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We who with music beguile your pilgrimage to the unknown is not only a whole mouthful, it's also a very nice, not to mention free, dark ambient sampler from the Nordic countries. It's released in high quality MP3 by netlabel Two Left Hands On Two Right Arms from Sweden.
Finnish project Somnivore opens up with an interesting track based on dominating bell melodies, percussion and background synth waves, which is representative of a lighter, more concrete style of ambient. The Funkis/Anulaibar (Sweden) track "Pencumbeliig" is a long one that consists of extremely obscure and submerged sounding dark ambiences. Many gritty sounds and deep voids to sink into, slightly reminiscent of Norway's Svartsinn, especially from the Of Darkness and Re-creation era. "K" by CTACIK, also from Sweden, starts out softly, but after a few minutes an ominous, deep horn begins to sound through the aural mists, which is later swapped for a didgeridoo-like drone. Further on, the song evolves even more, with manipulated voices and effects, keeping the track interesting for the full fifteen minutes. Krishve hails from Denmark, and "Ol' Nick" is a pretty disturbing burst of distored vocals and effects. Short but scary. Midikill is a Danish/Norwegian cooperation, and "Firefly" is a live track, with many different sounds fading in and out of the musical tapestry. Somehow, it isn't very catchy or interesting, however. Dense Vision Shrine is a project of Norwegian Karsten Hamre, and his "Ego universe" is a conventional, but good dark ambient track with waves of synth drone and vague rhythmic samples. Aural whiteout is a Norwegian black ambient project, based on heavily modified electric guitar, and thus unrecognisable as such. "Visual blackout" is a short but interesting, very bleak track. The compilation is ended by Finnish project Arash Moori and its slightly freaky "Magpie On The Gallows", which is based upon many delicate samples of tones, hisses, field recordings and other things. Halfway, the song changes into a more conventional combination of synth melody and rhythm, which brings us back to the style of the very first track on this album.
Though lacking a bit of coherence in the thematics or general atmosphere, this compilation contains enough interesting material for ambient music fans of any kind. Especially considering this is a freely shared release, I'd advise all adepts of electronic music to go out and download this. You can reach the download page via the label website.
O.S.
Finnish project Somnivore opens up with an interesting track based on dominating bell melodies, percussion and background synth waves, which is representative of a lighter, more concrete style of ambient. The Funkis/Anulaibar (Sweden) track "Pencumbeliig" is a long one that consists of extremely obscure and submerged sounding dark ambiences. Many gritty sounds and deep voids to sink into, slightly reminiscent of Norway's Svartsinn, especially from the Of Darkness and Re-creation era. "K" by CTACIK, also from Sweden, starts out softly, but after a few minutes an ominous, deep horn begins to sound through the aural mists, which is later swapped for a didgeridoo-like drone. Further on, the song evolves even more, with manipulated voices and effects, keeping the track interesting for the full fifteen minutes. Krishve hails from Denmark, and "Ol' Nick" is a pretty disturbing burst of distored vocals and effects. Short but scary. Midikill is a Danish/Norwegian cooperation, and "Firefly" is a live track, with many different sounds fading in and out of the musical tapestry. Somehow, it isn't very catchy or interesting, however. Dense Vision Shrine is a project of Norwegian Karsten Hamre, and his "Ego universe" is a conventional, but good dark ambient track with waves of synth drone and vague rhythmic samples. Aural whiteout is a Norwegian black ambient project, based on heavily modified electric guitar, and thus unrecognisable as such. "Visual blackout" is a short but interesting, very bleak track. The compilation is ended by Finnish project Arash Moori and its slightly freaky "Magpie On The Gallows", which is based upon many delicate samples of tones, hisses, field recordings and other things. Halfway, the song changes into a more conventional combination of synth melody and rhythm, which brings us back to the style of the very first track on this album.
Though lacking a bit of coherence in the thematics or general atmosphere, this compilation contains enough interesting material for ambient music fans of any kind. Especially considering this is a freely shared release, I'd advise all adepts of electronic music to go out and download this. You can reach the download page via the label website.
O.S.