Leila Abdul-Rauf - Andros Insidium

Facts Across five Vastum albums, Leila Abdul-Rauf has been a richly sounding contributor to Buck Spin's catalog for more than 15 years. She has also built an impressive body of solo work, where she has shown the full range of her multi-instrumental artistic and vocal talents. On Andros Insidium, Leila draws us into a ceremonial descent, through the very architecture of shadow. Each movement unfolds like a ritual text etched in obsidian, tracing the violent and sacred geometry of transformation. The presence and wisdom of the feminine divine permeate everything. The album dives deep into the dark expanse of the female psyche: wild, ugly, vulnerable and powerful. Sonically, Andros Insidium is a mutation of the cinematic dark, ambient, industrial and ritual folk music expressed on her earlier releases, now sharpened into something far darker, more narrative