ANTLERS MULM - 'Of Withered Sparks' CD (Loki Foundation)
(2007) 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 12-page booklet.
(2008) 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. Ltd x 222 copies in a textured sleeve with booklet.
CIRCULAR - 'Shaping The Unknown' CD (Loki Foundation)
(2006) 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 inbetween 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 the period of concentration, of taking shape, followed by overwhelming massive soundworlds from outer states. Digipak.
CIRCULAR / INADE - 'Deep Space Illumination' LP (Skogholt)
(2008) A fine document from the live performances of Loki Foundation labelmates Circular and Inade, which took place in December 2007. Four tracks by each Dark Ambient project, in superb quality. All material was recorded directly from the mixing desk and was mastered by Secretlab. Tracklist: CIRCULAR: The Acceleration of Space, Swirling Sculptures, Volcanic & Fervent, The Conclusion Of The Mind. INADE: Signals From 68 Dimensions Part I, Abandoned Inferno, The Quiet Room, The Conquest Of Being Separated Part I. Ltd x 333 copies in a textured sleeve. ACT FAST!
(2007) 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 alter-ago of Inade.
(2007) 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 alter-ago of Inade. LP version, limited to just 222 copies with textured sleeve - act fast!
(2006) First released as limited CD/12” set and now available as mid-price release! First Law's potency of sound increases with each release in atmosphere and recounting interaction. "Beyond IO" casts a large shade and proves once more the inimitable profile of this artist. Twanging sculptures manifested by an immense power of frequencies are falling like a tempest into a sensational and pulsating world always stored by multilayered levels. Close your eyes and open your ears and dig deep into a galaxy generated by tonal and artistical visions. Enter the plateau of ultimate sound design and enjoy the view from the observation tower over all categorical perception! Standard card sleeve.
FIRST LAW - 'Chaos Structure' CD (Loki Foundation)
(2006) The 5th full-length album from First Law surprises once again with a huge amount of stylistic variety and proof that he is the ultimate cosmonaut of the inner spheres... "Chaos Structure" is an hallucinogenic maelstrom, every note and sound telling a different story taking the listener on a journey through unseen areas of modulation and alienated reality. All compositions are cautiously built to create a majestic flowing soundworld full of structures and outstanding melodies layered with percussion and rhythm.
FJERNLYS - 'Ascending Triads & Luminous Arcs' 2 x CD (Loki Foundation)
(2006) 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.
HERBST9 - 'From A Dark Chasm Below' CD (Loki Foundation)
(2005) 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 percussions with deep and sonorous dronings. 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)
(2008) The all new 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.
HERBST9 Vs Z'EV - 'Through Bleak Landscapes' CD (Loki Foundation)
(2007) With this stunning collaboration the dark cavernous drones and ethnic-ritual instrumentation of Herbst9 melts with the complex and percussive sounds of industrial pioneer and master of rhythmajik Z'EV. Ten tracks of deep spheres and blazing ruminant lightnings abducting you into golden constellations and swirling worlds full of aural effects and demonic resonance. Both projects worked with raw material of each other while the final mix was made by Herbst9. The result is a sombre and meditative soundtrack. An impressive and gripping journey through bleak landscapes and abandoned places accompanied by a 24-page booklet.
(2007) Due to huge demand, Loki are re-releasing 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.
INADE - 'Colliding Dimensions' 4 x CD Boxset (Loki Foundation)
(2005) The long requested compendium that closes a circle from near the starting point of the project to their Peryt Shou release. All material of this set was recorded and sculptured during live shows and rehearsal sessions from 1995 to 2002 and was especially selected and mastered to receive high quality audio recordings with no compromise in sound. A third of the tracks have not been released in any form yet and this release brings back as well a lot of long sold out material like Vitriol, Flood Of White Light and more in new and powerful live versions. Four CDs and a glossy booklet presented in a beautiful box with fantastic artwork!
INADE - 'Colliding Dimensions' 4 x LP Boxset (Loki Foundation)
(2005) The long requested compendium that closes a circle from near the starting point of the project to their Peryt Shou release. All material of this set was recorded and sculptured during live shows and rehearsal sessions from 1995 to 2002 and was especially selected and mastered to receive high quality audio recordings with no compromise in sound. A third of the tracks have not been released in any form yet and this release brings back as well a lot of long sold out material like Vitriol, Flood Of White Light and more in new and powerful live versions. LP version ltd x 525 copies only! Act fast!
