Emerge :: Double review (Attenuation Circuit)

Deep, dark ambient on black.

Oneirism consists of two, twelve-minute nightmares of deep, dark ambient on black, ten-inch vinyl, signed by Emerge (aka German soundscaper Sascha Stadlmeier) known more for exercises in contrast than devilish, single-minded concentration. Frighteningly subtly rendered, minimalism as an insidious, but invisible disease, a “sickening of the heart,” as Poe would have it.

Whereas the source material for Oneirism is left to the imagination, Desecrate, a simultaneous three-inch CDR release, has been construed from church organ, field recordings and electric guitar fed back by label mate Gerald Fiebig, translated by Emerge into a hopeless trek down an abandoned tunnel echoing with the ghosts of long-passed trains in its rails and cables.

Both releases are available on Attenuation Circuit.