It’s not often you come across artists who are doing something that is completely singular, something that simply cannot be replicated by others because the art is so informed by personal background. This certainly is true for Animistic Beliefs. Initially meeting as underage attendees of Rotterdam’s nightlife, they combined their interest in techno, electro, gabber, and punk with a preference for analogue equipment, often soldering their very own hardware. Throughout the years though, the duo delved deep into their Moluccan and Vietnamese-Chinese heritage, rediscovering traces of culture that conventional history had erased: South-East Asian tonality, tribal rhythms and pre-colonial poetry have become more and more central to their work, which has been released on labels like Dekmantel and Herrensauna. As such, Animistic Beliefs have become a powerful hybrid of the political and personal, a constantly evolving force that pairs a punk mentality with emotional release to form exhilarating, ritualistic experiences.

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