(2008) A collection of studio works from the last few years, recorded during several sessions - remixed, re-constructed and re-edited in 2005. This release originally accompanied the Inade Spring Equinox concert in Tokyo. "Samadhi State" illuminates the space of reality and the luminous arcs of dreams. Samadhi is a over-conscious experience that lies beyond waking, dreaming, and deep sleep. A perfect condition in vigil, a condition of absolute consciousness. It is the final goal of everything and the highest form of self-possession. The Samadhi State is the fourth dimension, where the infinite eternity prevails. A stunning Dark Ambient release. 2nd edition in jewelcase with glossy artwork.
INADE - 'The Crackling Of The Anonymous' CD (Loki Foundation)
(2001) 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!
IONOSPHERE & LAND:FIRE - 'Of Mind And Of Abyss' 12" (Loki Foundation)
(2004) 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.
(2004) With the first full length work of this German project, another remarkable release in dark space ambient has earthed. The ten tracks on this album follow their previous 10” release (Avatar Records), creating a giant sphere full of thick and brooding soundscapes, with thunderous eruptions, imploding stars, ghostly voices, powerful machine noises and pulsing rhythms. On "Angular Momentum" Ionosphere probe the darkness to it's deepest core! Already a scene classic. Digipak.
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.
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.
PREDOMINANCE - 'Dark Stars Unfolding' 2 x CD (Loki Foundation)
The unique sound of Predominance combines dense and atmospheric soundsculptures with symphonic drones, pulsating rhythms and visionary-majestic vocals. Divided into 2 parts Disc One: ''Archivum'' contains selected tracks from the first tape ''White Ashes'', the first LP ''Obliteration'', various compilation tracks and unreleased material, while Disc Two: ''Live'' collects high quality live recordings from the whole period of activity and includes all the outstanding vocal tracks for what Predominance are especially known for... Presented in a beautiful double digipak.
TGVT have been around for some years, but this three track 10" on the highly sought after POWER & STEEL label, is the first they've released in four years. Very dark tribal drumming, mixed with dark electronics, apparition voices and black intentions. Great release, in the gold standard sleeve, and limited to just 400 copies.
UK 9£
Europe 11£
World 13£
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TURBUND STURMWERK - 'Turbund Sturmwerk' CD (Loki Foundation)
Reissue of this eponymous album (1995 Loki, 1998 Cold Spring), with 6 stormy compositions - beautiful and poignant - linking the subtle concept with innovative sounds and arrangements. This masterpiece is a milestone of the post-industrial culture and affected the scene world-wide. The recordings were digitally revised and enhanced, so that they radiate now in a clean, insidiously pristine new light. Turbund Sturmwerk polarise calculated, set gauges and create music like a functional text - acoustic information as sophisticated reading. This introductory work is the often referenced catalyst within the Turbund Sturmwerk catalogue, bent on changing the expectations of the listeners, altering the norm and creating a manifesto for things to come. Digipak with booklet.
Second edition in the 'Incendium' sampler series from Loki Foundation / Power & Steel, featuring tracks from current and recent releases from: Antlers Mulm, Circular, Ex.Order, First Law (2 tracks), Fjernlys, Herbst9, Herbst9 & Z'EV, Inade (3 tracks), Ionosphere (2 tracks), Land:Fire, Penjaga Insaf, Predominance and Vestigial. A superb, low-priced 'try before you buy' experience from this highly recommended label! Standard card sleeve.
UK 4£
Europe 5£
World 6£
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VA - 'Terra Incendium' CD (Loki Foundation)
Originally released as 'Incendium' in 2003, 'Terra Incendium' was released for the Loki Foundation festival in Moscow, Russia, 9 November 2006. All tracks have been previously released on Loki albums / EPs. Featuring: Bad Sector, Ex.Order, First Law (3 tracks), Herbst9, Inade, Land:Fire, Predominance (2 tracks), Turbund Sturmwerk and Virologic. With mainly Dark Ambient tracks, this is an excellent introduction to the world of this outstanding German label. Packaged in a die-cut sleeve.
UK 4£
Europe 5£
World 6£
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VIROLOGIC - 'Bugged' 3" MCD (Power & Steel)
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.
