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WEIHAN
"Symphonies Of Divination" CD
(oecd103) Old Europa Cafe
“Symphonies of Divination” is the sophomore album of this
very promising project from the medieval lands bordering the cold
North Sea, Flanders (North-Belgium). Dramatically straying from the
neo-folk path of their debut album “Galder”, “Symphonies
of Divination” offers dark and bombastic compositions with clear
references to Slavonic, German and Scandinavian classical music. Heavy
percussion, assiduous spiccato string sections, dramatic horn accents
and haunting choirs form the backbone of this album. The cold and
eerie narrative vocals enhance the grim atmosphere of the music even
further. The lyrics, mainly in English but with hints of Dutch, Old-Norse
and Swedish, are devoted to Indo-Germanic religion, myth and legend,
the Nietzschean spirit and relentlessly attest to the grotesque decline
of the modern world. The album will be released as a limited edition
digipack of 540 copies; each album thus representing a gate to the
Hall of the Slain, Valhalla. The concept as a whole is a key to higher
cosmological understanding; let the 432.000th year of Kali Yuga begin
with “Symphonies of Divination”! The cycle continues as
a new world arises out of the shed blood of the old … Ellegant
digipack plus large booklet !
15.25$ U.S. |
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WERMUT
"Anna" CD
(pp012) Punch Records
The third album of post-apocalyptic minimal electro twosome WERMUT
tells the story of Anna, a wooden Colin Archer yacht, which was build
in the late 70s by Reiner and Petra, out of the desperate need to
seek beyond their horizons. The cherished boat would lead them on
a magic three-year-long journey to Scandinavia, Ireland, over the
Atlantic and back. A tale of passion, of revelation, of freedom …but
also of loneliness and introspection. WERMUT and their guest musicians
HIS DIVINE GRACE and FRL. TOST give us the soundtrack to this outer
and inner quest. A soothing mixture of acoustic music, electro-wave
anthems and “fall on your knees”-ambient, this much awaited
first CD combines magnificently both the folk and retro-electro influences
of “Les cinq-à-sept post-néoistes” (OEC)
and “Hoffnung” (Treue um Treue). A conceptual, melancholic
and visionary new album from a band which defies all labelling.
15.25$ U.S. |
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WERKRAUM
"Kristalle" CD
(Ahnstern17) Ahnstern
The new mini-album
of WERKRAUM is not only fascinating because of it's gracile perfection
in composition and musical virtuosity, but also through it's musical
diversity, supportet by Nicholas Tesluk and Robert Taylor (CHANGES),
by Nick Nedzinsky (LADY MORPHIA) and by Antje Hoppenrath. Fulfilled
with traditional melodies and psychedelic moments, WERKRAUM guides
the listener in a magical world of acoustic sounds and picturesque
poetry, telling from ancient fairiedays. The 6 beautiful Folk-songs,
32 minutes.
12.00$
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