Rotostyles is a vertiginous and exhilarating demonstration of sonic craftsmanship, draped in colossal, almost Dantean orchestration. Highly recommended—uneasy and captivating in equal measure.
Tag: Dark Ambient
Sutekh Hexen & Hissing :: SH:HS EP (Cyclic Law / Phage Tapes)
In the end SH:HS leaves me with a sense of how futile yet crucial it is for us to try to seek meaning in the endless chaos of existence.
Tegh & Adel Poursamadi :: Bayal بیل (Injazero)
Iranian experimental musicians Shahin Entezami (aka Tegh) and Adel Poursamadi reunite for their third collaboration album Bayal, a creative response of greyscale synthesis, violin, and traditional instrumentation to a 1964 collection of short stories by seminal Iranian author Gholam-Hossein Sa’edi.
Jérôme Chassagnard :: Hora Fugit (Hymen)
Piercing electronics and cinematic sonic extensions are folded into colossal forms across Jérôme Chassagnard’s Hora Fugit, an 11-track suite that constantly contracts and expands.
Corum :: Web Of Midnight (Psychic Sounds)
Even as the music voyages across the celestial empyrean of space, he opens up new territory, diving downwards into the underworld where the mysteries of Orpheus (poet, musician, prophet) are encountered in their cavernous depths. Here the Orphic lyre is a synthesizer. Here it is a collection of psychotronic modules who route electricity to the point where it tingles with lucid scintillation. This is a third ear music awakening the inner senses to subtle vibrations.
Sainkho Namtchylak / Mirco Magnani :: Beyond Fine Lines (Undogmatisch / Fluid Audio)
Beyond Fine Lines belongs to that line of works that ask for trust. It should be received in half light, at the right volume, allowing the frequencies to work upon the body. Its intensity grows through sedimentation. Each listening opens new folds: a frequency that first escaped notice, a held breath, a sudden accent, a harmonic current crossing the sound field like an omen.
Netherworld :: The Hermit (Glacial Movements)
Following chilling mysteries emerging from Arctic expeditions and unveiling the metaphysical strength captured in ice-cold landscapes, the droning sound art project Netherworld (alias Alessandro Tedeschi, founder of Glacial Movements Records) is back to the forefront.
Empusae & Maris Anguis :: Onryōtan (Cryo Chamber)
Empusae and Maris Anguis have crafted a fantastic album that rewards repeated listening and offers a welcome step toward a more spiritual and cultural focus for their label Cryo Chamber.
Flint Glass & Ah Cama-Sotz :: The Shadow of the Torturer (Ant-Zen)
Drawing inspiration from Gene Wolfe’s monumental The Book of the New Sun, Flint Glass and Ah Cama-Sotz craft a dark and immersive soundscape via The Shadow of the Torturer that evokes the decay, mystery, and uneasy beauty of a far-future Earth where ancient machines, lost civilizations, and the long shadow of Severian’s fate still echo beneath a fading sun.
IUGA :: Meldrop (Unexplained Sounds Group)
A really enjoyable eerie, isolationist and wistful electronic ambient release with enough ideas and well-designed textures to enthrall the listener.
Bluetech :: Petite Constellations (DiN / Behind The Sky Music)
Petites Constellations develops shifting and subtle soundscapes with a retro-ish feeling, emerging from analog keyboards and vintage electronic equipment. However, it also stands as a thoroughly modern album, filled with kinetic grooves and bold compositional ingredients.
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