ANTLERS MULM - 'Of Withered Sparks' CD (Loki Foundation)
The third album of Antlers Mulm opts for deep resonating tones that are harmonious and hypnotic with a greater emphasis on percussion, and the massive foray into song based structures. Dark beats linked with electro-pop vibes bring highlights of an extraordinary world of sound. Phantasmagorial melodies melt into an intense atmosphere guided by the voice of Hans Johm. These 10 songs catch the mood of the warm feeling of being at home and create a landscape of a coruscant kingdom that lies deep within the lyrical and musical expression. Digipak with booklet.
BAD SECTOR - 'CMASA' CD (Power & Steel / Loki Foundation)
In 2005 Massimo Magrini was invited to provide a soundtrack for the M3M art exhibition in Pisa, Italy. The exhibition was based around images of the seaside and river estuary of Pisana area with CMASA airplane factory built there in it's centre. The marvelous seaside scenery mixed with vintage industrial locations, created an unexpected but amazing, nostalgic mood. To sculpture a soundtrack of this scenery Magrini also added treated piano, snippets of acoustic guitars, water sounds and metal samples. This may sound unusual for a BAD SECTOR release but all those new elements are perfectly blended into massive and ambient soundwaves, making CMASA probably the most emotional album of Massimo Magrini to date. All initial exhibition sounds where regenerated, remastered and re-assembled during 2007-2009. Digipak.
BAD SECTOR - 'Chronoland' CD (Power & Steel / Loki Foundation)
This new album of Massimo Magrini is the soundscape for a mind movie and another masterpiece that picks up where the previous work "CMASA" left off. 12 beautifully crafted chapters of music segueing between morphing layers of thick drones, haunting melodies and crackling vocal transmissions. "Chronoland" unfolds a fascinating and cinematic atmosphere of frightening ambient melodica with dark soundwaves deeply embedded in the music and bursts of electro-acoustic effects. This release is another step forward into the sound cosmos of Massimo Magrini with new directions but always in the unique way of Bad Sector. Comes in a 6-panel outsize digisleeve.
CIRCULAR - 'Shaping The Unknown’ CD (Loki Foundation)
This debut defines an opulent style of meditative ambient music and celebrates the pure sound engines of perfect analogue synthesizer music. Johannes Riedel created an elegant and stylish form of drone music to build ellipses in between sculptures blowing through the triangular center. These aural paintings uncover sacred landscapes of drifting loops and the brilliant use of guitars to set up an unearthly visionary wall of sound. Circular's music disposes a special principle where tracks build up slowly and take a period of concentration, of taking shape, followed by overwhelming massive soundworlds from outer states. Digipak.
Ex.Order disrupt your synapses with "Corporate Control". Ten new tracks of an immensely raw sonic and violent aesthetic, constructed through dark throbbing machine noises, crushing rhythmic layers and vocals. Highly explosive heavy electronics, uncompromising and provocative both sonically and visually. An unforgiving tour de force capturing the perfection of disorder. The absolute response to the nightmare that is the world we live in. Ex.Order is the Power Electronics alter-ago of Inade.
FJERNLYS - 'Ascending Triads & Luminous Arcs’ 2 x CD (Loki Foundation)
Behind this project hides one of Inade's masterminds - Knut Enderlein. On this first disc, the songs layer cosmic and synthetic sounds and go on tracing according to the principle harmony in the music, their acoustic space feeling very expansive. The voices creep crosswise into sounds and effects to lunar spheres and solar places. The five remixes and interpretations of ANTLERS MULM, BAD SECTOR, FIRST LAW and LOVESPELL on the second disc support the complex character of the whole release and expand the into a new style of Ambient songs. More 'song' based than Inade, Fjernlys reminds of fellow Loki act Predominance. Presented in a double jewel case with a very nice slipcase to finish.
