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Lunar Abyss Deus Organum — Bereg Teploj Vesny / Bereg Holodnoj Vesny (2 CD pack)
Vetvei Records, V03/V04, 2009 — CD-R, 108/108 copies / last set (2 standalone CD in one set)
March third release of Vetvei label is a First Part of Lunar Abyss Deus Organum two-part opus "Spring shores". Seamless track was recorded at May 8, on international open-air "Systo Togethering 2006" held in forest in Saint-Petersburg (Russia) region. E. S. and N. N. uses tape loops, found and field recordings, computer, generator of sounds, ocarina and voice to lead the listener along the shores of mythic rivers, where sleepy animals dream of alchemy and voices of Nature. Flowing, trance inducing deep ambient, an attempt to tell the story of shamanic trip. Final part of two-piece opus from L.A.D.O is out now on Vetvei! CD-R contains best fragments of artists night performance, as heard by guests of annual forest open-air festival Systo Togethering 2007. Album starts with sounds of body moving into forest; human breathes, moves and hears approaching drone and rustles. Lazy sun sets and inner space of sleep rise. L.A.D.O blindfolds the listener and leads him\her into the deep caverns and shallow waters. Listener follows the pulse of branches and joins procession of glowworms and fireflies to find his\her inner space. Speaking of style is second part of series is still a trademark psychedelic drone ambient canvas embroided with analog and digital soaring sounds, sometimes turning into undanceable experimental trance with radio signals and shamanic songs. Evgeniy Savenko uses loops, vinyl records, musique concrete and voice to create his well-known frost-tinged drones. In general the record done in Biosonar style. Structured, colorful, complex and more bright than many well-known and average releases on drone scene. The cover in gold and gray waxed paper cover with herbal Vetvei-style artwork and 3 photos from the shores of Cold Spring. Each copy has individual cardboard package with 3 inserts. -
Lunar Abyss Deus Organum - Tuntury
Aquarellist, aquarel 08-08, 2009 — CD, 500 copies / sold out
The new album of one of the oldest Russian dark-ambient projects Lunar Abyss Deus Organum is a collection of six sonic pictures of the world of thundra-yoga. Each composition is like a complex multidimentional mosaic build of layered sounds of completely different nature: field recordings, samples, synthesizers, singing, tape noises, etc. These layers not just sound along, but slowly and relentlessly create a slowly twisting deep sonic spiral, stretching listener's attention out to several directions at once. Hallucinatory ambient of double dosage. -
Maeror Tri — The A.V.E. - Tapes / Live in Nevers
Zhelezobeton, ZHB-XXX, 2010 — CD, 500 copies / 3 pcs in stock
Industrial/Drone Ambient/Noise. Unlike many industrial and noise musicians exploiting the themes of violence, politics and social problems in their creativity, Maeror Tri turned attention to the transcendental quality of sound, to its ability to expand consciousness and to awaken timeless and non-personal spiritual experiences. They recorded their music, which can be formally called industrial drone ambient, with the use of guitars, percussion, tape loops, various objects and effects, turning everything in a coherent flux of unconscious drones.
This compact disk contains the last previously unreleased recordings by Maeror Tri. Four tracks are fragments of the band's 12-hour concert at the "Audio-Visual-Experimental" festival in Arnhem, The Netherlands, on November 11th, 1995; the fifth track is a part of their performance at the "Musique Ultimes" festival in Nevers, France, on May 14th, 1995. The material was thoroughly remastered by Sergey Uak-Kib (Kshatriy) and the artwork was prepared by Sergey Ilchuk (Vresnit & Vetvei Art). -
Maeror Tri — Mind Reversal
Infinite Fog Productions, IF-08, 2011 — DigiBOOK CD, 270 copies / 2 pcs in stock
Industrial/Drone Ambient/Noise. Welcome, to the early days of this realy cult formation! Mind Reversal has been recorder already 20(!) years ago, and only backwards-sound was used for this album. This is the fourth edition of magic album which was released two times of cassete 1993 & once on CD-r, before… Now it's the time for CD, placed in luxury Digibook with exclusive artworks from the talented Petersburg painter. Limited to 270 copies only! -
Majdanek Waltz - Pepel (Ashes) / Ophelia / Zhatva (Harvest) (3 CD pack)
Nadeln Prod., NaP.I, 09.09.2009 — CD / KultFront, KF-XIII, Wroth Emitter, W.E. 024, 10.10.2009 — CD / KultFront, KF-XIV, 11.11.2009 — CD-R, 250 copies / 3 packs (3 CD in pack) in stock
“Ashes” is the first part of MAJDANEK WALTZ trilogy. This album contains all tracks which were previously recorded exclusively for the compilations, different versions of some compositions also released on the compilations and new unreleased tracks. MAJDANEK WALTZ stays within their own tradition — melancholic and twilight, anxious and “transparent” neo-folk with brilliant fragments of embracing darkness and martial atmosphere. All the texts are in Russian.
