Artefactum – Rosarium HermeticumLabel: Ur Muzik – UR008Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition, ReissueCountry: PolandReleased: 24 Dec 2014Style: Ambient Rosarium Philosophorum aparece en 1550. El texto contiene veinte imágenes que describen simbólicamente el “verdadero Arte”, la verdadera alquimia, que consiste en una suerte de iluminación, la experiencia de niveles de la realidad normalmente inaccesibles. El proceso es imaginado como una “unión sagrada” (hieros gamos) cuyo fruto es el lapis philosophorum. Artefactum – “Rosarium Hermeticum»Estamos ante uno de los más estimulantes trabajos de dark ambient que yo he tenido la oportunidad de escuchar en mucho tiempo; frío, oscuro, tenebroso, envolvente, dotado de profundas atmósferas que inducen al oyente a un estado de…
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David E. Williams – Ensemble Experience Project
David E. Williams – Ensemble Experience ProjectLabel: Tesco USA – NATO003, Ur Muzik – UR004Format: Vinyl, 7″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Limited EditionCountry: USReleased: 01 Dec 2010Style: Art Rock, Experimental Nearly a quarter-century into a staggering solo career, David E. Williams has decided to join a band. Granted, the David E. Williams Ensemble Experience Project is a band that bears his name, but it still signifies the first time the noir singer-songwriter has collaborated so freely on new songs with other musicians. He wrote these tunes as he normally does – at the piano, in the kitchen, under heavy sorrow – but the final arrangements represent the creative contribution of five…
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K. – There’s A Devil Waiting Outside Your Door
K. – There’s A Devil Waiting Outside Your DoorLabel: Ur MuzikFormat: CD, Album, LimitedCountry: PolandReleased: 31 Jan 2012Style: Ambient Some of you may have already stumbled on K. – the enigmatic artist from Poland released several tracks on different compilations and issued an MCD back in 2007. The obvious reference to Nick Cave on K.’s debut album title is no accident here, but the music of K. also has similarities to such groups as Bohren und der Club of Gore or Heroin and Your Veins. Having its own twist and character, the sound of K. takes you deep into smoky dens where spleen, existentialism, black and white cinema, jazz noir and…
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Horologium – Du Grand Désir
Horologium – Du Grand DésirLabel: Ur Muzik – UR007Format: CD, AlbumCountry: PolandReleased: 31 Oct 2012Style: Industrial, Neofolk, Ambient Recorded in 2011 and 2012 “Du Grand Désir” comes as no surprise to those who have experienced the intensity of Horologium’s “Tellurian Anthems” album. This new full-length CD delivers eight tracks ranging from ritual ambient to martial anthems and ethnic dances. This solemn and yet strangely uplifting release, where the Orient meets the Occident, is perhaps one of the most varied works to date for Horologium. With additional help from the Chilean artist Der Arbeiter on two tracks, and beautiful artwork by Stefan Alt, this release is a must-have for all fans…
