Memories Yet To Come 2023

In alphabetical order:

 

 

 

1. Ancestral Fortitude – Stronghold (Demo 2023)

 

 

2. Arditi – Emblem Of Victory (Full-length 2023)

 

3. At The Altar Of The Horned God – Heart Of Silence (Full-length 2023)

 

 

4. Auriferous Flame – Ardor For Black Mastery (Full-length 2023)

 

 

 

5. Carlos Viola – Blasphemous 2 (Original Game Soundtrack 2023)

 

 

 

6. Epheles – Promesses (Full-length 2023)

  

 

 

7. Hate Forest – Sowing With Salt (EP 2023)

8. Hate Manifesto – Αποστάτης (Full-length 2023)

 

 

 

9. Homo Deus – First Conquest Of Sastamala (EP 2023)

 

 

 

10. Infernal Curse – Revelations Beyond Insanity (Full-length 2023)

 

 

 

11. Kommodus – Wreath Of Bleeding Snowfall (Full-length 2023)

 

 

12. Maȟpíya Lúta – Wowahwala (Full-length 2023)

 

 

 

13. Motstand – Motstand (Full-length 2023)

 

 

 

14. Nahasheol – Serpens Abyssi (Full-length 2023)

 

 

15. Nattfärd – The Abyss (Full-length 2023)

 

 

16. NHV Beherit – WBRRR (Full-length 2023)

 

 

 

17. Orgasm 666 – Blood Vagina Angel (Full-length 2023)

 

 

 

18. Pa Vesh En – Martyrs (Full-length 2023)

 

 

 

19. Reverorum Ib Malacht – Kyrie Eleison (Full-length 2023)

 

 

 

20. Slidhr – White Hart! (Full-length 2023)

 

 

21. Sodality – Benediction Part 1 (Full-length 2023)

 

 

 

22. Stygian Ruin – A World Past Hope And Fear (Full-length 2023)

 

 

 

23. Thanatomass – Hades (Full-length 2023)

 

 

 

24. Thantifaxath – Hive Mind Narcosis (Full-length 2023)

 

 

 

25. Todverhexen – Verbotene Hexerei (Full-length 2023)

 

 

26. Trhä – Alëce IΩic (Full-length 2023)

 

 

 

27. Urfaust – Untergang (Full-length 2023)

 

 

 

28. Urkraft – Lyset Skinner Best I M​ø​rket (Full-length 2023)

 

 

 

29. Verminous Serpent – The Mailgn Covenant (Full-length 2023)

 

 

 

30. Virulent Specter – Satanic Territorial Moloch (Full-length 2023)

 

 

 

Sortsind – Sår (1999)

Country: Denmark

Tracklist

1. Vandrer Blandt Dødninge 05:19
2. Blot 04:36
3. Drømme Om Evig Nat 05:54
4. Blandt Grå Monumenter 06:05
5. Sår 05:31
6. Sorte Tårer 03:00
7. Jeg Er Kulden 06:49
8. Vandrer Du I Natten Mørk 09:28
9. Skumring 05:00

Obscure short lived Danish black metal project that operated in the late 90s

consisting of Svig (vocals, guitars), Smerte (bass, keyboards) and Sorg (vocals, drums).
Their debut album was released in 1999 under the title "Sår" on the Danish BTB label

and with the help of Herr. Overgaard handling the drums on two tracks.

The same year a 7'' EP was also released entitled "Tomhed"

featuring three new songs and a forth one taken from their full length album.
This was their last release as the band disbanded after the death of Smerte that committed suicide in 1999.
A third limited edition compilation CDr release followed in 2001 on MP3.com label

and featured various tracks from their two previous releases.
Svig and Smerte were also members of the band Daarlig Stemning.

