• GH Records

    Day Before Us – As My Spirit Wanders Free (Official Video)

    Day Before Us – «As my Spirit Wanders Free» (Official Video)

    Visual journey to soul…
    video for Day Before Us Music.

    Music and Concept – Philippe Blache.
    Vocals – Agne Srebaliute.
    Label – GH records.

    https://daybeforeus1.bandcamp.com/

    https://m.soundcloud.com/daybeforeus

    https://m.facebook.com/Daybeforeus

    Film directed by Natalie Ina.

    Starring – Natalie Ina.
    Director of Photography – Lik Soran.
    Editors – Natalie Ina & Lik Soran.
    Special thanks to Margarita Jarvinen.

    https://instagram.com/sorrowfulevening

    https://vk.com/natalieinaart

    https://www.behance.net/natalieina

    https://www.patreon.com/natalieina



  • CD,  GH Records

    Day Before Us – As My Spirit Wanders Free


    Day Before Us – As My Spirit Wanders Free
    Label: Gradual Hate Records – GH149
    Format: CD, Album
    Country: Spain
    Released: Jun 22, 2021
    Style: Dark Ambient, Darkwave, Drone, Neofolk, Ambient

    Prominent act from the post-industrial/minimal electroacoustic scene «Day Before Us» is back with a new significant album, casting elegant solitary hymns and shedding an unconventional gothic inspired mood. The instrumentals and conceptual background are approached and elaborated by Philippe Blache while the sound lyricist Agne Srebaliute takes over the vocal parts. «As my spirit wanders free » is a meticulously blended release which gives a large space to contemplative tones, to poignant melodic phrases and to a thick cloud of emotional meandering textures.

    The message behind the album explores existential themes such as soul stirring fragility, blurred-fractured memories and the mystical nature world. «As my spirit wanders free» is a vast, sensient and windy atmospheric opus that directly takes on the emotions of the listener. This album marks the 10 years anniversary of the project. This special edition is accompanied by the unique photographic work of Natalie Ina that matches the musical signature in terms of sheer emotional intensity and stylistic landmark.

    Day Before Us is an emotional, ethereal and dark ambient music project formed in 2011 by the piano trained player and composer Philippe Blache. Full length releases have been published by Rage in Eden, Twilight Records, OPN and GH Records. A palette of immersive electronic textures, slowly moving melancholic piano airs, industrial noises, lyrical themes, neoclassical arrangements and discreet experimentations characterize the compositional process and the stylistic inclination. Creative strength of the project comes from reflections on timelessness, memories of a bygone era, romantic spleen and spiritual narratives. Day Before Us occasionally gives live performances and works in the context of intermedia collaborations.

    credits

    → Philippe Blache (concept, instruments)
    → Agne Srebaliute (vocals)
    → Natalie Ina (photographies/video)




    Otros trabajos de Day Before Us / Other references →

    Day Before Us ‎– Ode A La Nuit D’Ombre
    The Ever Sounding Sea Of Grief by Philippe Blache
    Day Before Us – Misty Shroud Of Regrets
    Day Before Us ‎– Prélude à l’âme d’élégie
    Day Before Us ‎– Nihil Interit
    Antikatechon ‎– I Feel Nothing But Repulsion
    Day Before Us / Nimh – Under Mournful Horizons

  • GH Records

    La Chose by HIEMIS


    Hiemis – La Chose
    Label: Gradual Hate Records ‎– GH 148 CD
    Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition
    Country: Spain
    Released: 20 Apr 2021
    Style: Drone, Ambient, Dark Ambient, Dungeon Synth, Neo-Classical

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    Sound magic, crystalline sparkles, and the omnipresence of the sacred … (Lux Atena) the new work by HIEMIS proposes an initiation, a transcendental journey through brilliant soundscapes. Coming soon spring 2021

    Never had there been a collective experience of «the invisible» comparable to that of Martines de Pasqually and her disciples when they joined forces to research «La Chose» together.

    Pasqually was one of the most enigmatic characters of the eighteenth century, manifesting himself at the beginning of him as a Freemason, soon creating his own initiatory organization, the Order of the Elus Cohens.

    This Order was heir to mystical sects of antiquity and the Neo-Alexandrian period, with special influence on its ritual by occult masters of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Master and disciples professed a mystique of Reintegration to the condition of Man-God and was the forerunner of other currents within the initiatory world such as the Rectified Scottish Regime and various branches of the Martinist Orders.

    Although until now those who investigated the invisible expected what they were going to see in it, calling angels or demons according to the forms of Christian iconography. Pasqually, however, stated that it was not known in advance what being would appear at the time of the evocation. This is how La Chose would emerge.

