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Jagath is a ritual / industrial music act from Perm, Russia.

They create their music at abandoned industrial locations - the bottom of a moist underground sewer shaft and inside huge hollow oil tanks. The use simple, mostly hand-crafted instruments, found objects and voices. Locally known for their extreme photos and videos, they use flamethrowers, sparks and fire during their performances - "to keep from freezing to death". They do it to share their vision of "decaying post-industrial age, to unleash the spirit of deep beyond-world and unveil life in the abyss".

Jagath release their music on varoius labels including Cold Spring and Black Mara and play live at local venues and festivals, such as Perm Wave and Solar Systo. They also played live at historical locations including Red Triangle historical site (1906) and Blacksmith shop in Perm (1916) to draw some attention to the ruined objects.

During production of album Svapna, Jagath opened "a portal to another world" inside an abandoned Soviet-era swamp drain near a residential building in the Zakamsk suburb of Perm (58.0122°N, 55.9623°W). Consequent land art video for track Svapna was acquired by Perm Museum of Contemporary Art to its collection. Jagath also performed live at Nigredo exhibition there.

Discography
(2022) Svapna — Cold Spring

(2021) Samadhi — Black Mara

(2020) Devalaya — Cold Spring

(2020) Agni — Self-released

Quotes
"It is cold out here, in Russia, everything stays frozen for decades. Life is almost stopped, and this cannot be changed. So we have to do something so as not to freeze to death.""Our music is a 'celebration' of the end of the world. <...> Our much beloved Mr. Putin says we are bringing peace, but we bring only devastation. <...> We are trapped in the belly of this machine, we cannot escape. This is to live in an inside-out world."

Reviews and interviews
Interview with Jagath: "Unveil Life In The Abyss" by Side-Line Magazine

Jagath: "Place is part of the musical canvas" by Darker Magazine (Russian)

Svapna Review by Avant Music News

Svapna Review by DarkRoom Magazine (Italian)

Svapna Review by Musique Machine

Devalaya Review by Musique Machine

Devalaya Review by Lux Aeterna (Spanish)

Devalaya Review by DarkUndergroundMusicZine

Links
Jagath on Bandcamp

Jagath on Discogs

Jagath on YouTube

Jagath on Facebook

Jagath on Spotify