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Opium - Sympathetic Flying Objects (Silentes)
Opium is active in the ambient field with various projects and collaborations with Alio Die, Francesco Paladino and Antonio Testa, and Silentes presents here his debut release under this moniker. The six tracks of this album rely mostly on soothing synth washes enriched with discreet field recordings and various noises, occasionally layering some rhythmical elements into the background. While there's inevitably some level of déjà-vu, the overall quality of the recording warrants it attention from ambient listeners.
(CD, clear jewel case, $14.50)
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[ ambient ] [ electro ] [ field recordings ]
Alio Die - Suspended Feathers (Silentes)
Label info: "Silentes presents another great reissue. Suspended Feathers is one of the best well-known works by Alio Die, published originally in 1996 in a limited edition of 1000 copies in a special package by AQUA/AMPLEXUS and sold out for years. [...] The 5 tracks include one long track originally composed for the "mythical" Amplexus series, one track composed together with Gregorio Bardini nd one track composed with Vidna Obmana. After 10 years this album [still] sounds fresh and it's a real ambient masterpiece."
(CD, clear jewel case, $14.50)
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[ ambient ]
Nimh - Subterranean Thoughts (Silentes)
Label info: "About one year after the release of "The Impossible Days", Nimh (Giuseppe Verticchio) explores the innermost paths of electronic experimentation again with his new "Subterranean Thoughts". The album showcases a kaleidoscope of many different sounds, from the lysergic visions of "Rewind" to the cinematic suggestions of "Recovered Memories", from the tight and dark atmospheres of "Back to Laudomia" to the ritual elements of "Perpetual Cycles", from the rhythmic distortions of "Subterranean Thoughts" to the hypnotic stasis of "The Liquid Dream" and the lyrism of the title-track reprise at the end of the disc."
(CD, clear jewel case, $14.50)
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[ dark ambient ]
Maurizio Bianchi - The Testamentary Corridor (Silentes)
Label info: "Insubordinate discord in five tempos for monolithic keyboards and multicellular dissonances, perpetrated during the autumn of 2005. Dedicated to the lamented martyrs.
To commemorate a testamentary event the human beings expend time and care, all theirs energies, but sometimes the results are disappointing... Due to the inconvenient heritage of our rhetorical history lost in the corridor of time. (M. B. 2005)"
(CD, clear jewel case, $14.50)
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[ abstract electronics ] [ dark ambient ]
Nimh & Maurizio Bianchi - Secluded Truths (Silentes)
Label info: "Obscure atmospheres and industrial influences in this second audible amalgam between M.B. (Maurizio Bianchi) and NIMH (Giuseppe Verticchio). Endocrine insulation for diagnostic firabilities."
(CD, clear jewel case, $14.50)
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[ dark ambient ] [ industrial ]
Maurizio Bianchi & Atrax Morgue - M. Plus T. (Silentes)
The last recorded material from Marco Corbelli comes in the shape of this collaboration with Maurizio Bianchi. The two long and life-draining tape loop dirges presented here betray a morbid serenity further emphasized by their faded melodic elements and stop/start editing. While "No More" is a more representative epitaph for Atrax Morgue, this is nevertheless a logical collaboration that has sadly become a final statement.
(CD, clear jewel case, $15.00)
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Macelleria Mobile Di Mezzanotte / Profile - La Dalia Nera (Sin Organisation)
Split release by Italian martini-guzzlers Profile and M.M.M., whose recent albums on Old Europa Cafe are definitely worth seeking out. Dedicated to James Ellroy's "The Black Dahlia", this release is a great mix of loungy crime jazz / film noir soundtracks with modern dark ambient sensibilities, conjuring up images of dames in nylon stockings flirting with shady PI's in smoke-filled cocktail bars. Fun stuff as always.
(Pro-printed CD-R, oversized A5 color sleeve, $14.00)
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[ lounge ] [ sleaze jazz ]
Maurizio Bianchi - A M.B. Ienh Tale (Small Voices)
Label info: "The brand new release of Maurizio Bianchi. Similar to his early experimental bionic-industrial masterpiece like "The Plain Truth", "Armaghedon", "Endometrio" and "Carcinosi", this album presents eight decomposed tracks with slow, obscure and meditative music... Cold atmospheres and reverberating piano... [...]"
(CD, clear jewel case, $15.00, last copy)
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ZEV - Rhythmajik (Small Voices)
Label info: "Since the 1970’s Z'EV worked in a variety of media and was one of the founders of the cultural movement now known as ‘Industrial’. [...] We are very pround to presents new Z'EV studio album recorded in Los Angeles in 2003-2004. This audio material accompany the Italian edition of "Rhythmajik". Z'EV, percussionist extraordinaire, played his homemade instruments (gongs, hand-made metal percussions, titanium plate, low steel drums). Z'EV proved to be a sensitive and skilled master of his instruments, creating complex rhythms and varied timbres... Experimental percussive industrial music..."
(CD, digisleeve, $12.50, on sale, last copy)
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[ percussive industrial ] [ ritual ]
Wander - Wander (Small Voices)
Label info: "Wander are Freek Kinkelaar and Frans de Waard, also known as Beequeen. [...] In Wander they explore drone music in it's widest possible form, with each new release exploring a specific concept. [...]
The material was recorded [...] using a wide variety of vintage synthesizers (juno 60, korg MS20, roland SH 102 and Arp synthesizer) and a Philicordia organ. The four long pieces breath an atmospheric, pastoral sound of slow and deep evolving drones. [...]"
(CD, digisleeve, $8.50, on sale)
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[ drones ]
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