Memory

James Plotkin & Mick Harris – Collapse (1996)

Country: United States / England

Tracklist

1. Momentum 11:57
2. Collision 10:28
3. Collapse 19:21
4. Drench 14:39
5. Dissolve 09:49

Collaboration album between American guitarist and producer James Plotkin,

known for his role in bands such as Khanate and O.L.D. with participation in acts like Phantomsmasher and Scorn,

and English musician Michael John Harris that was the drummer for Napalm Death between 1985 and 1991,

before joining Painkiller with John Zorn and Bill Laswell

 and since the mid-90s he has worked in electronic and ambient music, with his main projects being Scorn and Lull.
"Collapse" was recorded in Harris’ Black Box studio using looped guitars and a variety of processed sound sources,

resulting a haunting set of five dark ambient/drone soundscapes.
A second collaboration album was also in the future plans, to be released by Sub Rosa label, but this never happened.

Memory

Witching Hour – Exhumation (1994)

Country: England

Tracklist

1. Your Cries 03:52
2. Secret Garden 04:16
3. Dead Of Night 03:22
4. Witchcraft 04:14
5. Afterlife 06:34
6. Slave To The Night 06:18
7. Kissed By Death 05:29
8. Fire & Sun 03:44
9. Eyes Of Dawn 04:08
10. Resurrection (Bonus) 04:54
11. Ligeia (Bonus) 05:19
12. Slave To The Night (Bonus) 06:31

Witching Hour formed in 1991, with Trevor Barnes (Vocals/Guitar), Alys Sterling (Bass) and D.B (Keyboards).
Their first gig was performed at the Turk's Head in Richmond and soon they went on to play at Scream and Club Dead Zone

 which were both held at the Camden Underworld and supported bands such as Nosferatu and The Marionettes.
In 1992 D.B eventually left the band due to differences and was replaced with Alex Winton on keyboards.
Also in the same year, a self-produced vinyl EP called "Hourglass" was released to high acclaim.

To promote the EP, they continued to gig, supporting such bands as The Dream Disciples and London After Midnight.
In 1994 Alex left the band to pursue other interests and replaced by the third and final keyboard player, Ash.
1994 also saw the release of the second EP "She's Alive" and the band's first album "Exhumation".
Due to irreconcilable differences things went bad with Ash and he was asked to leave,

with Trevor and Alys continuing to gig as a two piece.
New songs were written and a new album was planned, but this never materialized

due to financial problems and in 1997 Witching Hour disappeared from the scene.
In 2006, after a very long hiatus, Trevor and Alys agreed to play live at a private Halloween party

and this pretty much triggered their official return.
The renewed interest in the band was very positive,

which led finally to their back catalogue being digitally remastered and re-released.
New gigs followed, including a couple of spots at The Purple Turtle in Camden

and at an all-day goth festival in Birmingham.
This also led to Witching Hour playing in Madrid with The Eternal Fall.
In October 2011, the band finally released their second album "Raven",

to coincide with a live performance supporting the band Pretentious, Moi? at Nambucca in Islington, London.
There were plans for more gigs, more releases and more promo videos, but since then no news have surfaced.

Memory

Nogbold's Palace – Dark Agony (1998)

Country: Germany

Tracklist

1. Enter The Palace 02:32
2. Sorrow 07:40
3. The End Of Life 08:43
4. Aufmarsch 01:05
5. Thou Art Lord 05:06
6. See Ravens Fly 08:09
7. Dark Agony 02:32

Obscure German hypnotic black/dark metal/ambient project created around 1998.
They self released their first album in 1998 on cassette format under the title "Dark Agony".
Later Irrlichter Records re-released the album on CD featuring bonus tracks from their second album.
In 2003 they published their second album entitled "Nogbold's Palace".
One of their members was also involved with the experimental black metal project Ardulph Ardebahr Wald.

