Sopor Aeternus – Es Reiten Die Toten So Schnell…(Vinyl, LP, Album, Picture Disc) Label: Apocalyptic Vision – AV-051 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Picture Disc, Reissue Country: Germany Released: Apr 30, 2021 Style: Darkwave, Modern Classical
Limited to 500 copies, hand-numbered by Anna-Varney Cantodea. All material written ’89 and performed ’91 by Sopor Aeternus. Recorded ’91. Re-release of the first SOPOR AETERNUS cassette for the very first time as a vinyl version in a 180 grams picture vinyl edition. Funny fact: all images here are originally from the very early years, weird that original member Holger was everywhere replaced with a skeleton.
Tracklist:
A1 Omen Sinistrum A2 Dead Souls A3 Stake Of My Soul A4 Beautiful Thorn
B1 Baptisma B2 The Feast Of Blood B3 Sopor Fratrem Mortis Est
Ataraxia – Sueños (2 × Vinyl) Label: The Circle Music – TCM003RED Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Gatefold, Red Country: Greece Released: 2021 Style: Neofolk, Modern Classical
The Circle Music proudly announces the release of Ataraxia’s “Suenos” for first time on LP. “Suenos” was released on CD in 2001 and now, 20 years later, we honor this magnificent album -one of the best albums that Ataraxia ever released- by releasing it in two different Luxurious Double Colored Gatefold LP editions, the first will be in red vinyl (Limited to 250 copies) and the second edition will be in blue vinyl (Limited to 250 copies). There will be new mastering and two bonus tracks, “Melisanda” & “Clytaemestra”, from “In Amoris Mortisque” split EP, that was published in 1995 together with Engelsstaub.
“Suenos” will be the first step of a long walk that we intend to accomplish as a record company as far as the glorious past of Ataraxia is concerned. Our aim is to release their most important albums in vinyl, so leave enough space in your LP collection for Ataraxia, one of the most influential and long-lived bands that offer us their magical musical melodies for three whole decades.
Ataraxia – “Suenos”
Code: TCM003RED
Release Date: 27.09.2021
Format: Double Gatefold Red Colored LP (250 copies)
Style: Neofolk, Medieval, Modern Classical
Track-list:
Side A – EGO PROMITTO DOMINO
1) Parti de mal 2) Saderaladon 3) Belle Jolande 4) Il Bagatto
SIDE B – L’AME D’EAU
1) Mon Ame Sorcière 2) Eleven 3) Mnemosine
4) I Love Every Waving Thing
SIDE C – SANDY DUNES
1) Encrucijada 2) Funeral In Datca 3) The Corals Of Aqaba 4) Nemrut Dagi
SIDE D – IN AMORIS
1) Clytaemestra
2) Melisanda
Musicians:
Francesca Nicoli : vocals, flute, cymbal, bells
Vittorio Vandelli: classical, acoustic and electric guitars, chitarra battente
Giovanni Pagliari: keyboards, vocals
(Guest in Suenos)
Francesco Banchini clarinet, traverse flute, bodhran, vocals
Statement from Ataraxia:
Suenos 2001-2021
“Which were the dreams that, twenty years ago, brought us here and now? Which ones, those that, in twenty years in the future, will have drawn our present now and here? PARTI DE MAL, far from evil, a choral and decisive NO towards forces that keep us away from our dreams, then, to exorcise this time, we let ourselves free to dance a pagan dance called SADERALADON.
We are in the presence of BELLE JOLANDE, quintessence of Venus, Goddess of harmony and love that we honor until we find ourselves catapulted to card 1 of the tarots, IL BAGATTO, the one who has all the tools to “start” a work but he’s not moving yet.
We enter the second phase of the dream and journey, we get into the deep unconscious, the lucid dream, the feminine, the welcoming water.
