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Horse Lords

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Horse Lords — Demand to Be Taken to Heaven Alive!

Title track of the 2026 album (released 12 June 2026) by the Baltimore-formed experimental quartet, now partly based in Berlin. This was their first record made remotely — most of the band relocated to Berlin while drummer Sam Haberman stayed in Baltimore. Their m

Horse Lords

Origin: Baltimore, Maryland, US · formed 2010 · active (three of four members now based in Germany)

Members: Andrew Bernstein (saxophone/percussion/electronics), Max Eilbacher (bass/electronics), Owen Gardner (guitar/electronics), Sam Haberman (drums)

Genre: Experimental rock / avant-garde / minimalism

Discography:

Horse Lords (2012) — Ehse Records — self-titled debut

Hidden Cities (2014) — NNA Tapes

Interventions (2016) — NNA Tapes

The Common Task (2020) — RVNG Intl.

Comradely Objects (2022) — RVNG Intl. — some of their most danceable material to date

Demand to Be Taken to Heaven Alive! (2026) — RVNG Intl. — first record to include vocals; made remotely after most of the band relocated to Berlin

Facts:

The band evolved out of the experimental collective Teeth Mountain and plays in just intonation, using hand-modified, refretted guitars — the same tuning system favored by avant-garde composers La Monte Young and James Tenney.

Their hypnotic, polyrhythmic style draws on Krautrock, Afrobeat and Appalachian folk traditions alongside modular synthesis and algorithmic composition.

Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_Lords · https://www.allmusic.com/artist/horse-lords-mn0003117766ethod takes academic source material (just intonation, American minimalism, serialism) and makes it physical and fun; guest vocalists Nina Guo and Evelyn Saylor appear in fragments. At 8:28 it's a hypnotic, unfurling build — the ideal opener to speak over as it climbs.

TikTok angle: There are notes hiding between the keys of a piano — Horse Lords tune their guitars to play them (just intonation), turning the most academic music there is into something that moves. Most of the band relocated to Berlin while one member stayed in Baltimore; they built the record across the distance. This was TikTok 1, posted live during the show.