photo by Samuel Foster
Dark ambient/ritual folk artist LEILA ABDUL-RAUF has issued an otherworldly new video for “Eros Anima,” found on her 20 Buck Spin-released sixth solo LP, Andros Insidium, in April.
The passionately unique new “Eros Anima” video was filmed in Death Valley, Mount Diablo, and Studio MirrorVoid between April and September 2026. Conceived and directed by Samuel Foster and LEILA ABDUL-RAUF, filmed by Samuel Foster with additional footage by Douglas Lilly, and edited by Samuel Foster, the video features performances by Domi Nigro, Paz Hidalgo, Zaskia Morgan, Kienan Hamilton, Gregory C. Hagan, Samuel Foster, and LEILA ABDUL-RAUF.
Transport yourself into another dimension through LEILA ABDUL-RAUF’s intense “Eros Anima” video now playing HERE.
The video arrives as LEILA ABDUL-RAUF’s new tour begins. Following the first show in Durham last night, the Andros Insidivm Tour MMXXVI will run through the mid-Atlantic, Northeastern US, and lower Canada, joined by fellow soloist Vaelastrasz, hitting Richmond, Washington, Philadelphia, New York City, Pawtucket, Allston, Montreal, and Toronto before ending in Pittsburgh on October 10th.
LEILA ABDUL-RAUF Andros Insidivm Tour MMXXVI w/ Vaelastrasz [REMAINING DATES]:
10/02/2026 Cobra Cabana – Richmond, VA
10/03/2026 Rhizome – Washington, DC
10/04/2026 Studio 34 – Philadelphia, PA
10/05/2026 TV Eye – Queens, NY
10/06/2026 Machines With Magnets – Pawtucket, RI
10/07/2026 O’Brien’s Pub – Allston, MA
10/08/2026 La Sotterenea – Montreal, QC
10/09/2026 Monarch – Toronto, ON
10/10/2026 The Storyville Lounge – Pittsburgh, PA
Through her work across five Vastum albums, Oakland, California-based multi-instrumentalist LEILA ABDUL-RAUF has been a sonorous contributor to 20 Buck Spin’s discography for more than fifteen years now. Concurrently, she has amassed an impressive body of solo work whereby she could showcase the full range of her multi-instrumental artistic and vocal talents. The label now welcomes that part of her output to the label, showcasing her darkest and most confrontational material to date with Andros Insidium. Here, she draws us into a ceremonial descent, through the architecture of shadow itself. Unfolding like a ritual text etched in obsidian, each movement traces the violent and sacred geometry of transformation. The presence and wisdom of the feminine divine looms throughout, as an ancient and uncompromising force, in conflict with everything buried, exiled and made monstrous by the machinery of societal pressures and unrealistic expectations. The album delves deep into the dark vastness of the psyche of woman: wild, ugly, vulnerable, and powerful.
Sonically, Andros Insidium is a mutation of the cinematic dark ambient, industrial, and ritual folk expressed in prior releases, now sharpened into something far darker, more narrative, and intimate. ABDUL-RAUF’s vocal work becomes a new focus with a wider variety of styles and characters, exorcising the demons of patriarchal fragmentation and revenge fantasy as lived myth. In its most potent moments, Andros Insidium suggests that wholeness is not purity or light, but the terrifying act of reclaiming everything that was discarded, learning to speak with its voice.
Composed, recorded, and performed by LEILA ABDUL-RAUF, Andros Insidium features guest contributions from Samuel Foster (ex-Saros, ex-Weakling), Kienan Hamilton (Cartilage, False Figure), Gregory C. Hagan (ex-Common Eider, King Eider, ex-Thomas Carnacki), and Drew Zercoe (Field Of Fear), adding to the album’s intense sound. Andros Insidium was mixed and mastered by Greg Wilkinson at Earhammer Studios (High On Fire, Autopsy, Vastum), with cover art by Justyna Koziczak, layout by Chimere Noire, photography by Samuel Foster, and calligraphy by Gregory C. Hagan.
Fans of Dead Can Dance, Diamanda Galas, Arcana, Amber Asylum, Jarboe/Swans, and Chelsea Wolfe, make LEILA ABDUL-RAUF’s Andros Insidium a priority album to hear.
LEILA ABDUL-RAUF’s Andros Insidium is available on LP, CD, and digitally at the 20 Buck Spin webshop HERE and Bandcamp HERE. If you missed it, watch the incredible video for “Andros Insidium” HERE.
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