Count Zero, by Skru

Count Zero

by Skru

supported by

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

£7 GBP or more
Full Digital Discography

13

releases

Get all 13 Bastakiya Tapes releases available on Bandcamp and save 60%.

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Count Zero, 2, One Spirit, MASK, Workout EP, Untitled, Punctuations Of Joy And Despair, Collected Ideas On People, and 5 more. , and , .

Purchasable with gift card

£24.80 GBP or more (60% OFF)

1.	The Present 05:12	buy track
2.	Lenzman 05:36	buy track
3.	Digg The Way 05:48	buy track
4.	Gutta 06:20	buy track
5.	Enygma 05:19	buy track
6.	Kayrechu 06:28	buy track
7.	Skribes 03:08	buy track
8.	Arx Herubeim Ode 04:08	buy track
9.	Cell No 5 03:48	buy track
10.	Mourning Son 07:20	buy track
11.	Sinista 06:36	buy track
12.	Kant Wait 03:54	buy track
13.	Thymamai 04:23	buy track

about

Cassette Album available from Bedouin Records bandcamp bedouinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/count-zero

Bastakiya's Cicadian Cycle Closed

17 years, the cycle of cicadas reborn, opening from membranes in the dirt, a smell rising, silence crushed and surmounted, a hum is new. The power lines move out in unison, some poles tipping, toward a horizon, graying at the edges like smoked gums and fission plants. Bare feet on a long, metal staircase, almost quiet, the skin impressed by the diamond-cut landing, the scent rises up, the first few cicada viscera litter the walkways. A landscape of empty gyms, humidity, bleach smell, janitors clean the shower rooms, rust gathers at the drains, 2 TVs left awake, 5 put to sleep, an elliptical machine is a towel rack, 4 treadmills watch the sun rise with one another, a sweatshirt is reapplied, the glass doors open, drag to a close, the central air conditioning blows the napkins from the common area table, a hum settles on the carpet entrance. The Bastakiya alleys have tiles that once held narrative. Now the ground is black. The ground has always been black. Death is a staircase. The cicadas are buried in the dirt another 17 years. A Bedouin closes the refrigerator door in a gas station, half-lit before closing, Coca-Cola permitted during Ramadan because they have traveled so far from home. The membrane regrows, burrowed below the hydrangea bush, Bastakiya rests in peace, the Bedouin lives on forever.

-David Coccagna, June 2019

credits

released August 1, 2019

Written & Produced by Skru
Mastered by Martijn Comes
Artwork by Spyridon Skruface Katagas
Design by Salem Rashid

Distributed by Kudos
Bastakiya Tapes 2015-2019
Long Live Bedouin Records

BT000

soundcloud.com/skru

license

about

Bastakiya Tapes

The end of a melody is not its goal: but nonetheless, had the melody not reached its end it would not have reached its goal either. A parable.
(BT 2015-2019)

Long Live Bedouin Records bedouinrecords.bandcamp.com

discogs.com

contact / help

Contact Bastakiya Tapes

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Count Zero, you may also like:

bivouac of the avant-garde: contemporary minimal, electronic and experimental music, vol.2
by Difficult Art And Music

The 17 mindbending songs on this compilation represent minimalist experimental music at its best, a collage of blips and static. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 3, 2022
go to album
Dominions
by Sarah Davachi

featured on Bandcamp Radio Feb 20, 2018
go to album
synth waltzes and accordion laments
by Yara Asmar

As the title implies, the latest from Lebanese artist Yara Asmar combines ambient synths with treated accordion in dreamlike songs. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 31, 2023
go to album
HULDA
by Felicia Sjögren

Written and recorded on a reed organ, “HULDA” is a haunting work of sustained drone that is simultaneously soothing & unsettling. Bandcamp New & Notable May 15, 2023
go to album
Niebla
by Leena Lee & Vania Fortuna

Mexican composers Leena Lee and Vania Fortuna use sound as a tool to interrogate the mythologies of the emblematic quetzal bird. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 1, 2022
go to album
A Call to Arms
by Visionist

Visionist showcases vocals for the first time on his Mute debut, featuring collabs with members of Circuit des Yeux, Black Midi and more. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 5, 2021
go to album
Ambient soundscapes 1
by Mark Heaney

The aptly named new one from Mark Heaney presents enveloping ambient worlds designed to get lost in. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 9, 2021
go to album