hibalba / Alone In The Hollow Garden & Nam-Khar – Yang Trol Lé Label: Nihilward Productions – NAUGHT27 Format: CD, Limited Edition Country: Ukraine Released: 05 Apr 2017 Style: Ambient, Dark Ambient, Experimental
«Yang Trol Lé» is merging the primordial energies of Shibalba / Alone In The Hollow Garden & Nam-khar into the physical manifestation of a limited digipack CD edition, featuring new artwork & three songs from each act, with a total play time of 50 minutes.
Tracklist:
1. Shibalba – Mantras of the Lotus-Eyed God 2. Shibalba ft. Of Earth And Sun – Anantashesha 3. Shibalba – Hymn To The Climbing Scarab 4. Alone In The Hollow Garden & Nam-Khar – Samantabhadra 5. Alone In The Hollow Garden & Nam-Khar – Shama 6. Alone In The Hollow Garden & Nam-Khar – Sangye Menla
Having its inspiration in tibetan spirituality & other ancient aesthetics, the union between Alone In The Hollow Garden & Nam-Khar offers a transcendent ritual experience for supporting the path to the natural liberation of the soul.
Alone In The Hollow Garden: chanting, throat singing, amplified strings, kantele, metal percussion, kangling, mey ney & pungi flutes, damaru, rol-mo, tibetan bells & gongs.
Shibalba – Nekrologie Sinistrae (Orchestra Noise Opus I) Label: Agonia Records – ARCD212 Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition Country: Poland Released: 02 Oct 2020 Style: Industrial
Shibalba is a project whose main focus is set on expressing shamanic, trance-like music, by the use of ethnic instruments and musical technics peculiar to religious rituals. The new album «Nekrologie Sinistrae (Orchestral Noise Opus I)» for the first time introduces industrial elements to the band’s sound.
The new album was recorded, mixed and mastered by George Emmanuel (Lucifer’s Child/ex-Rotting Christ) at Pentagram Studio in Greece. Giacome Del Po’s painting «At The Gates Of Hell» graces the cover artwork.
Alongside traditional instruments (such as Tibetan horns & singing bowls, bone & horne trumpets, darbukas, ceremonial bells & gongs or percussion instruments made of bones and skulls) the band incorporates contemporary synthesizers and guitar drones. The music is richly detailed and multidimensional, while its outcome is deep, unsettling and subconscious, offering an otherworldly voyage.
Ikon – As Time Goes By (The Original Ikon) Label: Dark Vinyl Records – DV81, Nile Records Australia – DV81 Format: CD, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Limited Edition Country: Germany Released: Jun 22, 2018 Style: Goth Rock, Darkwave
CD1 contains AS TIME GOES BY album from 1992 completly remastered & remixed 2016
CD2 contains the full Arthouse gig (12 tracks / Melbourne 1992) , plus 6 unreleased Demo-Tracks from 1992 (as «Hidden Bonustracks)
In January 1992, IKON entered the studio to record what was supposed tob e the band`s debut single „As Time Goes By“ b/w „Never Ending“. Over three days from 17 january, a total of 8 songs were recorded and the band was reasonably satisfied with the results. Shortly afterwards, an accident lead tot he partial erasure oft he drums for «As Time Goes By“, making it impossible to finish and also wiping the plans for it tob e the main single track. The remaining songs were mixed over the following weeks, but the band was not happy with the results overall, so the project was shelved.
By mid 1992, IKON decided to attempt to remix the tracks and select another single option, but this time encountered a new problem: the tape was beginning to oxidize, making it impossible to play. The band was faced with the prospect of being forced to use the initial unsatisfactory mixes.
In 2016 this original IKON session, known as «As Time Goes By“, was given one final facelift by repairing and cleaning up any tape issues, and presenting the songs in a more natural light. It was decided that no more songs would be added to CD1, not to detract from IKON’s studio debut.
CD2 contains the complete January 1st Arthouse live show, which has never been released in full. This show was recorded within a couple of weeks of the Frontline session, and is a a fitting addition.
Although many of these tracks have been mixed on numerous occasions over the years, and feature on various CD’S, the session known as ‘As Time Goes By’, the original IKON studio session, was given one final facelift in 2016, repairing and cleaning up any tape issues, and presenting the songs in a more natural light. It was decided that no more songs would be added to CD1, not to detract from IKON’s studio debut. CD2 contains the complete January 1st Arthouse live show, which has never been released in full. This show was recorded within a couple of weeks of the Frontline session, and is a a fitting addition.
Tracklist:
CD1-STUDIO (38 min): AS TIME GOES BY (2016) 3:01 / NEVER ENDING (2016) 3:25 / WHY (2016) 3:12 / REALITY IS LOST (2016) 4:08 / ALIVE (2016) 3:14 / FEAR (2016) 3:48 / THE LOST (2016) 3:37 / ALONE (2016) 3:13
CD2-LIVE (42 min.): SUICIDE (Arthouse 1992) 3:59 / NEVER ENDING (Arthouse 1992) 3:22 / AS TIME GOES BY (Arthouse 1992) 3:01 / WHY (Arthouse 1992) 3:21 / THE AWAKENING (Arthouse 1992) 3:20 / ALIVE (Arthouse 1992) 3:07 / DEVOTION (Arthouse 1992) 2:43 / ALONE (Arthouse 1992) 3:27 / REALITY IS LOST (Arthouse 1992) 4:08 / THE LOST (Arthouse 1992) 2:45 / SHE SMILES (Arthouse 1992) 4:12 / FEAR (Arthouse 1992) 4:20 + 6 hidden Bonustracks (24 min of unreleased Demos from 1992)