FJERNLYS - 'Beyond The Undulant Quiescence' CD (Loki Foundation)
Fjernlys is Knut Enderlein (INADE). This album contains 10 epic tracks to reach far beyond trepidation and tranquility, it's not only welcoming with open arms but captivating slowly the listener and remaining breathless till the last sound. "Beyond The Undulant Quiescence" unifies the opposites when the frostiness of the synthesizer sound and the warmth of the melodies are melting one another. The spectrum ranges from melancholic piano compositions to complex and superior song structures with an open commitment to slow motion. In every track there is a cryptic sparkling which is always shimmering but almost stays in the background. It's the multi-layered arrangement in each track which is constantly changing the colours and feature a cinematic coarseness in an audible way. 6-panel digisleeve.
UK 11£
Europe 12£
World 13£
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HERBST9 - 'From A Dark Chasm Below' CD (Loki Foundation)
The legendary and long deleted debut album from 1999, now finally available again in a carefully remastered version. Complex, textural ambience, consisting of layer upon layer of kinetic, luminous tones and ephemeral nuances of time. Nearly 70 minutes of finest ritual ambient music, mesmerizing rhythmic percussion with deep and sonorous drones. Herbst9 construct sonic rituals gleaned from the ruins of minds scraped hollow and left to decay while natural sounds and archaic motives develop visionary sequences.
HERBST9 - 'The Gods Are Small Birds, But I Am The Falcon' CD (Loki Foundation)
The latest album of Herbst9 is a step further into the depths of the Assyrian and Asian mythologies, using authentic audio and visual fragments of sacrifices, lamentations, prayers and ancient rituals. The result is a deep labyrinth of sounds with meditative percussions, ghostly vocal fragments and singings which melts with detailed and multi-layered tones of various traditional instruments. All this is constructed around a core of dark and ongoing floating drones creating an atmosphere of true archaic music which has been developed by Herbst9 to perfection. This soundtrack is the secrecy from the deep and hidden places of the sacred earth transcending us beyond the real world to the inner realm of ourselves. The CD is presented in 6-panel digipak.
Due to huge demand, Loki re-released the legendary "Burning Flesh" CD. The limited edition (500 copies) digipak version from 2000 collected the original 1993 tapes with added bonus material. This new version was sympathetically remastered at Secretlab in June 2007 and has new artwork. The soundscape of "Burning Flesh" is a pitch-black ambience in which peculiar sounds scramble about, igniting a rising wave of gloom, driven by the slow clatter of tribal hooves upon unearthly terrain. Highly recommended to all fans of Inade's unearthly Dark Ambient sound.
Japanese edition of collected studio works from the last years, recorded during several sessions and rehearsals at the Light Channel, remixed, re-constructed and re-edited in 2005. This release was accompanying the Spring Equinox concert in Tokyo and is now available outside of Japan for the first time. Second jewel case edition with laminated cover and revised artwork.
INADE - 'The Crackling Of The Anonymous’ CD (Loki Foundation)
This dark and hallucinatory masterwork, is constructed via the never heard utterances of the void, while tapping into the psyche of the impossible. A stunning dark ambient release that defies all logic because it creates its own! Gorgeous 6-panel digipak by the masters of Dark ambience!! A must-have for fans of Lustmord!
INADE - 'The Incarnation Of The Solar Architects' 2 x LP (Loki Foundation)
There is a world that shadows our world; a world of mysterious design and unspoken secrets; of space that breathes and infinite echoes that never cease to cry. Mirrors that refract images into dark pools of cosmic nothingness. Inade explore these worlds on their latest masterpiece, in which sound is utilised in a transformative manner, not only to focus on that which lies beyond and that which has never been seen, but to embrace the Darkness and let it wash over one's soul. The mythology that Inade has created touches that place beyond forever, yet now, through the insistence of that which lurks in the margins, a metamorphosis has transpired, in which the cosmos of self has awakened. Inade provide the soundtrack... the frisson of unease is abundant, a churning, seething dread that veers into awe. It's up to the individual listener to listen intently, behind shuttered eyelids... to see and experience the true labyrinthine hierarchy of black splendor that awaits. Ltd x 344 copies on black vinyl in a stunning gatefold sleeve.