Memory

Stillpoint – Maps Without Edges (1996)

Country: England

Tracklist

1. Blade Water Stone 09:13
2. Tract 18:03
3. Blade Water Stone 2 13:44
4. Prophecy Mesa 09:15
5. Blade Water Stone 3 06:13

Hallucinogenic collaboration project featuring Eddy Sayer (Lights In A Fat City),

Nick Parkin (Tuu, Red Shift, TouchSound) and Martin Franklin (Codetrippa, Tuu).
Stillpoint develops arcane themes of deeply ambient dense using ancient percussions,

electronics, gongs, bells and woodwinds.
Recorded live in an underground studio opposite the British Museum in London.

Memory

Maggi Payne – Crystal (1986)

Country: United States

Tracklist

1. Ahh-Ahh (Ver 2.1) 09:10
2. Subterranean Network    11:24
3. Phase Transitions 10:32
4. White Night 10:04
5. Solar Wind 09:52
6. Scirocco 10:25
7. Crystal 09:57

Maggi Payne is an American composer, flutist video artist and co-director (since 1992) of the Center For Contemporary Music,

in Mills College, where she teaches recording engineering, composition, and electronic music.

She also freelances as a recording engineer and editor and a historical remastering engineer.
Her work involves electroacoustic, instrumental, and vocal works along with works involving visuals, 

including dancers outfitted with electroluminescent wire and videos using images ranging from nature to the abstract.
She has performed throughout the world, and her work has been published on various labels.
She received two Composer's Grants and an Interdisciplinary Arts Grant from the National Endowment For The Arts

and video grants from the Western States Regional Media Arts Fellowships Program and the Mellon Foundation.
Also four honorary mentions from Bourges, and one from Prix Ars Electronica,

and was an Artist In Residence at the Exploratorium in San Francisco and the Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga, CA.
She began recording professionally in 1968 in Chicago.
Her first electronic compositions were made using the Moog Synthesizer.
While at the University, Gordon Mumma showed her how to built her first ring modulator from one of his circuit designs.
There she also formed an improvisation group that was dedicated primarily to the exploration of timbre.

After composing electronically generated music for several years,

she turned to the acoustic world for an even richer, more constantly variable sound palette.
Sound sources were varied from tiny stepper motors, to signals traveling through space and faulty faucets.

Her process involved layering sounds, convolution, granular synthesis,

time stretching, digital signal processing, and extreme equalization.
"Crystal" was originally released in 1986 on vinyl by the Lovely Music label

and in 1991 was reissued on CD format featuring three bonus tracks.

Memory

M87 – Noctilucent Threnody (1999)

Country: England

Tracklist

1. Mu Cephei I 06:50
2. M8 (Lagoon Nebula) 16:16
3. NGC 7538 09:05
4. Arcturus 09:15
5. OQ172 05:45
6. P Cygni 12:27
7. NGC 6726/27 19:41

M87 was created in 1995 by Huw O. Davies, inspirationally catalysed by a television documentary about Black Holes

and aiming to create music which expressed the strangeness and extremity of these elusive celestial objects.
Davies aided by his technical level as a guitar player

but also limited by his inexistent technical knowledge on any other instrument,

spent over a year developing and perfecting notation, playing, and recording techniques which would enable him

to produce an alien orchestral sound with nothing but his 13 guitars and a bit of recording equipment.
As the musical concept expanded, he recorded several hours of material (including a titanic 78-minute piece),

samples of which were sent to a wide variety of record labels.

Reactions were quite uniform in their incomprehension and disbelief,

which resulted in a mixture of triumph and frustration, since no one seemed to know quite what to make of the music

and therefore no one seemed to know quite whether to offer him a deal.

In the summer of 1997, however, Davies contacted Supernal Music following an advertisement in a mail order catalogue,

where the label expressed interest in bands inspired by Astronomical, Astrophysical, and Cosmological subjects.
Recorded at Singularity Studios, in winter of 1997 "Noctilucent Threnody" was released in 1999 as a limited edition CD

and was the first of a planned ten albums, most of the material for which had already been recorded.
Davies is currently working on a remastered and remixed version of the "Noctilucent Threnody",
complete with several bonus tracks, that were originally recorded at the time, for a possible inclusion on the album.
In addition the second M87 album is in the making under the title "Abyssal Symphonies".
Davies is also involved in his two other projects, Devoid and Cziltang Brone.