MON AME SORCIERE, right now the soul begins creating, she becomes a witch, a prophetess and initiates her subtle action through portal 11, ELEVEN, the number of the door in deep contact with memory, MNEMOSINE, Titaness-Goddess of memories who leads us to get in touch with all what is waving, I LOVE EVERY WAVING THING. We access the third phase, the masculine, the action of fire. Through sandy dunes, we reach a crossroad, ENCRUCIJADA, where does the dream lead us? To abandon all what is no longer useful, the burden of what denatures us physically, emotionally and spiritually (FUNERAL IN DATCA), we give it a worthy burial in order to access a sparkling, multicolored treasure (THE CORALS OF AQABA) allowing us to ascend to Mount Nemrut (NEMRUT DAGI) where we put the crown on our head, the return of the inner King, the quintessence, in dignity, beauty and love. IN AMOR, the fourth step, in love and for love. Lost love for the ones who did not have the courage to live it, to devote themselves to it, to open their own hearts as in the song CLYTAEMESTRA; and the glorious love embodied by MELISANDA, protagonist of the alchemical wedding, an iridescent soul dancing a round dance that rejoins the one of SADERALADON in a spiral that rises by an octave. We had the ardor to dream and the dream came true. The dream is all what has been, is and will be as time is only a dimension of space and each space travels parallel to another in a multidimensional matrix where everything is possible if we sing it.
Apoptose – Die Zukunft Label: Tesco Organisation – TESCO 128, Tesco Organisation – 128 Format: CD, Album Country: Germany Released:2018 Style: 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 voices on «Die Zukunft» include the gloomy spoken words of the advance single «Time-lapse City», the lost girl’s voice on the title track and two female singers on «Dornen». Consistent with the album title Apoptose does not look back, but is heading for novel territories within the dark ambient music genre
George Fenton – The Company Of Wolves (Vinyl, LP, Album) Label: Cold Spring – CSR299LP Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, 180g Country: UK Released: 2021 Style: Modern Classical, Soundtrack
Out of print for over 35 years, the official soundtrack to the cult 1984 film by Neil Jordan is finally available once again on vinyl format. The surreal and effective film – a true gem of British Gothic fantasy horror – has an equally atmospheric, breathtakingly beautiful, surreal and unsettling soundtrack, scored by George Fenton.
The film itself, directed by Neil Jordan (The Crying Game, Breakfast On Pluto), and based on the screenplay by Angela Carter and Neil Jordan, is a modern allegorical adaptation of the classic Grimm fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood, symbolising sexual awakening, duality and liberation. The stellar cast features Sarah Patterson, Angela Lansbury, Stephen Rea, David Warner, and Danielle Dax.
«There is a sense of awe and enchanted wonder encaptured in its fairy tale sound, swooping with cascading violins and dark mysterious undercurrents that bubble below the surface… The score flows effortlessly between its light and dark moments. Most importantly, moments of beauty are not lost to the sense of suspense and drama. Indeed, light always needs its companion of shadow, as the film suggests in the sexual awakening of the pure untainted innocence that is Rosaleen. This score perfectly demonstrates the beauty of the juxtaposition between the sounds of youth and the temptation of desire» (L. Hammond)
«The film largely takes place in the dream world so I made this the home base for the orchestra. To a large extent the scoring in this area is conventional, perhaps a little impressionistic and hopefully reflects a curious but endearing world. This left me free to invent sounds for the stories within the dream world. I wanted to use a mixture of electronics and ‘live’ instruments, and after some experimenting, arrived at a line-up of three bass flutes, Pan Pipes, violins, one, two or three solo double basses, percussion and Synclavier II synthesizer» (George Fenton, 1984)
Oscar-nominated / Emmy & BAFTA-winning composer George Fenton has created stunning scores for major films and television such as: Gandhi, Dangerous Liaisons, The Wind That Shakes The Barley, Frozen Planet and countless others over the last 40 years.
Ltd LP on 180g vinyl.