    In the first sessions the new disciples admitted to participate in the works of the teacher saw how La Chose performed mysterious actions. They left there excited and terrified or drunk with pride and ambition. These appearances were produced by strange beings and of a different essence from that of terrestrial beings. These beings gave speeches and transmitted deep knowledge during rituals. Each disciple was summoned to reproduce, in his own way, the same phenomenon.

    La Chose’s presence in the Operations Chamber could impress the disciple’s senses in different ways: he felt “goose bumps all over his body”, or he heard faint sounds; but, in general, «the manifestation was operated by vision», by the perception of sparkles and sparks. In order to perceive them, the Operator extinguished the candles and kept the flame of the only candelabrum that remained lit until the end of the ceremony.

    The solemn Operations were to be carried out at exactly the same time by all the ordained and authorized Cohens. The Chambers of Operations where they officiated could be situated at a great distance from each other, for example, in Lyon, Paris and Bordeaux, but a perfect timing was absolutely necessary for him to act.

    The Chosen Knights of Martines de Pasqually performed such sacred rites in the service of the highest Theurgy. Most of the prescriptions of the operative rituals were used from the most remote antiquity, astrology having an important role.

    For the Elus Cohens, true faith is based on pre-natural facts and since they, due to the decline of the historical cycle, are no longer produced publicly, it is necessary to generate them in the Chamber of Operations through complex and strict ritual. Therefore, the Theurgic Operation is less an act of faith, of adoration, of devotion, than a high practice of Sacred Science.



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    Magia sonora, destellos cristalinos, y la omnipresencia de lo sacro… (Lux Atenea) el nuevo trabajo de HIEMIS propone una iniciación, un viaje trascendental a través de paisajes sonoros brillantes. Próximamente, en primavera, 2021

    Nunca se había dado una experiencia colectiva de “lo invisible” comparable a la de Martines de Pasqually y sus discípulos cuando unieron sus esfuerzo para investigar en común “La Chose”.

    Pasqually fué uno de los personajes mas enigmáticos del siglo XVIII, manifestándose ya en sus inicios como francmasón, creando pronto su propia organización iniciática, la Orden de los Élus Cohens.

    Dicha Orden era heredera de sectas místicas de la antigüedad y de la época neoalejandrina con especial influencia en su ritual por parte de maestros ocultistas de la Edad Media y del Renacimiento. Maestro y discípulos profesaban una mística de Reintegración a la condición de Hombre-Dios y fue precursora de otras corrientes dentro del mundo iniciático como el Régimen Escocés Rectificado y diversas ramas de las Órdenes Martinistas.

    Si bien hasta ahora los que indagaban lo invisible se esperaban lo que iban a ver en él, llamando a los ángeles o a lo demonios según las formas de la iconografía cristiana. Pasqually , sin embargo afirmaba que no se sabía de antemano qué ser aparecería en el momento de la evocación. Así surgiría La Chose.

    En las primeras sesiones los nuevos discípulos admitidos a participar en los trabajos del maestro veían como La Chose ejecutaba acciones misteriosas. Salían de allí entusiasmados y aterrados o ebrios de orgullo y ambición. Estas apariciones eran producidas por seres extraños y de una esencia diferente de la de los seres terrestres. Estos seres daban discursos y transmitían un conocimiento profundo durante los rituales. Cada discípulo era convocado a reproducir, a su manera, el mismo fenómeno.

    La presencia de La Chose en la Cámara de Operaciones podía impresionar de diferentes formas los sentidos del discípulo: sentía “la carne de gallina por todo el cuerpo”, o escuchaba débiles sonidos; pero, en general, “la manifestación se operaba por la visión”, por la percepción de resplandores y chispas. Para poder percibirlas, el Operador extinguía los cirios y velaba la llama del único candelabro que permanecía encendido hasta el final de la ceremonia.

    Las solemnes Operaciones debían ser efectuadas exactamente a la misma hora por todos los Cohens ordenados y autorizados. Las Cámaras de Operaciones donde ellos oficiaban podían estar situadas a una gran distancia unas de otras, por ejemplo, en Lyon, París y Bordeaux, pero un sincronismo perfecto era absolutamente necesario para que pudiera actuar.

    Los Caballeros Elegidos de Martines de Pasqually ejecutaban tales ritos sagrados al servicio de la más alta Teurgia. La mayor parte de las prescripciones de los rituales operativos eran usados desde la más remota antigüedad, teniendo la astrología un rol importante.

    Para los Élus Cohens, la verdadera fe se funda en hechos prenaturales y dado que ellos, por la decadencia del ciclo histórico, no se producen más públicamente, es necesario generarlos en la Cámara de Operaciones por medio del complejo y estricto ritual. Por lo tanto, la Operación Teúrgica es menos un acto de fe, de adoración, de devoción, que una alta práctica de la Ciencia Sagrada. 



    Book 65 pages Paperback. Laminated Cover
    Limited edition, numbered only 30 copies, CD + Esoteric Book translated into two languages, Spanish and English

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