Saigon Would Be Seoul - The Human Stain (2020)

Saigon Would Be Seoul is the solo project from Mirza Ramic of the electronic music duo Arms and Sleepers. While spending most of his adult life in the US, Mirza was born in Bosnia & Herzegovina and lived there until 1992, when the Bosnian War forced his family to flee the country. Mirza and his mother would spend the next few years moving across continents, countries and states as refugees. Mirza’s father did not survive the war; he was killed by a mortar shell in 1993. This personal journey of trauma, loss and survival is at the core of the project's DNA.

As with the debut album 'Everywhere Else Left Behind' (released in June 2019), the upcoming new full-length album 'The Human Stain' deals with Mirza's roots. Musically, however, the new album is a departure from the solo piano pieces that defined the debut release. Taking on a more dark ambient, experimental jazz sound, the Saigon Would Be Seoul project looks to venture even deeper into the vast post-classical genre. While the earlier works could be compared to the music of artists such as Chilly Gonzales, the new material finds more in common with the moody atmosphere of acts such as Bohren & Der Club Of Gore.