Apoptose – Die ZukunftLabel: Tesco Organisation – TESCO 128, Tesco Organisation – 128Format: CD, AlbumCountry: GermanyReleased:2018Style: Dark Ambient, Ambient, Downtempo, Synthwave, Modern Classical In the four years of production Apoptose selected a wide range of different singers for this album. Most outstanding is classical trained tenor Daniel Sans. He sings «What Power Art Thou» – a song that was composed by Henry Purcell in the late 17th century. Apoptose and Sans preserve the complex harmonic structure of the original translating it into a breathtaking five minute ride in apoptotic soundspheres. They succeed in conjuring up Purcell’s «cold genius» that had already fascinated legendary countertenor Klaus Nomi in the 1980s. Other…
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Ulver – Drone Activity
Ulver – Drone ActivityLabel: House of Mythology – HOM 018 LPFormat: CD AlbumCountry: UKReleased: 11 May 2019Style: Ambient It all happened in a haze. I am not sure everyone was prepared to obey the summons and forsake the shore in order to be pulled under by the loudness of sound. Yet the ethos on that crisp October night was clear in its wording: Drone Activity. Upon entering the old fish-warehouse, now converted into an activity hall, on the new Oslo waterfront, the security guards barely cared to check our tickets. Even mammoths would have been able to hide in this enormous dark space, illuminated by a few logos and stalls…
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Michael Stearns – Ancient Leaves
Michael Stearns – Ancient LeavesLabel: Infinite Fog Productions – IF-93LPFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, RemasteredCountry: RussiaReleased: 07 Jul 2019Style: Ambient In 1975, Michael moved from Tucson to Los Angeles to study with Emilie Conrad at the Continuum Studio. Emilie had ‘live’ music for her ‘movement meditation’ classes, and Michael began performing with Fred Stofflet, Gary David, and Don Preston. Ancient Leaves (25:43) was Michael’s first album, recorded in 1976/77 with a Mini Moog synthesizer and a Finish lap harp (Kantele) onto 4 track tape. To the other instruments, Michael added Emilie chanting, an ascending choir with Susan Harper and Linda Olsen vocalists, Gregorian Chants and a night ambience recorded in…
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Von Thronstahl / The Days Of The Trumpet Call – Pessoa / Cioran
Von Thronstahl / The Days Of The Trumpet Call – Pessoa / CioranLabel: Infinite Fog Productions – IF-06Format: CD, Album, ReissueCountry: RussiaReleased: 2010Style: Modern Classical, Ambient, Neofolk Since 1998 year Von Thronstahl, led by the founder and leader Josef M. Klumb, remains to one of most appreciable and interesting groups on martial industrial/neofolk scene. The Days Of The Trumpet Call, it’s neoclassic project by Raymond P., the musician of the Von Thronstahl. This split, is devoted the Portuguese poet Fernando Antonio Pessoa (1888-1935) and Romanian philosopher Emil Michel Cioran (1911-1995), their writings are used as lyric for this album. The melancholic neoclassics from The Days Of The Trumpet Call and…
