
Dreams of Abrasion-s/t-A dark, abrasive release which documents a kind of audio excorcism for it's creator. This is the CD release of Nepenthacea's first (cassette) release, cleaned up, and with two new bonus tracks (including Collision Sect's remix of "Machines' Song."
"Loose-fitting night sweats sloptuned to tweak a nerve..." -CHC (Neo-zine)
droune-[album one]-Minimal drone ambient from Translucence, Whisper Diminish member E. David. Layered tonal washes overlaid with sparse keyboard, effects, and found/sampled sounds.
"The album is beautiful..." -Jeff Sampson (Embracing the Glass)
Ice Desert-s/t-Ice Desert is a darkambient project from Russia. The music is filled with the bleakness and sorrow of the dark, frozen Russian winter, with elements of old Pagan folk, noise, and harrowing ambience.
"...an air of isolation, surveillance, and discovery." -Carolee Harrison (Gothic Beauty)
Halo Manash-Par-Antra I: VIR-"The first part of the Par-Antra trilogy, VIR consists of 9 very original, intense, multi-layerd tracks. The soundscape is based on e-bowed guitars, shamanic percussion/cymbals, windbones, chanting vocals, surreal samples, and analog synths, thus offring material ranging from darkambient to ritual atmospheres." Limited edition of 1000. On the Aural Hypnox label.
Halo Manash-SYoMA-Halo Manash's 3rd full-length offers both minimalistic and complex material created mainly via acoustic instrumentation. The ritualistic electro-acoustic soundsape is based on dark and hypnotic sample textures, evolving guitar drones, dynamic ritual percussion, and reverberating gongs/chimes/bells. Limited edition of 1000. On the Aural Hypnox label.
Marspiter-Vigila-"Mars is an ancient Deity with many faces and many names. Resurrected here in a twilight gloom hovering over a mythical battlefield. The idol cracks and the voice of Ares reverberates through a mountain-valley. Operatic ritual warfare." On Somnambulant.
Various Artists - XII Caesars"A psychoacoustic investigation of "The Twelve Caesars" as immortalized by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus. From Julius (49 BC) to Domitian (96 AD). 145 years of treachery, brutality, spectacle and debauchery. A rogue's gallery of ancient dictators. The medium is experimental electronics: noise, dark ambient, death industrial, power electronics. Nine exclusive tracks by artists as varied as the subject matter: Exsanguinate, Tugend, Murderous Vision, Bestia Centauri, Post Scriptvm, Survival Unit, Ond, Axone and Marspiter. Also includes the debut track from a new collaborative project between Axone & Marspiter: The Great Despisers." On Somnambulant.