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ARALKUM OUT NOW ON DIGITAL, CD AND VINYL

THE SHRINKING OF THE ARAL SEA HAS BEEN CALLED ONE OF THE WORST ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS ON THE PLANET.
SITUATED IN CENTRAL ASIA, IT WAS ONCE THE FOURTH LARGEST LAKE IN THE WORLD, BUT THE RIVERS THAT FED THE ARAL WERE DIVERTED BY SOVIET IRRIGATION PROJECTS FROM THE 1960S. IT HAS BEEN DISAPPEARING EVER SINCE.
BY 1997, IT HAD DIMINISHED TO TEN PERCENT OF ITS ORIGINAL SIZE, AND SATELLITE IMAGES CAPTURED BY NASA IN AUGUST OF 2014 REVEALED THAT – FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MODERN HISTORY – THE EASTERN BASIN OF THE ARAL SEA HAD DRIED UP COMPLETELY, A REGION NOW KNOWN AS THE ARALKUM DESERT.
AS THE ARAL SEA DRIED UP, FISHERIES AND THE COMMUNITIES THAT DEPENDED ON THEM COLLAPSED. THE INCREASINGLY SALTY WATER BECAME POLLUTED WITH FERTILISERS AND PESTICIDES. THE DUST BLOWING FROM THE EXPOSED LAKEBED, CONTAMINATED WITH AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, BECAME A PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARD. THE SALTY DUST BLEW OFF THE LAKEBED AND SETTLED ONTO FIELDS, DEGRADING THE SOIL. CROPLANDS WERE FLUSHED WITH INCREASINGLY LARGER VOLUMES OF RIVER WATER. THE LOSS OF THE MITIGATING INFLUENCE OF SUCH A LARGE BODY OF WATER MADE WINTERS COLDER, AND SUMMERS HOTTER AND DRIER.
IN A LAST-DITCH EFFORT TO SAVE THE LAKE, KAZAKHSTAN CONSTRUCTED THE KOKARAL DAM, SEPARATING THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN PARTS. THE DAM, SPANNING ACROSS 12 KILOMETRES, SEPARATES THE TWO BODIES OF WATER AND PREVENTS A DOWNWARD OUTFLOW. THANKS TO THE KOKARAL, FISHERIES IN THE NORTH HAVE REBOUNDED, IN SPITE OF IT LIMITING THE FLOW INTO THE SOUTH. WATER LEVELS RECOVERED NOTABLY BETWEEN 2005 AND 2006, WITH MINUTE IMPROVEMENTS RECORDED THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE TIME PERIOD.
THE ALBUM IS SPLIT INTO THREE PARTS:
PRE-DISASTER, CALAMITY, FUTURE.
COMPOSED BY GALYA BISENGALIEVA
RECORDED AT NOMAD MUSIC PRODUCTIONS
PRODUCED BY ROBERT AMES, BEN CORRIGAN
MIXED BY ROBERT SOMA-LEWIS AT AMBIENT WORKS
MASTERED BY DENIS BLACKHAM AT SKYE MASTERING
CONTRABASS FLUTE PERFORMED BY PASHA MANSUROV
DESIGN BY XIAOFEISTUDIO
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY PROVIDED BY NASA
EP ONE OUT NOW ON DIGITAL AND LIMITED EDITION VINYL

TRACKS
tùsClaire M Singer
Tulpar
Galya Bisengalieva
Oparin
Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch
Recorded at Spitfire Audio, London
Engineers: Harry Wilson & Simon Hendry
Assistant Engineer: Henry Cornish
All tracks mastered by Denis Blackham
Photography: Nicol Vizioli
Design: Baxter and Bailey

TULPAR - music video
Written by Galya Bisengalieva
Produced & Mixed by Ben Corrigan
Director: Nicol Vizioli
Cinematographer: Andrew Rodger
Editor: Laura Delle Piane
LIMITED EDITION VINYL
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EP TWO OUT NOW ON DIGITAL AND LIMITED EDITION VINYL

TRACKS
Zohra
Shiva Feshareki
Umay
Galya Bisengalieva
Claycorn
CHAINES
Tulpar - ACTRESS 26 Drones Remix
(digital bonus - not on vinyl)

Zohra -
perfomed by Shiva & Galya
creative mixdown by Loraine James
mixed by Simon Hendry
Umay -
shankobyz played by Murat
produced & mixed by Ben Corrigan
Claycorn -
performed by Galya
mixed by CHAINES & Simon Hendry
Recorded at Spitfire Audio, London
Engineers: Harry Wilson & Simon Hendry
Assistant Engineer: Henry Cornish
All tracks mastered by Denis Blackham
Design - Baxter and Bailey
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perfomed by Shiva & Galya
creative mixdown by Loraine James
mixed by Simon Hendry
Umay -
shankobyz played by Murat
produced & mixed by Ben Corrigan
Claycorn -
performed by Galya
mixed by CHAINES & Simon Hendry
Recorded at Spitfire Audio, London
Engineers: Harry Wilson & Simon Hendry
Assistant Engineer: Henry Cornish
All tracks mastered by Denis Blackham
Design - Baxter and Bailey
LIMITED EDITION VINYL (LOW STOCK)
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