaining new fans. Enjoy the read, and make sure to follow Salem on Bandcamp where you can also buy her music, as well as on Youtube where she posts her videos and vlogs.
So I thought Edith is no more, but here comes "Withdrawal". Salem decided to dust off her Soundcloud archives and upload a compilation of 14 witchy, hip-hop leaning beats and noise-rave bangers that should please fans of "Heaven's Night" as well as Internet GF works. This is probably her most witch house release in a long while...
Download "Withdrawal" for free here. Stream down below.
I'm happy to announce that I will be restarting my label Dagger Forest, which I founded in 2014 and ended up putting out 8 tapes and a promo CDr before I had to put it all on hold. After a seven year hiatus I'll be releasing three exciting albums on cassettes from some of the most amazing artists that have been pushing the boundaries of the undeground: Stay Healthy's "Dirt", Edith Underground's "Heaven's Night" and SCYTHE's "Candlelit Descent Down the Initiation Well", coming out December 27, 28 and 29 respectively. Follow DF on Bandcamp here.
"Desire" is a new breakcore joint from Edith Underground, three minutes of ravey bliss with some aqua crunk/seapunk wonkiness. Stream above.
Tommy is the secret alter-ego of Ethel Cain. While I love her music and am looking forward to the upcoming LP "Preacher's Daughter", what triggered me to blog today was this remix from my fav underground icon Edith Underground, who remixed Ethel's "Crying During Sex" single. You can check out the original version here, and stream the ethereal remix above. Amazing stuff.
New Soundcloud drop, Edith goes Clammy Clams on this one (with an upbeat twist half way through). Wonderful cloud rap instrumental sampling "The Gate" by Caroline Polachek, it begs for a Main Attrakionz collab.
Over the last week Edith dropped four new tracks on her Soundcloud (including the Voodoo Crystals collab I mentioned a couple of days ago), with the latest witch-rave mutated techno extravaganza "Vanity (Demo)" being my fav. Accorrding to the caption there MAY be a vocal version incoming at some point in the future, so that could give the track an interesting spin. Make sure to also peep her Aphex Twin's "Windowlicker" nighcore flip and "Propane (Demo 2)", a buzzy electro-witch tune.
Two of my favs on one track, yes! I've been hearing about this collab for a while now, so happy to see it finally materialize. It's quite amazing to be able to identify both VC and EU influences in "Double Scorp", the throbbing beat, processed vocals, all those little intricacies that define each of them are here mashed up and they work. Rave witchousers rejoice!
Edith's back with a new EP and a VHS tape for all your collector's needs. "Ash Wednesday" is a four-track passion project, as she says made it in between my last bender and my decision to recently get sober. Most of those tracks sound like they could've been lifted from Edith's "Heaven's Night" album or "Mother, Reborn" EP, so if you were into those past projects this is a must. "U Break Me" is a total jam and a personal favourite here. Moreover she also announced a limited run of VHS tapes entitled "Dreams Of Eternal Life", that will feature "Dreams of Eternal Life" short, the "Mother, Reborn" visualizer and additional content. Each tape will be unique and hand-made. Don't sleep.
You can grab "Ash Wednesday" here, and stream it below. VHS tapes can be ordered here.
Today's Bandcamp day brings a string of interesting releases, one of them being new compilation from Edith Underground. "[REC]" is a collection of seven witchy demos and drag edits, majority if not all unreleased. My personal fav is "I'll Lay You To Rest" with vocals from Ethel Cain.
The album is free to download here, but you can always donate some $$$. Stream the whole thing below.
New zombie rave mixtape from Edith Underground, 9 tracks of "sludgey n slowed down rave/dance", to fill in the post-Christmas void. Stream in full below and enjoy the ride.
Edith flipping Grouper's classic track is one of those things that make life worth living. Last year she dragged "Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping" for her visual mixtape "Neighborhood Watch", and today we get lo-fi house edit of "We've All Gone To Sleep". Someone should totally link them two for a collab project. Meanwhile, stream this gem below.
"Mother, Reborn" is a 3-track follow up to Edith Underground's incredible debut "Heaven's Night". Part post-internet trance nostalgia (check out the titular track with its retro-futuristic vaporwave vibe), part uncompromising breakbeats, this short extension of the album is an unexpected but most welcome surprise for everyone still hungry for more after such an amazing LP.
You can download "Mother, Reborn" for free here.
To read my full review of this album head over to the witch-house forum.
You can buy "Heaven's Night" here and stream it in full after the jump.