“Ophelia” is the second part of a trilogy by Majdanek Waltz. This disc can be considered as evolution of the musical and lyrical essence of the band introduced by the "Hamlet's Childhood" album, and is based on original acoustic music of the band coupled with the lyrics of the German early XX century expressionist poets Paul Zech and Georg Heym. All compositions are published for the first time.
“The Harvest” is the final part of Majdanek Waltz's trilogy. The record is a retrospective of the group's irregularity. In addition to classic style touches, it widely represents the experimental abyss of the group. Among the persons who participated in this album - besides the author of texts Georg Heym, a flutist, a cellist, and general members of Majdanek Waltz — Saint-Petersburg project Anthesteria worked on the recording. -
Nedicry - Sincere frustration
Cold Graey, MF14, CD-R, 57 copies / last copy
Sincere Frustration develops the theme of the first album in the neo-classical way. Even sharper, even deeper. This album is able to raise the wind up inside you, wake you up and call you. Where? Direction is not as important as the impulse. Especially for us, packed into the ground and lost our faith. A strong string section, the solemn and wistful, the restless and thoughtful. Music. Able to awaken and inspire. Oversized sleeve. -
Nedicry — Sincere wounds
Cold Graey, MF11, CD-R, 57 copies / last copy
This is a magnificent piece of old-school dark ambient. Melodically consistent sound that is unusual for the modern ear refers to the foundations of independent industrial as well as the grands of neo-classics. The bands as Reguard Extreme, A Challenge of Honour, Der Feuerkreiner may be recalled. Nevertheless, Nedicry emphasizes string section. It will be a pure discovery for those who seek the ways to feel by the means of music. The release presented as a handmade DVD-sized sleeve. -
Neznamo - Zavet
Vetvei Records, V10, 2010 - CD-R, 111 copies / sold out
This is the last part of Neznamo's 'MY' trilogy. 'Zavet' finishes this song devoted to the Tradition. First two parts, 'Seme>Zemlya' and 'Utrata' were published by Moonsun Productions. Themes of 'Zavet' - the Fall of Tradition, Defeat of Spirit, and their future Revival. Eternal Primary Myth of Death and Rebirth appears here as sounds and echoes. This release presents majestic Drone Ambient canvas weaved of drones and noises created with wind, string and percussion instruments and field recordings. Decorative design presented as full-color six-panel envelope. -
TSARAAS - Shepot Zarytyh Serdec (Whisper of Buried Hearts)
Wroth Emitter, W.E. 019, 2008 — CD / 2 pcs in stock
Dark ambient side project of MAJDANEK WALTZ musicians. Orchestral samples and majestic electronic organ change into dark drones with noise impregnations. Cold voices already known from the main project are declaiming mystic and strange texts. -
TSARAAS - Agrimony / Shepot Zarytyh Serdec (Whisper of Buried Hearts) / Ryabina (Rowan Tree) (3 CD pack)
Linija Shuma (Line of Noise), ШУМ004, 2007 — 3”CD-R, 31 copies / Wroth Emitter, W.E. 019, 2008 — CD / 7Hz records, 7HZ 02 D, 2010 — CD-R, 31 copies / sold out
Dark ambient side project of MAJDANEK WALTZ musicians. Last copy of "Agrimony", last copy of "Whisper of Buried Hearts" and copy #31/31 of "Rowan Tree". Unique CD pack. -
Vazhes - Deep Komis
NADELN Productions, NaP.II, 2010 - CD-R, ltd. / 2 pcs in stock
New album «Deep Komis» by VAZHES, the project of Russian anthropologist and documentary director Sergey Gabbasov, is dedicated to authentic ethnic music of the Permian Komis. This album was made with RAPOON, NORTHAUNT and FANUM. It dips into the hidden and secret world of ancient and primordial nature, of secret and mysterious rituals. On the fanciful turnings of the forest path we will meet authentic ethno music of the Permian Komis, Nordic ambient, ethno-industrial, dub. Interweaving like lines of a spider’s web, chthonic drones mix with resonant rhythms, enigmatic voices and dense dub bass. This is a trip into the world of magic, which is full of foresters, mermaids, brownies and giants, into the world of growing trees and sparkling water. Ancient rituals and traditional culture expressed by sound. Sun light, streaming through tree leaves and reflected in river water, village traditions and rituals – by VAZHES. Dark encryption of nature in a preceding dawn cool darkness – by RAPOON. Dead water in deep marshy weeds – by FANUM. Endless spaces of fields and forests under the bright sun, eternal magic of life – by NORTHAUNT. -
Vazhes - Seita (Seid)
Vegvisir, o:007, 2009 - CD, 800 copies / 1 pcs in stock
