Flung
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Flung is the moniker of multi-instrumentalist Kashika Kollaikal. Her first venture into solo work, debut release Shaky But My Hair Is Grown was written and recorded in Oakland, CA over three weeks in April 2020, shortly after quarantine began. A carefully structured catharsis of energy and an embodiment of JP’s frenetic process, Shaky But My Hair Is Grown showcases the wanderings and explorations of an artist left to her own devices.
Led by inspired sampling, Flung pulls from a vast catalogue of influences including traditional Shona music of Zimbabwe, Brazilian MPB, contemporaries like Nick Hakim and Palm, and the work of radical Black poet/philosophers such as Fred Moten and Nathaniel Mackey. Collecting sounds as if material, Flung plays with tactile fragments of vibrant sonic matter, following the feeling of songs as they sit in the body and the movement they elicit.
Flung’s debut album showcases her aptitude for songcraft; Shaky But My Hair Is Grown is both restless and instantly relatable. Ambient recordings and unusual chord progressions play duets over hard hitting polyrhythms woven from glitchy samples and clipped loops. The album’s whimsical yet poignant songs venture in all directions, a scattering of textures laced together with some intangible thread. Finding cadence in assemblage, Flung never sits in one place for too long, instead inviting the listener to share in the joy of the unpredictable.
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- Kashika Kollaikal - drums & percussion, piano, wurlitzer, vocals, synthesizers
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- Textures Laced Together with Intangible Thread // Get to Know: Flung
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Kashika Kollaikal’s debut album as Flung, 2020’s Shaky But My Hair Is Grown, struck a psychedelic balance between the Books and Person Pitch-era Panda Bear. A split release from DIY labels Citrus City and Topshelf, it was a strong experimental pop record that flew under the radar.
-Pitchfork
Reaches for the brass ring in adventurism, as their sound collects beguiling samples, fragments of reflections of their own, and that of philosophical greats from across the horizon in a way that captivates the senses with chronic, moving impulse.
-Recommended Listen
Flung is the rare artist with the ability to make avant-garde music still feel boisterous and fun in 2020.
-The Alternative
16 tracks of experimental sound collage and pop that capture the boundless energy of some strange and beautiful creative processes.
-New Noise