INADE - 'The Incarnation Of The Solar Architects' CD (Loki Foundation)
2nd edition in jewelcase. There is a world that shadows our world; a world of mysterious design and unspoken secrets; of space that breathes and infinite echoes that never cease to cry. Mirrors that refract images into dark pools of cosmic nothingness. Inade explore these worlds on their latest masterpiece, in which sound is utilised in a transformative manner, not only to focus on that which lies beyond and that which has never been seen, but to embrace the Darkness and let it wash over one's soul. The mythology that Inade has created touches that place beyond forever, yet now, through the insistence of that which lurks in the margins, a metamorphosis has transpired, in which the cosmos of self has awakened. Inade provide the soundtrack... the frisson of unease is abundant, a churning, seething dread that veers into awe. It's up to the individual listener to listen intently, behind shuttered eyelids... to see and experience the true labyrinthine hierarchy of black splendor that awaits.
IONOSPHERE / LAND:FIRE - 'Of Mind And Of Abyss' 12" (Power & Steel / Loki Foundation)
After their well received full length works released via Tesco and Loki both German units now dig deeper into their cosmos of sound with this split EP. A brilliant slice of sonicscape-ambient, like a thick black stream of plasma crawling from places we are not yet ready to go. Places where thoughts and desires, fears and pain manifest in reality. Majestic waves of droning sound and pulsations overlayed by whispering vocal samples, cavernous resonances and dark analogue machine noises. A deep shivering cosmic ambient work beyond the edge of the imaginable. Limited edition of 475 copies.
KAMMARHEIT & PHELIOS - 'Of Dawn And Of Ice' 12" (Power & Steel / Loki Foundation)
The third part in the 12" split series is bringing together for the first time on vinyl two highly respected ambient artists from Norway and Germany. Ominous drones, wind swept atmospheres, melodic layers and majestic waves of sounds are underpinned by subtle textures and sonic environments from the deepest woods of the North. With this fine piece of vinyl Kammarheit and Phelios paint an epic picture about the gloomy haze of the dawn and the shimmering of icy landscapes. Ltd x 333 copies. Mastered by Andreas Wahnmann (First Law).
The debut release from the Herbst9 project! Massive drones and sinister melodies rise out from the inside of a dark and bleak ground while crushing rhythms and unreal vocal shreds echoing through a wide spectrum of sounds and effects. The perfect sound journey through devastated landscapes. Ltd x 750 copies.
Coming back with an all new album after more than 5 years the alter ego of Herbst9 delivers another outstanding soundtrack about radiological warfare and it's debris during the last century. SWT is like a massive energy spike with a surrounding maelstrom of machine noises, rhythms, interferences and electromagnetic waves. The complex arrangement of technical sounds creates a deadly atmosphere of fallout and devastated landscapes with an apocalyptic aura reflected by dissonant harmonies and deep shimmering ambient scapes. Presented in a 6 panel digipak. Mastered by Andreas Wahnmann (First Law).
PENJAGA INSAF & VESTIGIAL - 'Of Earth And Of Fire' 12" (Power & Steel / Loki Foundation)
The German Penjaga Insaf delivers enigmatic, ritualistic soundscapes built from layers of percussive, deeply meditative patterns, interwoven with original field recordings made by the artist during extensive travels through Indonesia. Italy's Vestigial presents an immense stream of pitch black ambience infused with dark tectonic upheavals and voice fragments that boil forth from a seething flood of magma before sinking back into the molten stew. The ancient sounds of the Earth as scorched by devastating waves of brooding Fire. Ltd x 333 copies.
For several years Ingo Sauerbrey made extensive travels through Indonesia, always carrying recording equipment to collect sounds as an audio diary. During periodic return trips to Germany, he started to work on the recordings with electronic devices. Some sounds were edited, cut and transformed, while others were kept completely intact. Water Puppet and Shadow Theatres, Gamelan and various welcoming and fighting dances like Kecak, Jegog and the Tarian Caci were used for this album. "Sama Sadja" weaves together the sounds of living traditions, religions and languages with spherical ambient pads and electronically edited drones from the field recordings. This is an contemplative and intimate soundtrack from the deepest heart of South East Asia.