Track listing:
A1. The Message And Main Theme A2. Rosaleen’s First Dream A3. The Village Wedding A4. The Return Of The Groom A5, The Forest And The Huntsman’s Theme A6. The Wedding Party B1. The Boy And The Devil B2. One Sunday Afternoon… B3. The Promise And Transformation B4. Arriving At Granny’s Cottage B5. The Wolfgirl B6. Liberation
This Mortal Coil – Blood (2 × Vinyl) Label: 4AD – DAD 3X06 Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Deluxe Edition, Reissue, Remastered Country: UK Released: 07 Dec 2018 Style: Modern Classical, Ethereal, Indie Rock, Ambient
The new deluxe vinyl versions differ from the original releases with each album having had its artwork reimagined. Remastered audio made from the original analogue studio tapes in 2010.
This edition is dedicated to Dee Rutkowski and Caroline Crawley.
Day Before Us – Ode A La Nuit D’Ombre Label: OPN – OPNCD0035 Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition Country: France Released: 27 Mar 2019 Style: Dark Ambient, Modern Classical, Neo-Romantic, Experimental
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Day Before Us is an influential melodic dark ambient project currently active under a duet form and whose style borders graceful neoclassical tones, oneiric soothing textures and chilling soundscapes. A number of albums have been published on well-noted indie labels and the project occasionally gives life performances in a wide variety of contexts.
In these new pieces Philippe Blache and Natalya Romashina are embarking in a musical journey of immediate expressive moods, oftenly mystical ,exalted, animated by a tragic and existential breath, touched by a seraphic sense of poetry and guided by poignant emotional stories. Lead singer Natalya Romashina provides achingly beautiful singing parts with poetical lyrics which favor the aesthetic of suggestion and a tremendous sense of musical fluidity. Those evocative, virtuosic lyrical components communicate with the invocatory, litanous and harmonious qualities of Philippe Blache’s instrumental compositions. « Ode à la nuit d’ombre » is an album of staggering beauty where all pieces come together organically.
Full tracklist
(1) From the depth of this infinite night (3:12) (2) surrendering to fathomless love secrecy (5:56) (3) By Pledge Divine (3:46) (4) Der Erlosüng (3:24) (5) Dans la vague du rêve (3:33) (6) Ton image stellaire (2:35) (7) Sur les échos mélodieux d’un dernier adieu (3:23) (8) Kovcheg yasnosti (2:54)
Otros trabajos de Day Before Us / Other references →
Empyrium – Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields (Vinyl, LP, Orange) Label: Prophecy Productions – PRO 007 LPC-1 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue Country: Germany Released: 2022 Style: Black Metal, Doom Metal
A masterpiece of monumental and bombastic Dark Romantic Metal
With «Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields» (1997), Schwadorf perfected his dark Metal full of classical Romanticism and traditional folklore. The album relates back to the band’s debut «A Wintersunset …», but also delivers the blue-print for their later development into more tranquil folk sceneries.
Various Artists – Looking for Europe – The Neofolk Compendium
Label: Index Verlag Format: 4 × CD, Compilation, Reissue Country: Germany Released: 03 Aug 2007 Style: Pop Rock, Modern Classical, Avantgarde, Neofolk, Minimal, Electro, Experimental
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Compilation released in tandem with the same-titled book
In tandem with the book “Looking For Europe”, we released this 4-CD compilation featuring artists such as Scott Walker, Nico, Death In June, The Strawbs, Sol Invictus, Laibach, Test Department, Fire + Ice, Blood Axis, Genesis P. Orridge, Changes, Ordo Equitum Solis, Empyrium, Hagalaz’ Runedance, Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio, The Royal Family And The Poor feat. Peter Hook (New Order, Joy Division), Der Blutharsch, Allerseelen, Tenhi, Boyd Rice, Kirlian Camera, Paul Giovanni/Magnet, Orplid, Ataraxia, Ernte, SiebenPop Rock, Modern Classical, Avantgarde, Neofolk, Minimal, Electro, Experimental , and many more.
