“Grace In Rot” heaves itself into existence like something pulled from deep soil, all roots and raw nerve. Neti-Neti, vocalist Amirtha Kidambi and percussionist Matt Evans, let this track emerge from their most depleted state, and the result carries that specific gravity of exhaustion transmuted into flame. Evans describes how it “heaved its way out of us during the last take of the session—an unexpected flame of physicality that came after a long day and a deep discussion about the evil and cruelty we witness daily in the world. It captures an exasperated, bile-like fighting spirit, burning through at our most despondent.” Kidambi’s voice becomes the conduit for this transformation, her shrieks simultaneously guttural and transcendent, pulled from the roots yet still a mesmerizing enchantment that refuses easy categories.
This is where the duo locates grace: not in some pristine elsewhere, but in the very rot that threatens to consume everything. Evans’ percussion convulses beneath Kidambi’s voice, each strike feeding back into samplers and effects until rhythm becomes texture becomes the sound of a world holding itself together through sheer will. What emerges isn’t escape but a kind of stubborn radiance, proof that even in our most despondent moments, something essential refuses to be extinguished.
Echo of Being / Grace in Rot will be released by Dinzu Artefacts on October 10. Stream below and pre-order HERE.
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