ORCHIS - 'A Thousand Winters' CD (Infinite Fog Productions)
Orchis is an English Dark Folk / Neofolk / Esoteric band. Originally released in 1997 (Cryptanthus), "A Thousand Winters" is an alchemical album based around the themes of life, death and the transmutation of the soul. The story of one part of Europe is extraordinarily like every other part; a thriving pagan culture that at first laughs in derision at the priests of the desert messiah, and then is slowly submerged by the rising tide of christianity until all that remains is folk memory and old tales and songs. The music is mystical dark folk with a touch of late 60s English psychedelia, and one can probably draw parallels with the early works of In Gowan Ring or Psychic TV's "Allegory and Self" / "Trip Reset". Presented in a 6-panel digipak with bronze print. Russian import.
UK 12£
Europe 13£
World 14£
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ORCHIS - 'Trait' CD (Brudenia / Cryptanthus)
Rebirth: the end of the beginning. An alchemical allegory. This is a summary of the early career of this English dark folk / Neofolk act. It includes unreleased and compilation tracks, taken from "Terra Serpentes", "the Dancing Sun", "A Thousand Winters", "Mandragora", "Gloria Melancholia" and "The Dark Ages". Also includes a biography in English and Russian. Ltd x 1000 hand-numbered copies with gold-printed artwork.
UK 12£
Europe 13£
World 14£
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TEMPLE MUSIC - 'Soon You Will All Die And Your Lives Will Have Been As Nothing' CD (Silken Tofu)
'Soon You Will All Die And Your Lives Will Have Been As Nothing' is the new album by the UK-based psychedelic/drone/ambient project Temple Music. Stephen Robinson and Alan Trench (known from the dark folk project Orchis) skillfully combine a wide range of acoustic and electronic instruments, field recordings and drones with spoken word, rhythm and chaos, resulting into one long avant-garde soundscape. The vocals are both comforting and unsettling and contribute to an overall magical atmosphere. Introspective and spiritual as well as powerful and energetic, 'Soon You Will All Die And Your Lives Will Have Been As Nothing' will entice the ears and the soul. Ltd x 300 copies in an A5 heavy card gatefold folder.
UK 11£
Europe 12£
World 13£
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VA - 'Immortal Legends' 2 x CD (Arborlon Music)
Double CD set of Industrial, Experimental, Dark / Neofolk, Darkwave and Dark Ambient music, compiled by Black Magazin of Germany. 26 tracks from: 4th Sign Of The Apocalypse, Ah Cama-Sotz, Anima In Fiamme, Axon Neuron / Vagwa, Bleeding Like Mine, Darkwood, Dawn & Dusk Entwined, Dream Into Dust, Heid, Hollenfurt, Ildfrost, In Winter Bleeding, Northvs Filivs Mortis, Orchis, Pilori, Profane Grace, Psychonaut, Rainier Lericolais & That Summer, Remora, Stay Frightened, The Machine In The Garden, The Soil Bleeds Black, The Sword Volcano Complex (feat John Murphy and Karl Blake), The Unquiet Void, This Morn' Omina and White. Presented in an A5, 32-page booklet.
UK 12£
Europe 13£
World 14£
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VA - 'John Barleycorn Reborn: Rebirth' 2CD (Cold Spring CSR150CD)
The compilers of 'John Barleycorn Reborn' (2007), faced an embarrassment of riches - a testament both to English folk heritage and the health of the contemporary folk music scene. So here we have the second crop from that original sowing. Originally released for download only, now finally available as a stunning double CD, with every track completely remastered to the highest quality. 33 tracks from the cream of current dark British Folk music.
CD1: Charlotte Greig & Johan Asherton, David A Jaycock, Far Black Furlong, James Reid, JefvTaon, Magpiety, Novemthree, Paul Newman, Sedayne, Steve Tyler, Telling The Bees, The Big Eyes Family Players, The Owl Service, The Story, The Straw Bear Band, The Wendigo, Wooden Spoon, Xenis Emputae Travelling Band and Yealand Redmayne.
CD2: Clive Powell, Cunnan, Daughters Of Elvin, James Reid, Mac Henderson Of Grand Union Morris, Mary Jane, Misericordia, Novemthree, Orchis, Sundog, Sunshine Coding, The Anvil, Twelve Thousand Days and Venereum Arvum.
