HOWIE LEE - AT THE DROLMA WESEL-LING-MONASTERY

Released: 28/06/2024

Inexplicably we forgot to spotlight this record when it was released last month, but now we actually have our hands on the vinyl we are rectifying that as fast as we can. Beijing-based artist/producer Howie Lee’s follow-up to Birdy Island (2021) is incredible. Recorded at Drolma Wesel-Ling Monastery in the mountains of north-eastern Tibet, the LP was informed by Lee being given access to the sound archive of the monastery’s founder and master, Tuga Rinpoche. Combining Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhist singing with bass/footwork science, glitched-out hyper-rhythms and sampled Chinese-Tibetan instrumentation, At the Drolma … is a simply mesmerising work of experimental club-futurism. Big ups to Mais Um Discos for continuing to bring incredible music to our ears on the regular!