Memory

Alex Kot – Chasm: The Rift (1997)

Composer: Alex Kot

Tracklist

1. The Shadow Zone 04:57
2. Timestrikers 03:58
3. The Rift 04:13
4. Egypt 04:00
5. Military Base 04:09
6. Tomb 03:54
7. Dark 04:01
8. England 04:06
9. The Ship 05:54

Chasm: The Rift (also known as Chasm: The Shadow Zone) is a first-person shooter video game

created by Ukrainian video game developer Action Forms

 and published in 1997 by Megamedia as the first Eastern European shooter ever made.
The game was meant to compete with Quake a year earlier,

since GT Interactive lost publishing rights to Activision when id Software signed with the latter.
The player takes on the role of an unnamed commando whose mission is to stop the so-called "Timestrikers",

mutant beings invading different time epochs, from taking over Earth.

On this mission, he visits various locations ranging from military bases in the present to tombs in ancient Egypt.
All of the levels involve dark corridors, often like those of catacombs and crypts.

One of the most notable features of the game was the ability to remove limbs from enemies.

Chasm received mixed reviews from critics.

While they noted that Chasm had better animation and greater amounts of enemy detail when compared to Quake,

the lack of a true 3D environment left much to be desired.
The sound effects and the soundtrack of the game were composed by Alex Kot.

Memory

The Last Battle – Ouglouk Rougai (Demo 1999)

Country: France

Tracklist

1. Raliement 02:14
2. Battlefield 03:56
3. Les Feux De La Victoire 03:31
4. La Danse Des Gobelins 05:30
5. Pensée D'un Troll 03:44
6. Trève 02:26
7. Division Chaos 05:34
8. Beuverie 01:27

French black metal project with goblin inspired thematology featuring members from Arkham.
The band consisted of Grusrr (lead vocals, guitars, horn),

Ourg (drums, additional vocals) and Urgagh' (guitars, backing vocals).
They released only one demo in 1999 through Onirik Circle Production 

under the title "Ouglouk Rougai" in a limited edition of 300 copies.

Memory

Bohack – It Took Several Wives (1982)

Country: United States

Tracklist

1. The Rock Of Joe The Dog Crowd Noticed 02:24
2. Slow Clock 02:24
3. A Waiter Dies A Large Family For A Tip Leaves 01:10
4. Shot Himself After Falling Three Days 01:19
5. Fat Jaw 01:31
6. If You Feel Frogie Jump 01:05
7. Jesus In Mono 02:51
8. Old Hog Pissing In Sepia 01:32
9. Jerky In Color 03:22
10. To Save A Safe Artist's Ass 02:15
11. Good Brown 03:21
12. It Took Several Wives 05:34
13. The Man With The Flower In His Mouth 02:38
14. They Came As One Person 00:43
15. The White Hand Burned While The Red Hand Held On 01:22
16. Potatoe Skin Hair 01:39
17. 50 Perfumes (Part 1) 03:53
18. 50 Perfumes (Part 2) 02:53

Vincent Gallo (born April 11, 1961) is an American actor, director, writer, producer, musician, and model.

He has won several accolades, including a Volpi Cup for Best Actor, and has been nominated for numerous more,

including the Palme d'Or, the Golden Lion, and the Bronze Horse.
Following a childhood working for the local mafia, Gallo started his professional career as a Formula II motorcycle racer.

In the early '70s he began playing electric bass and sang in garage bands,

during which time he developed an appreciation of both prog rock and proto-punk bands.
He participated in Buffalo-based bands like Blue Mood, a progressive rock cover band named Zephyr 

which did one performance at Lincoln Park Tonawanda New York in 1978,

The Good (with Bernie Kugel and Larry Galanowitz), The Detours, and the Plastics.
At the age of 16 Gallo relocated to New York City and in winter of 1979 he met Wayne Richard Clifford.

