The effortless enigma of in filth your mystery is kingdom / far smile peasant in yellow music, the debut album from Dagmar Zuniga, is apparent from the jump. The fidelity of the Brooklyn independent folk artist’s project is a rough linen-like texture with layers of compression and hiss, far beyond mainstream ideas of TASCAM-fetishizing “lo-fi." Instead, Zuniga’s music feels like the end of a long procession of cassette dubs and re-dubs, each one a little further away from the original master than the last, until only what’s essential remains. There’s also the title, its first half a statement of purpose — creating a home for the unknown within an evil world — with the second making good on its promise.

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