Pariah

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What He Does With What He Has: Blawan Interviewed

In 2012, Jamie Roberts, AKA Blawan, was poised on the verge of breaking through to a mainstream that he wasn't sure he wanted any part of and then fate intervened in the form of a life-threatening illness. On the release of his debut album Wet Will Always Dry, he talks to John Doran about how this ended up being a blessing in disguise

Black Sky Thinking

Dragnet #5: New Music From Pariah, Walter Jones And Beach Fossils

Gambolling slack-jawed in search of grace

News 10

Blawan And Pariah Reveal Debut Album As Persher, ‘Sleep Well’

The duo, otherwise known as Karenn, will release their first full-length effort through Thrill Jockey in February

Blawan And Pariah Reveal New Karenn EP, ‘Everything Is Curly’

The four-track release is due out on their own Voam label

Blawan And Pariah Debut New Alias, Persher

The Karenn members' first release under the new moniker, 'Man With The Magic Soap', will be released through Thrill Jockey

Karenn Line Up New 12″, ‘Music Sounds Better With Shoe’

The A-side is based on a track that the duo performed live in a 2014 Boiler Room set

LISTEN + Q&A: Karenn Share New Track, ‘Strawbs’

The speedy cut is one highlight of many on the duo's upcoming debut album which they discuss further below

Karenn Detail Debut Album, ‘Grapefruit Regret’

Blawan and Pariah's first LP was "written and recorded during an intense studio session"

Blawan & Pariah Confirm New Karenn 12″

Blawan and Pariah's first record together as Karenn since 2014 is due out next month

LISTEN: Pariah Remixes Real Lies

Karenn man reworks Pet Shop Geezers' track World Peace!

WATCH: Karenn Live At Boiler Room

Fierce and furious set from Blawan and Pariah

Blawan & Pariah: New Karenn EP

More grubby techno from London

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On superb new album Offshore, Nadeem Din-Gabisi speaks through a football kit clad alias to explore issues of belonging and identity as a second-generation immigrant in the shadow of empire. He tells Patrick Clarke about imagining a better future, the need to antagonise the far right and much, much more

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