Sexwitch - Sexwitch (2015) lossless

Sexwitch is something of a radical career tangent for Natasha Khan. With collaborators Toy and producer Dan Carey, the Bat for Lashes singer subjects old, mostly Middle Eastern folk and psych tracks to esoteric new treatments. Khan says that her inspiration is “the scream of rage and rebellion from women dispossessed for millennia” and there’s certainly a powerful femininity – and sensuality – to these tracks, which stimulate the head, the feet and the emotions simultaneously. Percussive grooves hurtle into post-punk guitars; there’s acid rock, Jah Wobble-style global bass and scary demonic droning. The original lyrics have been translated from Iranian or Thai – “When I die, I’ll go back to where I was” she cries in the storming, eight-minute Kassidat El Hakka, although often Khan’s voice becomes another instrument in the collage. Even the most conventional song, and the sole western one, Skip Spence’s acid breakdown anthem War in Peace, sounds transformed, otherworldly and compelling.

Natasha Khan - Vocal
Tom Dougall - Guitar
Dominic O'Dair - Guitar
Maxim Barron - Bass
Charlie Salvidge - Drums
Alejandra Diez - Keyboards

Tracklist:
01. Ha Howa Ha Howa
02. Helelyos
03. Kassidat El Hakka
04. Lam Plearn Kiew Bao
05. Ghoroobaa Ghashangan
06. War In Peace