Per Najbjerg Odderskov is an artist I enjoyed featuring over at my old blog, and I’m pleased to hear he has a new release out. It is as dark, heavy and claustrophobic (and yes, that’s a good thing for this genre of music) as his best works.
The gloomy feel reminds me of peak 1990s experimental cassette culture, the weirdness of Industrial music-era Cabaret Voltaire, and horror movie soundtracks.
Bleak, haunting, and engaging.
Lappländer & Ancylus are a project hailing from Finland. According to their bio, both Janne Lappalainen (Lappländer) and Visa Uotila (Ancylus) have over two decades of history working in electronic music.
This is quite a powerful listen. It reminds me of mid-period Tangerine Dream under the cavernous influence of Steve Roach, though with far shorter tracks. Quite a good effort.
It’s impressive to hear when those who work outside of music under normal circumstances bring their talents into music, especially of a dark ambient variety. Giacomo Triglia, who works under the name Bolduchin, provides a bleak, yet very lively soundtracks to the horrible dreams we all have now and then. Actually, this would make a perfect soundscape for walls closing in on you. Labels like Cold Meat Industry and Cryo Chamber would find this very familiar sonic territory.
Today’s choice, Cernichov, bear cover art on their album, The Mold Legacy, which would fool one into thinking that this was some sort of black-metal release. Far from it. It’s actually a very well-balance pairing of noise and ambient music. It’s as if a post-punk band were working with the noise and ambient aesthetic, so this sounds far more musical and stable than many of the amateur bands who sound like they’re simply flipping on the vacuum switch. Quite nice.
Silber Records has released their wonderful Droneuary series to begin 2019 and 2020, and they are continuing the tradition in 2021. Though it is still early in the year, wait until mid-February to see this series completed.
If you enjoy drone, dark ambient and experimental music, this comp will keep you busy for a while. Respect to Silber Records for continuing this tradition.
Though I am not sure exactly where Nihil Impvlse hail from in Italy, I can rest assured that Raffaele Pezzella of Eighth Tower Records and his own project Sonologyst will ensure the quality of such music.
Nihil Impvlse are quite a pleasant surprise for noise or drone music. This sounds more sculpted, more relaxed and focused, in comparison to other projects of a similar bent. For an album release which is so bleak, it seems almost gentle to the ears, eminently listenable. Not quite what I was expecting, but so much the better for it.