CATHARSIS - Light from a dead star II. DLP Art Book Morinaga followed Simla to a

Morinaga followed Simla to a cattle shed where he met percussionist Mali Moodsansee to play some molam (folk songs found in Isan and neighbouring Laos)

each new zone more unsettling and brainwashed than the last

This was the sound of 1983 New York City: nothing like London where punks were starting to scrub their faces and sounds to get on Top of the Pops

a career-spanning double-LP retrospective marking Raglani's 'early period' (2004-2009)

CATHARSIS - Light from a dead star II. DLP Art Book Morinaga followed Simla to a4th press, yellow vinyl Three decades ago, before the music industry began to colonize it, the do it yourself underground was a space of exodus and experimentation, often in violent opposition to the rest of the world. This was the context in which Catharsis appeared, one of a new wave of bands to meld metal drama with the raw urgency of hardcore punk. They quickly distinguished themselves by an almost self destructive intensity and uncompromising