Raz Mesinai - Myth of Nations: An Anti Imperialist Opera (Live at The Kitchen) (2025) [Hi-Res]

Myth of Nations: An Anti-Imperialist Opera (Live at The Kitchen) captures Raz Mesinai’s long-running stage work in a concentrated live form, folding his Badawi dub vocabulary into an operatic, anti-imperialist narrative. Rooted in the ancient Mesopotamian tale of Inanna’s descent, each movement frames gates, guardians and the “land of shades” against present-day plunder and occupation. The performance at The Kitchen preserves the immediacy of frame-drum pulses, cavernous dub echoes and live electronics—less a set of songs than a charged ritual and a clear political statement.

Tracklist:
1-1 Raz Mesinai;Badawi - Sins of the Father (Live) [2:42]
1-2 Raz Mesinai;Badawi - Inanna Went Down to the Land of Shades (Live) [2:50]
1-3 Raz Mesinai;Badawi - Descent Into Forever (Live) [2:59]
1-4 Raz Mesinai;Badawi - Neither World Nor Space (Live) [2:47]
1-5 Raz Mesinai;Badawi - Enter the Gatekeeper (Live) [2:28]
1-6 Raz Mesinai;Badawi - The Looting of Mesopotamia (Live) [5:49]
1-7 Raz Mesinai;Badawi - Dumuzi's Lament (Live) [1:08]
1-8 Raz Mesinai;Badawi - Sacrifice of the Shepherd (Live) [2:53]
1-9 Raz Mesinai;Badawi - Ibn Batuta (Shepherd Dumuzi Mix) [3:53]