That same evening they rented a rehearsal space to improvise music together.
Wayne already a member of a industrial/noise group called Gray

asked Vincent to join the band that also featured renowned artist Jean Michel Basquiat.
Although they played regularly at such N.Y.C. hot spots as Max's Kansas City, CBGB's, Hurrahs, and the Mudd Club,

the group split up before any recordings could be made.
A short period afterwards Vincent Gallo and Wayne Richard Clifford along with Claudia Porcelli formed Bohack.
Immediately after forming Bohack the trio played one live improvised show.
After this single performance Bohack began recording

in Vincent Gallo's American Indian Studios in 1980 and continued to do so until the spring of 1981.
Gallo produced Bohack on a single track monophonic Ampex 350 recorder and a single RCA KU-3 microphone.
The album was mixed by Gallo on an ALTEC 250 SU mixer he also formed the label Family Friend Records to release it.
About 1000 copies were printed and the band sold 60 of them through Bleecker Bob's record store

and another 150 through a distributer while 500 were destroyed in a New York City fire.
In 1984 Gallo threw about 100 of them in a trash container and passed out the rest one night on St. Mark's Place, NYC.
When Bohack disbanded, Gallo turned his back on a musical career, and focused primarily on acting in movies,

landing steady work as either an actor, director, or composer.
As a filmmaker, he directed, wrote, and starred in three independent films:

"Buffalo '66" (1998), "The Brown Bunny" (2003), and "Promises Written In Water" (2010)

while also directed and starred in numerous short films and several music videos.
After including several of his own original compositions on 1998's "Buffalo '66" soundtrack,

Gallo decided to give a musical career another shot, forming the group Bunny with actor/musician Lukas Haas.

Despite a successful Japanese tour and a debut album completed for Sony

(with renowned Yes producer Eddie Offord overseeing the recording),

the group split up, resulting in the shelving of the debut's release.

After relocating to Los Angeles, Gallo began laying down solo demos at his home recording studio, 

which attracted the attention of Warp Records.
The early 21st century saw the release of such critically acclaimed solo Gallo full-lengths

as 2001's "When" and 2002's "Recordings Of Music For Film".
Gallo's films possess a cult following, especially in Japan and his work has proven largely polarizing among film critics,

but has been highly praised by many filmmakers and actors.

Memory

Ravening – Exοrdium - Niedergang (Demo 1999)

Country: Finland

Tracklist

1. Exordium - The Ravening 01:42
2. Exultant Upon The Ruined Earth 02:17
3. I Shall Reap 01:57
4. War Witchery 02:41

First demo release from this Finnish project that was formed by Shatraug (Horna, Sargeist etc.)

and Lord War Torech (Lurk, ex-Torturium, ex-Satanic Warmaster).
Released by Chanteloup Creations, "Exordium - Niedergang" was not rehearsed

and was recorded and mixed in November of 1999.
The later releases of the project moved into death metal territories.

Memory

Svart Imperium – Ode À La Normandie (Demo 1998)

Country: France

Tracklist

1. Vestige Chevaleresque De L'Empire Du Nord (Nordens Konger) 05:05
2. Mörke Undersätter 05:42
3. A Furrore Normannorum... 05:24
4. Som En Vind I Evig Vinter 06:20
5. Légions Du Nord 07:32

French black metal project created by Isendorn (ex-Lichten Nacht, ex-Only Darkness, ex-Iphicrate, ex-Mastema) in late 90s.

In 1998 their one and only demo was self released under the title "Ode À La Normandie".
The same year was also published by Decayed Raven Productions label as a limited edition cassette with a different cover.

