Zeerak Ahmed: New Album Release & Essay on Talkhouse
Zeerak Ahmed, under the moniker Slowspin has released a track titled Phantom Weight, along with an essay as a teaser towards her upcoming album, Afterimage. To be released August 7, 2026.
“By Fall I had been doom-scrolling much more than usual. Falling deeper into a self-induced state of hypnosis, my eyesight deteriorated into rapid-fire images: cheese, floral arrangements, genocide, throwing clay, spinning wool, AI-generated studies of the body, blood, fertility, deities, instruments, ear canals, travel guides, music blogs, spiritual texts, self-care, self-help, ab workouts, false prophets, protests, and you. On my way back to you, or you to me, I have been thinking about desire paths: online, in the body, and in the mind….”
Zeerak Ahmed is a Pakistan-raised, New York-based sound artist. Her work is grounded in North Indian classical and matrilineal vocal traditions, expanded through dream-folk, ambient, experimental, electronic, devotional song, and psychedelic sound practices. Poetry and melodies in her mother tongues — Urdu, Purbi and English — form new textural soundscapes for love, loss, and longing.
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