CASKO - New Land Old Borders [K021]

Support the label, buy it here: Artist: CASKO Title: Empires of Dirt Label: Khemia Records Catalogue: K021 Format: Digital Genre: Electronic Style: #Techno Release date: May 21, 2021 Artwork courtesy of Oannes Slym Tracklist: 1. Extremity Shift 2. Dictate Without Authority 3. New Land, Old Borders 4. My Journey Made You Stronger Empires of Dirt is the new EP from CASKO the techno alias of Chafik Chennouf, Moroccan born, Amsterdam based producer, DJ and head of Leyla Records. Each of the four muscular tracks are tensely constructed around field recordings and vocal samples recorded in the shelter where Chennouf works with undocumented people with psychiatric conditions. Chafik approached this as a community art project to give a platform to the unheard and unseen. He explains this EP is an attempt to highlight and address the traumas of the refugee crisis, precipitated by the actions and inactions of western governments that cause people