Chöd – Bardo ThodolLabel: Old Captain – OCCD34Format: 2 × CD, Compilation, Limited EditionCountry: UkraineReleased: 31 Aug 2017Style: Dark Ambient, Industrial, Tribal The Tibetan word «Chöd» means «to cut off’ or «to slay», represented in icons by the victory banner and ritual knife. In Chöd, an adept symbolically offers the flesh of their body in a form of a tantric feast. The skin of the practitioner’s body represents surface reality or maya: it is cut from bones, the true reality of the mindstream. The similarities between the Chöd ritual and the prototypical initiation of a shaman are obvious, although there is an essential difference between the two: the shaman’s initiation…
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African Imperial Wizard – Nzinga Mbande
African Imperial Wizard – Nzinga Mbande (Vinyl, LP)Label: Tesco Organisation – Tesco 153Format: CD, Album, Limited EditionCountry: GermanyReleased: 02 Dec 2022Style: Experimental, Tribal, African, IDM, Darkwave, Neo-Classical, Folk, Abstract, Dark Ambient, Downtempo “Nzinga Mbande” is the new album by the African Imperial Wizard collective. It is the soundtrack of the armed liberation from the imperialistic oppression that our continent has endured for far too long. The “Nzinga Mbande” manifesto consists of eight martial symphonies. They all been have composed enduring pain and suffering and serve the purpose of giving our countries, which have been lacerated and battered by centuries of colonialism, the epic military ceremonies they deserve. Our main goal…
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Ole Lukkøye – Zapara
Ole Lukkøye – ZaparaLabel: Fulldozer Records – FDCD43Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, DigipakCountry: RussiaReleased: 03 Mar 2021Style: Darkwave, Psychedelic Rock, Tribal, Fusion Fulldozer Records presents an extended reissue of the significant Russian album of the 90s – Ole Lukkoye «Zapara», originally released on vinyl in 1993 by the label Antrop. Ole Lukkoye does not need a special introduction: the ethno-electronic band from St. Petersburg, which has existed for more than three decades, is well known to all connoisseurs of world music and psychedelia, not only in Russia, but also far beyond. Since its inception in 1989, Ole Lukkoye has released 8 full-length albums, which were released in Russia, Germany…
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African Imperial Wizard – Behanzin
African Imperial Wizard – BehanzinLabel: Tesco Organisation – TESCO 150Format: CD, Album, CompilationCountry: GermanyReleased: 15 Dec 2021Style: Experimental, Industrial, Tribal, IDM These eleven tracks, all recorded in Luanda, Angola, orchestrate the military vengeance march of an entire bloodied continent that stands proudly and which, day after day, keeps arming itself in the shadows. Decolonization wars, civil wars, cold war, ethnic wars, barbaric wars, let no one dare believe the African people’s struggle is over. The oppression of the Western civilization has devastated our infrastructures, severely weakened our governmental agencies, violated our religious institutions, and battered our economic fabric. For our cultures to never again be humiliated, for your oppression to…
