Three years after SCHATTENSPIELs last album “Aus dem Dunkel” their new opus “Re/Volution” finally has been released. “Re/Volution” marks a big step forward for SCHATTENSPIEL with the addition of Miss Kitty as a permanent band member back in 2014, taking care of all female vocals and therefore adding more variety to the impressive compositions of Sven Phalanx and Lionel Verney. “Re/Volution” combines neoclassical and Dark Ambient influences with hints of Martial Industrial influenced soundscapes while the arrangements of the fourteen songs are outstanding. SCHATTENSPIEL found their unique and distinctive style proving that musical diversity and integrity can not be missed in todays underground culture.
Philippe Blache – Tristitiam Et Metus Tradam Portare Ventis Label: CONJVRE THE CIRCLE – CTC19 Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition Country: USA & Europe Released: Sep 19, 2024 Style: Experimental, Dark Ambient, Darkwave
Composed, recorded and arranged by Philippe Blache (alias « Day Before Us ») in Dole, from early to July 2024.
«Tristitiam et metus tradam portare ventis» (I will give the sadness and fear to the winds) is a straightforward emotional journey based on brooding, lush, meditative and evanescent piano lines then moody-esque and tense cinematic atmospheres for sweeping electronic textures. Hints of noisy harshness comes out as grey clouds where graceful elegiac tones are trying to escape from. Philippe Blache is a sound artist and a cultural anthropologist found of electro acoustic research with an approach in ethno-musicology, in dark literary romanticism and in mystical spiritualism. He is the founder of the ethereal-neoclassical dark ambient project «Day Before Us», active since 2011. «Tristitiam et metus tradam portare ventis» is his third soloing effort. Recommended for those who enjoy tempestuous, epic and emotional vastness with a gothic-tinged accent and a devotional melodious catharsis.
Composed By, Arranged By, Piano, Organ, Electronics – Philippe Blache Edited By – Jared Nokturne Mastered By – Giuseppe Verticchio Narrator – Maria Labuena, Pauline Poirel Photography By – Natalie Ina, Vaida Petrauskaite
Circuncelion – Begotten – Forgotten Label: Gradual Hate Records – GH 125 VN Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Deluxe Edition, Grey / Black semitransparent Country: Spain Released: 06 Jun 2015 Style: Darkwave
Circuncelion recovers the essence of the legendary label 4AD, Dark Wave Minimal absolutely wonderful, with a voice reminiscent of Brendan Perry or Peter Murphy. Essential!
Begotten Forgotten is an introspective journey from the deep core of the soul to a crude vision of modern world, the humankind who inhabits it and its irremissible course towards the madness. Full of feelings and signs, the artist makes of this work an interlocution, a magic key with which enters the listeners hearts and floods them with a stream of unknown sensations of a great emotional weight. Just over 46 mins of something more than music, something more than words, a time period beyond time, beyond reality.
Limited edition color vinyl
Recorded , Mixed and Produced by Igor Mesmer at Lighthouse Studios Between September & December 2014. Mastered by Elias Saura.
All Instruments and Programming by Igor Mesmer Except the Dream Gamelan Piano on “As Mist That Forsakes The Morass” by Romina Pérez. Cover artwork “Awakening” by Anja Stiegler
Limited edition color vinyl 200 copies
Circuncelion recupera la mejor esencia del mítico sello 4AD (Dead Can Dance, This Mortal Coil…) la música de Circuncelion está vestida de una gran amalgama de instrumentos en la que cada composición se tiñe de un color y vida propia, construyendo una obra única en su género, vamos a publicar una edición limitada de 200 copias en vinilo, con una maravillosa portada de la fotógrafa surrealista Anja Stiegler, la cual inspiro a Igor en la composición de este imprescindible álbum. La voz aterciopelada de Igor recuerda el registro vocal de Brendan Perry o incluso en momentos a Peter Murphy.
