Astrowind – SemikarakoryLabel: Frozen Light – FZL 019Format: CD, Mini-Album, Limited Edition, NumberedCountry: RussiaReleased: 27 May 2015Style: Dark Ambient,Psychedelic Ambient Latvian composer, musician and sound designer Kirils Lomunovs/Astrowind consistently develops alternative music style Paleopsychedelic Ambient f alling into the limits of the Dark Ambient genre, and still is being inspired with the art of an actor and director Alexander L. Kaidanovsky.The „Semikarakory” mini-album is delivered to the listeners by Russian label Frozen Light and is a logical sequel of the previous Astrowind album „Kaidanovsky”.The „Semikarakory” mini-album is dedicated to the full-length director’s work of Kaidanovsky – “Zhena kerosinshchika” [1989] (www.imdb.com/title/tt0096503/?ref_=fn_al_tt_9). This is an imagined walk in the dreary territory, where…
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Marc Behrens – Sleppet
Marc Behrens – SleppetLabel: CrónicaFormat:CD, AlbumCountry: PortugalReleased: 14 Oct 2009Style: Abstract, Musique Concrète, Experimental Sleppet originated from a sound art project in 2007, when six renowned artists — Natasha Barrett, Bjarne Kvinnsland, Steve Roden, Chris Watson, Jana Winderen and Marc Behrens — recorded sounds on a 10-day trip through the Norwegian Westlandet region and used the nature experience for a couple of sound installations and music pieces. Sleppet leads back to Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg, for whom contemplation of nature and its influence on the artistic creation had high significance. Sleppet deals with the energy and the transformation processes of the early springtime. In the frame of the composition, realized…
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Tomas Phillips & Luigi Turra – Vignettes Amplifié
Tomas Phillips & Luigi Turra – Vignettes AmplifiéLabel: Nitkie – patch fiveFormat: CD, Album, Limited EditionCountry: RussiaReleased: 20 Apr 2011Style: Experimental Limited edition of 500 copies in a digisleeve.The first ever collaboration between prolific american composer Tomas Phillips and prominent italian newcomer Luigi Turra, “Vignettes Amplifie” presents a sequence of subtle sound constructions characterized by minimalistic and contemplative approach. Quiet field recordings, soft acoustic sounds and organic electronic arrangements builds panoramic view on two levels. The acoustic gestures like bells, manipulated objects and drone fragments are coming from silence and disappearing after some time. On the other hand, there is a kind of reflection of these sonic events in the…
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The Beautiful Schizophonic – Erotikon
The Beautiful Schizophonic – ErotikonLabel:Crónica – Crónica 044-2009Format:CD, AlbumCountry:PortugalReleased:13 Jul 2009Style: Dark Ambient, Drone, Experimental, Ambient All tracks composed by Jorge Mantas, except track 6 by The Refractors (J. Martinez) and track 9 by Sleeping Me and Jorge Mantas. Special guests: Christina Vantzou (voice on 2, 3 & 4, rhodes on 2), Yui Onodera (piano on 8), Sleeping Me (guitar on 9), The Refractors (piano on 6). Track 8 contains a sample of a 1860 recording of Au Clair de la Lune, possibly the first recording ever of a human voice. Designed by P. Tudela and M. Carvalhais.Postcards courtesy of Paulo Silva. Mastered by M. Carvalhais. I dream of dead…
