Leila Abdul-Rauf - Andros Insidium (2026)

Through her work across five Vastum albums, Leila Abdul-Rauf has been a sonorous contributor to 20 Buck Spin’s discography for more than 15 years now. Concurrent to that she’s also amassed an impressive body of solo work whereby she could showcase the full range of her multi-instrumental artistic and vocal talents. We now bring that part of Leila’s output to 20 Buck Spin showcasing her darkest and most confrontational material to date with new album ‘Andros Insidium’.

On ‘Andros Insidium’ Leila 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. Leila’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, and learning to speak with its voice.

Guest Musicians in order of appearance
Samuel Foster - hand percussion and additional synths on tracks 1 and 3
Kienan Hamilton - lute on tracks 3 and 8
Gregory C. Hagan - vocals on track 4
Drew Zercoe - additional vocals on track 5

Tracklist
01. Descent into Kur (00:04:37)
02. Stripped Before the Eye of Death (00:03:35)
03. Eros Anima (single) (00:06:13)
04. Senex Rule (00:03:16)
05. Fractured Body (00:02:56)
06. Andros Insidium (00:04:06)
07. A Requiem for Ishtar (00:06:01)
08. Return to Anu (00:06:14)