Ritual noise / Folk. Many centuries ago noiades, the shamans of ancient Sami, have put seids (seita) on their current places. The centuries have gone, Sami went to the North under pressure of other peoples, wars passed by one by one, but seids still stand on their places. The true harmony never disappears. One can try to forget or destroy it, but nothing can replace it - there are only poor and paltry attempts of replacement to something different which has nothing in common with the natural way of living. Saids can be destroyed, everything connected with the traditional culture can be destroyed, we can forget and refuse everything thinking that it should be this way. But by doing so, a man undoubtedly opposes himself to Nature, instead of being an integral and harmonic part of it as it is in the traditional culture. By breaking the connections with Nature, according to the same law of natural harmony, a man will disappear himself... "Seid" is the debut album of Vazhes, a project by ethnographer Sergey Gabbasov. The album consists of 4 tracks, two of them "Seid" and "Krishna" are recorded by Vazhes, one is a collaboration between Vazhes and Fanum, and another one is created by Vazhes and Akpan. The album is dedicated to the struggle between chaotic and destructive world of contemporary people and eternal natural harmonic principles, embodied in traditional cultures... The beginning - existence and sound of the North - vibrations of stones, Northern lights, spirits of anchestors and crunch of ice. Silence frozen over the icy rocky spaces. Here and there seids, ancient like the North itsels, stand towards the sky. White stillness. Then, suddenly, Hindu kirtan and aggressive heat of radical religious fundamentalists. Struggle to death and Exodus. From ice and tundra to desert and top of the world. Roaring wind among the blinding white peaks promising oblivion. And drying wind taking away the last water and life. And finally, the raging summer storm over the forest swamps of the Ural and Kama river... Thunder and lightnings in the sky, the eternal forest and purifying water streams which feed the rivers and give birth to life... A way from North to South and back to North... Away from the dirt and thoughtless insanity of the modern world! -
Hladna & Vresnit — Kornej Senju Inej / Inej Senju Kornej (2 CD pack)
Vetvei, V08/V09, 2010 - CD/CD-R, 383/181 copies / last set (2 standalone CD in one set)
Review:
PAN.O.RA.MAThis release presents the first part of collaborating materials recorded by Nikolay Kalmykov (Hladna) and Sergey Ilchuk (Vresnit) in a remote Jarogora village in January 2010. First CD: Winter woods of Vepsky Park, ...disturbing pulsation of the earth and majestic meditative canvas. Handbells summons the frozen spirits, the snow crunching underfoot breaks off by sharp technogenic crunches, twilight goes down, the frost grows stronger and then all calms down. At a dawn fairytale maids sing solar lullabies, and boundless birds spin heavenly open spaces. Space drone equipment, flutes, jaw's harp, field taperecordings, - the nature and technology have merged here in three dense Drone Noise Ambient shamanic rituals where kind covers of Vresnit's chtonic naturalism and weird psychedelic hide a lump of severe urbanistic existentialism which is indispensable for Hladna's works.
Second CD: The north, its force and cleanliness, severe and uncomfortable nature, spirits kingdom. Four industrial-natural Droning Noise Ambient and skiey Drone Ambient tracks. Crude field recordings, wind instruments and metal objects, tape noises and drones, hand bells, singing bowls, Soviet vinyl, voices and the indispensable space Hladna equipment. A fog, a snow suspension, frost wings in the clear sky and the high sun. Design presented by full-color six-panel envelope from Vresnit Art. -
Vresnit & Kshatriy - TaeT
Vetvei Records, V07, 2009 - CD, 484 copies / last copy
Vetvei label presented its first CD release, a collaboration of two congenial projects dedicated to the Symbols of Creative Roration. A retrospective journey by the bird through smells of melting herb songs and contemplations of the mysteries of Life. They are flowed away by Water, from the Ice to the boundless lakes dancing in mosses. Following to the Forge of Earth, walking the dense forests, winds and marshes, meeting the Heart Guardians. All the cycles of nature follow each other, Fire goes to Water and Earth goes to Heaven. Cosmos swaddle the birds flying toward dawn. All invocations in the name of Life. Many praising voices of people and animals merged into a rhythm that glorify the Natural Order, eternal and endless. Field recorgings, woodwinds, strings, percussions and drums, voices, tape noises and electronics was used in this work.They're all merged into a single timeless canvas. Spirit of every living thing awakening runs through it. An atmosphere of Ritual crossed with cosmic primordial Drone Ambient. One of the important parts of this release is design - 7"EP 6-panel cardboard envelope covered with the signs of Vetvei. Standing in awe of Majesty and experience of true Beauty. Tradition, vibrations for a New Cycle. -
Vresnit — Zhatva
Vetvei Records, V18 / Radiodrone, RD-01, 2011 — CD, 363 copies / 3 pcs in stock
Joint release of Vetvei label and Radiodrone web-zine. New album of Vresnit, the project from Yaroslavl is devoted to harvesting, separation of grains from weed. Six Dark Drone Ambient mysteries which have been recorded in 2009 were grown from the processed tape field recordings, live flutes, analog electronics, hand bells, trance rhythmic structures and voices . Latter are chating special verses and imitate the natural sounds. Cause and effect… We reap as we have sown… The meditation over fire as breath-movement of Space Itself. Life of vibrating space, in which each phenomenon is self-similar and has set of displays. Comprehension of greatness of Action and oneself in it… Balance, transition, watching the light, and watching the watcher of Light. Mastered by Kshatriy. Design presented by six-panel full-colored envelope and card Vresnit & Vevei Art.
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