ARKANE - 'Enraptured Serene Mesmerism' CD (Seduction Prod)
(2008) Arkane is a project of Arkanum X, also a member of Daemonia Nymphe. "The second release, "Enraptured Serene Mesmerism", is a journey into the abyss of dark atmospheric melancholy and an awakening into a mesmerizing and mesmerized state of remembering through the obstacles posed by the shadows of oblivion. Neoclassical instruments played by sound banks, giving a soundtrack-like atmosphere and emitting mesmerizing aesthetics. A must-have for the lovers of haunted ghost memories and dark symphonic soundtracks; highly atmospheric and unbearably ghostly! (label description). Slimline DVD digipak. Greek import.
UK 11£
Europe 12£
World 13£
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ZAIMPH - 'Sexual Infinity' CD (Hospital Productions)
Marcia Bassett (Double Leopards, Hototogisu) on her first proper solo full length. "Sexual Infinty" stands refreshingly organised into six escalating pieces of her signature guitar, voice, and electronic moodscapes, entrancing the listener with sinister seduction. comparisons to early 80s power electronics and industrial acts as Uncommunity, Mauthausen Orchestra and Ramleh reside in the underbelly of Zaïmph's ability to generate ominous, gritty, and doom laden atmospheres, cloaked in a thick lush drone. what begins with raw ethereal guitar shadows of longing delight closes with vital gripping electronic tension.
