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Zilmrah

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Zilmrah: Hallucinatory X-Ray Visions (Love Earth Music)

The debut full-length from Lawry Romani's noise/drone project Zilmrah blends manipulated samples, modular synths, and handcrafted electroacoustic instruments into intriguingly distorted yet spacious soundscapes, balancing hypnotic rhythms with dadaist absurdity and dense sonic experimentation in a captivating journey of cut-up electronics and immersive drones.
 

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Lawry Romani-home made electronics, modular synths, sampler

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Label: Love Earth Music
Catalog ID: LEM-316
Squidco Product Code: 35883

Format: CDR
Condition: New
Released: 2023
Country: USA
Packaging: Digipack
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"Zilmrah is the moniker for the Noise/Drone project of Lawry Romani. The project started as vehicle to combine the hand built electroacoustic instruments that he builds with samplers and modular synths to maximize his sound design capabilities. He has worked with many noise artists & musicians over the years to varying capacities either live or studio work, with the most recent being Missing Foundation, whom he performed with, recorded & designed instruments for."-Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/100067501584219/photos/421653683428014/?_rdr)
7/15/2026

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