Third album from Germany's revered dark ambient project Phelios, following two CDs on Eternal Soul and a recent split LP on Loki Foundation with Kammarheit. With its swirling cosmic drones and sweeping, cinematic drift, the music of Phelios is breathtaking and hypnotic, often evoking moments of serenity and beauty, yet spiking them with deep cushions of ritualistic percussion and textural squalls that suggest something much more ominous and threatening looms on the vast horizon. Collectively, "Astral Unity" is thoughtful and concise - a vivid and richly detailed entity that's alive and constantly evolving, channeling the universe while simultaneously exploring the inner regions of a more primordial earth. 6 panel digipak, with gold foil stamping.
UK 11£
Europe 12£
World 13£
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PREDOMINANCE - 'Dark Stars Unfolding' 2 x CD (Loki Foundation)
The unique sound of Predominance combines dense and atmospherical soundsculptures with symphonic drones, pulsating rhythms and visionary-majestic vocals, this double album marks the final release of Predominance as the project already ended in 2003. Divided into 2 parts the disc one: ARCHIVUM contains selected tracks from the first tape the first LP various compilation tracks and unreleased material. The disc two: LIVE collects high quality live recordings from the whole period of activity and includes all the outstanding vocal tracks for what Predominance was especially known for. Presented in a beautiful double digipak.
S.E.T.I. - 'Baikal' CD (Power & Steel / Loki Foundation)
The aural world of BAIKAL evokes a crystalline landscape full of huge and breathtaking images, guiding the listener to arcane places, lakes and steppes. This new output of Andrew Lagowski (aka S.E.T.I.) is the result of the examination of the idea of old and sunken crafts being hidden in lakes while surfacing through the water in abandoned areas where only few people would live and survive. Calm and smooth soundscapes and atmospheric synth waves loaded with digitised voices and textured layers of noises and samples. BAIKAL is another step further in S.E.T.I.'s history of deep sounding ambient music. An evolving, moving and skittering Masterpiece! Comes in a 6-panel outsize digisleeve.
UK 12£
Europe 13£
World 14£
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S.E.T.I. - 'Corona' CD (Power & Steel / Loki Foundation)
Being active in the fields of electronic music since 1982 Andrew Lagowski started to work with his deep space sound project S.E.T.I. in 1992. Now with the fifth album and numerous other releases in between a connection is made with the first highly anticipated album KNOWLEDGE released in 1994. The new album CORONA unfolds an atmosphere that lies with the heart of the cosmos. Deep and slowly moving waves of cosmic drones, harmonic oscillations, NASA recordings and snippets of radio broadcasts creating a spectrum of pulsating and ever-evolving sound. This is research into extra-terrestrial intelligence in it's purest form. If there is something out there it may sound like this!
Third edition in the 'Incendium' sampler series from Loki Foundation / Power & Steel, featuring tracks from current and recent releases from: Bad Sector (2 tracks), Blood Box, Circular, Ex.Order, First Law, Fjernlys, Herbst9, Inade (2 tracks), Kammarheit, Land:Fire, Penjaga Insaf, Phelios and S.E.T.I.. A superb, low-priced 'try before you buy' experience from this highly recommended label! Standard card sleeve.
Side-project of Loki Foundation act PREDOMINANCE. "The main intention of Virologic is the creation of sounds out of computer data. Different types of computer files have been cracked in a sampling software that transforms any kind of files into raw sound. It is possible to analyse the different structures of any type of data as a potential source visible as graphic waveform. ... With implicit aesthetics of failure the structure of the original file is destroyed to its core and reflecting the meta-phorical bug on its way through the hard drive." The result is a well structured composition made out of pulsating rhythms, multi-layered sounds and quartered sonics. Ltd x 500.