Memory

Alan Woxx – Daemonolatreia (12'' EP 1990)

Country: France

Tracklist

1. Love Is An Emanation Of Death 05:14
2. Obscured Passion 05:26
3. Cycle Of Life 03:37
4. God Is Dead 05:36

Obscure hypnotic gothic/dark wave solo project of French artist Alan Woxx.
His first official release was the limited edition 12'' vinyl EP "Daemonolatreia" that was published by Limb Records.
"Daemonolatreia" had also previously self released by Alan Woxx on cassette as a promo.
Between 1992 and 1994 a few appearances were made on various compilations.
"Bloodrain" was his final work and was released in 2003 as a limited edition MCD of 666 copies,

published on his personal label The Luciferian University Of Atlantis.

Memory

Northgate – Liturgie Pour La Fin De La Patrie (1999)

Country: Italy

Tracklist

1. Prelude 03:12
2. Year 04:53
3. Liturgy For A Black Sun 08:23
4. Ratatoskr 02:00
5. Archangel 08:42
6. Last Dawn On Earth (Part I & II) 14:12
7. O.A.R.S. 05:45
8. Arborea 05:16
9. Yard 03:48
10. Our Life In The Old Woods 04:42

Northgate (aka NG or NRTHGTE) is the personal project of Trevor (a.k.a. Evor Ameisie)

known for his involvement as Camerata Mediolanense's singer and percussionist.
The project exists since 1992 and was actually born before he joined Camerata in 1995

and therefore it is not to be seen as Camerata Mediolanense's side project,

although many CM's members collaborated and still collaborates with Northgate.
After some demo tapes, Northgate released in october 1995 the LP "Liturgie Pour La Fin De La Patrie",

printed in limited edition green vinyl (later some in black colour) of 108 copies on the Italian label L'Alternative Dramatique.
"Liturgie Pour La Fin De La Patrie" was recorded at home with a Tascam 4 Track Recorder in September 1995

and in 1999 was re-released on a CD version with some bonus tracks and with a different cover.
The project is still active and have released several albums since then

with their sound experimenting between apocalyptic ambient, industrial, electronics, dark-wave and psychedelia.

Memory

Weltschmerz – Symptômes De Ruine (1995)

Country: Italy

Tracklist

1. Acropolis 02:47
2. As Relics Fall 05:34
3. Breathing The Sunset 06:34
4. See Woman, See Human 07:30
5. Thy Mother's Glass 04:32
6. Unvisible Grace 06:44
7. Interlude 02:11
8. A Prayer For Eternity 06:54
9. Realms Of Silence 06:11

Weltschmerz was formed in 1994 by Anthony Duman after his experience in 1989 as the former Monumentum's bass player.
Firstly it was started as an one-man project, with Duman experimenting in his home studio.

Soon enough he released in the same year the first Weltschmerz demo tape, named "Metaphysical Baroque".
Desire to walk further didn't stop and in 1995 the first Weltschmerz CD "Symptômes De Ruine" was released,

on Duman's own label L'Alternative Dramatique.
The album sounded much better than the demo and received positive reviews.
Also Monumentum's first singer Mark Westfall participated in the release

as a guest vocalist on the Rosemary's Baby cover "See Woman See Human".
Nevertheless Duman decided to freeze Weltschmerz.
In 1996, he was welcomed as a bassist on the band Canaan and helped composing and recording two albums with them.
In 1998 Duman together with Mauro Berchi (aka Prejudice) recorded the first version

of the song "Colore Di Pioggia E Di Ferro" for the "Dissolution Fahrenheit" compilation.
In 2000 Weltschmerz went out of hibernation with a full line up featuring on vocals and bass Anthony Duman (aka Nothing),

guitarist Mauro Berchi (aka Prejudice), drummer Andrea Freschi (aka Indifference),

keyboardist Alberto Valdonio (aka Malice) and guest singer Arianna (aka Desire).
They rehearsed for one year and a half before recording their second, and last, album

entitled "Capitale De La Douleur" that was released in 2001 on Eibon Records.

