Nimh & Onasander :: Unveiled Lights (Fluttering Dragon)

Unveiled Lights‘ tapestry of sounds will ravish fans of silky drone tones and spacious electronic sonorities from Lull, Vidna Obmana, Phelios, Steve Roach, Ajna, Forest Fang, Numina, and Caul.

Deep spiritual thoughtfulness

All along his career veteran Italian based sound artist Giuseppe Verticchio has expertly provided a balance between moody industrial ambient music and ethno-ritual soundscapes, alternating raw and sophisticated electronic sequences with processed acoustic soundscapes and occasional eastern-like consonances. In this new album he teams up with Maurizio Landini (alias Onasander), a young drone-scaping sound wizard and artisan of ominous cinematic ambient which rapidly gained recognition in the ambient musical galaxy with releases published on highly acclaimed specialized labels such as Winter-Light and Cryo Chamber.

This collaborative effort drives me back to moments of affectionate nostalgia when l joined creative force for a collaborative with Giuseppe Verticchio in 2012. However the compositional context in this mutual effort is quite different because both artists are confirmed, skilled and experienced. This is the second tremendous collaboration for Onasander with one pioneering project from the dark understated experimental music scene, the first was with Empusae and the album Umbrosyne (2024) published by Winter-Light.  

Unveiled Lights is an introspective space ambient electronic voyage of classy quality and style, occasionally evolving through darkened realms. Healing sounds, meandering textures, electro chordal moves, and slowly evolving melodic themes give to this album moments of poignant emotional vibrancy. The isolationist feeling of being lost in terrestrial/cosmic wideness is constantly perceptible, leading the listener in a state of deep spiritual thoughtfulness and synesthesia with primordial elements taken from the sovereign nature. Thanks to a sonic array of electronic textures and a sensient dimension, this album is quite transportive, deeply resonating, and exquisitely atmospheric.

Unveiled Lights‘ tapestry of sounds will ravish fans of silky drone tones and spacious electronic sonorities from Lull, Vidna Obmana, Phelios, Steve Roach, Ajna, Forest Fang, Numina, and Caul.

Unveiled Lights is available on Fluttering Dragon. [Bandcamp]