MEEJAH X HIRAKI
MEEJAH X HIRAKI takes form when two established practices decide to risk losing their footing. Both bands come with strong, recognisable identities, yet this collaboration is defined by a willingness to let those identities loosen and recalibrate. Rather than treating the project as a side step, the two bands commit fully to a shared process of writing and shaping material together. This commitment is captured on the upcoming split album Interwoven (March 2026, Pelagic Records), where continuity and long-form development outweigh contrast or exchange. At A COLOSSAL WEEKEND, the collaboration is presented live in its album form for the first time, offering an initial encounter with the joint work as a cohesive whole.
Individually, MEEJAH and HIRAKI approach heaviness from different angles. MEEJAH’s music often opens outward, allowing space, atmosphere, and vulnerability to remain exposed, while HIRAKI work with propulsion, structure, and tightly wound tension. In the collaboration, these tendencies are deliberately displaced. MEEJAH are drawn into darker, denser territory, where openness gives way to pressure, while HIRAKI’s forward drive is slowed and stretched, making room for duration and immersion. What emerges is not a compromise, but a third configuration, where repetition, weight, and restraint become shared tools, and where both bands operate outside their habitual centre of gravity.
WHAT TO EXPECT
The live presentation unfolds as a sustained movement rather than a sequence of songs. Material is allowed to breathe, circle, and accumulate, guided by repetition and a steady sense of pressure rather than dramatic peaks. Live reviews describe the experience as more trip-driven than techno-oriented, with an emphasis on immersion and continuity. The performance holds its ground throughout, drawing the listener into a dense, evolving sound world that develops gradually from within.