Memory

Physika Kai Mystika – Fall (Demo 1996)

Country: Austria

Tracklist

1. Verfall 09:09
2. The Hopscotch Funeral 04:47
3. Lovelorn Sleeper 03:33
4. Catharsis 07:43
5. Impure 02:18
6. Totenpfahl 06:57
7. Springtime Overture 06:17
8. Mephisto And The Worm 04:20
9. Your Limbs To Mine 06:34
10. Fulmar Wings 04:19
11. The Pagan Wayfarer / Laceclad Wench Of Late, Eternal 17:14
12. Condor Years 04:07
13. Rock Me Amadeus (Falco Cover) 02:10
14. Liebe 07:00
15. Eldorado 04:25

Physika Kai Mystika was an Austrian project that was formed by Richard Widhalm in 1995.
Their name derived from the Greek Alchemic sript by Bolus of Mendes.
From 1991 to 1995 the band was known as Six Feet Below and played Gothic Metal.
In 1995 Richard released the first demo of the band under the title "Vermächtnis" using a drum machine and some samples.
The positive reviews prompted him to add Six Feet Below's keyboardist, Stoffl (aka Christoph Macheiner),

and help with the record of their second demo "Fall" that was released in 1996.
Richard Widhalm also released in 1997 the demo "Zen Koan" with his solo project Veda.
After few line-up changes, singer Kathi was added as a female vocalist extending the vocal lines of the project.
With her addition Physika Kai Mystika released their third and last demo entitled "Theravada" in 2000.
A full length album was in the future plans but the project was dissolved in early 2000s.

Memory

Atom Infant Incubator – Copula (1994)

Country: Italy

Tracklist

1. Segment 1 05:35
2. Segment 2 07:37
3. Segment 3 04:49
4. Segment 4 06:45
5. Segment 5 04:52
6. Segment 6 07:08
7. Segment 7 05:41
8. Segment 8 03:16
9. Segment 9 03:38
10. Segment 10 04:57
11. Segment 11 03:51
12. Segment 12 02:37
13. Segment 13 04:10

Atom Infant Incubator was a joint project between Paolo Beltrame (Die Sonne Satan) and Claudio Dondo (Runes Order).
"Copula" was their first offering and the duo here presents thirteen segments

of dark-narcoleptic ambient frequencies mixed with spacey and wandering tunes.
Released on CD format by Sempiterna Mutatio and on cassette by Misty Circles.

Memory

Lichium – Lichium (1996)

Country: Japan

Tracklist

1. Tamonation 01:38
2. Tamolia 08:56
3. Golfect For Justice 02:40
4. Tamorism 06:39
5. 万引き (Manviki) 05:07
6. オビズイジュンオサダイヒデカジウシザキ (Obi Zui Jun Osa Die Hide Kagi Ushi Zaki) 01:14
7. Tamoleon 06:06
8. 犬 (Inu) 04:08
9. 山登り (Yamanobori) 07:12
10. 河童伝説 (Kappa Densetsu) 05:42
11. Tamolia (デモバージョン) (Demo) 08:56

12. 魔王 (Bonus Track) 04:08

Lichium was a strange black metal/hardcore/punk band from Nagasaki/Tokyo, Japan that was formed in 1992.

Their lyrical content supposedly dealing with satirical comedy, golf (!),

Kazuyoshi Morita (aka Tamori, known for his trademark dark sunglasses) and parodies of the black metal genre/scene.

Their first self titled album was released in 1996 on the Japanese cult punk/hardcore/noise label 殺害塩化ビニール 

and is a mixture of keyboard based black metal with hardcore and punk elements,

featuring vocals from all of the three members of the project.
Their line up on the album consisted of Simura Sword (guitars/vocals), Zuijyu (keyboards/vocals) and Halawata (bass/vocals).
During the period 1996 to 2003 Lichium released several demos,performed live and participated in various compilations.
In 2011 their second and final album "Frozen Tamori" was released.

