Introducing Disiniblud - The New Collaboration Between Rachika Nayar & Nina Keith

Domino’s Smugglers Way imprint is pleased to introduce Disiniblud, the captivating new collaborative project of the composers/producers/multi-instrumentalists Rachika Nayar and Nina Keith. Nina and Rachika were drawn to one another like mirror images or two sisters reuniting after a lifetime of separation. Four years ago, the artists met in Brooklyn's two-block–by–two-block Maria Hernandez Park after fan-girling each other’s music online. Dishing about messy post-lockdown long-distance lesbianism, heartfelt investments in Buddhist and Hindu philosophies, and a shared high-school love of the Eternal Sunshine OST, the two found their surface similarities gesturing toward a deeper shared existential worldview. 

Their kinship—which Rachika describes originating from some “inner-child sisterhood place”—is the heart of their fairytale-like self-titled LP, due out July 18 via Smugglers Way. The two’s self-described “wordless conversation,” the album orbits such themes as mortality, reinvention through destruction, and sublimating fractured histories into music—all resulting in a work that suggests sweeping transformation can come from embracing old wounds with childlike wonder. 

Alongside today’s album announcement, the duo shares Disiniblud’s first two singles, “It’s Change (ft. Willy Siegel of Ponytail, Katie Dey & Julianna Barwick)” and “Blue Rags, Raging Wind (ft. Amigone).” Rife with almost merry-go-round samples from three different vocalists, "It's Change" is a mantra of impermanence, while the neoclassical “Blue Rags, Raging Wind” and its xylophone-esque patters exemplify the album’s core of "inner childlike joy," says Rachika.

Disiniblud, which features further guest appearances from Cassandra Croft, June McDoom, ASPIDISTRAFLY, and Tujiko Noriko, is available for pre-order on  limited edition first pressing on carnelian orange color vinyl, standard CD and cassette with bonus remixes.

Rachika and Nina will play a collaborative set at Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN this Friday, March 28. Later this spring they will play Rewire Festival in The Hague, Netherlands together (April 3-6), and Rachika will play a solo set at Donaufestival in Krems, Austria (May 4). Stay tuned for more live dates.