The memory link features the bonus track, "魔王",

that was taken from the 1997 compilation "殺害カバーオムニバス ~ 大熊小鹿馬場鶴田".

Memory

Kraken – Aquanaut (1999)

Country: Belgium

Tracklist

1. Liquid Enchantress / Lured Underneath 06:53
2. Demagogic Journey 08:21
3. Point Of Submersion / Maelstrom 07:36
4. Profound Aquatic Stasis 12:15
5. Descending Into The Abyss 09:00
6. Cerebral Core Of The Octopus / Hypnotic Preassure 02:58

Debut release for the project Kraken consisting of Ricardo Gomez and Joris Vermost.
The Belgian duo creates a perfect blend of lucid atmospheric ambient tunes with manipulated samples.
The result is a strange abyssal journey through the realm of neptunal underworlds.
Released on the Belgian Nautilus as a limited edition of 500 copies on heavy weight blue vinyl

of which 30 copies come in a large pizza-box that includes a t-shirt and postcards with seafood recipes.

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Harry Bertoia – Unfolding (1993)

Country: Italy / United States

Tracklist

1. #1025 Unfolding 18:35
2. #1025 Sounds Beyond 15:02
3. #1032 Here And Now 21:04
4. #1032 Here And Now Part II 13:06

Arri Bertoia (March 10, 1915 – November 6, 1978) was an Italian-born American artist,

sound art sculptor, and modern furniture designer.
Bertoia was born in the small village of San Lorenzo, Friuli, Italy.
At age 15, given the opportunity to move to Detroit, and live with his older brother, Oreste.
Upon entering North America, his nickname of Arieto (little Arri) was altered to the Americanized Harry.
After learning English and the bus schedule, he enrolled in Cass Technical High School,

where he studied art and design and learned the skill of handmade jewelry making.
In 1936 he attended the Art School of the Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts, now known as the College for Creative Studies.
The following year in 1937 he received a scholarship to study at the Cranbrook Academy of Art 

where he encountered Walter Gropius, Edmund N. Bacon, Ray and Charles Eames, and Florence Knoll for the first time.
In 1939 after reopening the metal workshop, he began to focus his efforts on jewelry making,

even designing and creating wedding rings for Ray Eames and Edmund Bacon's wife Ruthtaught,

as the war effort made metal a rare and very expensive commodity.
When all the metal was taken up by war efforts, he became the graphics instructor.
Still at Cranbrook, in 1943 he married Brigitta Valentiner, and then moved to California

to work for Charles and Ray at the Molded Plywood Division of the Evans Product Company.
Bertoia also learned welding techniques at Santa Monica College and began experimenting with sound sculptures.
He worked there until 1946, then sold his jewelry and monotypes and worked with the Electronics Naval Lab in La Jolla.

In 1950, he was invited to move to Pennsylvania to work with Hans and Florence Knoll.

During this period he designed five wire pieces that became known as the Bertoia Collection for Knoll. 

Among these was the famous diamond chair, a fluid, sculptural form made from a welded lattice work of steel.
In his own words, "If you look at these chairs, they are mainly made of air, like sculpture. Space passes right through them."
The commercial success enjoyed by Bertoia's diamond chair was immediate.

It was only in 2005 that his asymmetrical chaise longue was introduced at the Milan Furniture Fair and sold out immediately.
In the 1960s, he began experimenting with sounding sculptures of tall vertical rods on flat bases.

He renovated the old barn into an atypical concert hall and put in about 100 of his favorite "Sonambient" sculptures.
Their sizes vary from a few inches all the way up to twenty feet tall.

Many metals were used for the rods, the most common being beryllium copper

known for its wide range of color variations and rich tones.

Some rods are capped with cylinders or drops of metal, resembling cattails,

which, by their weight, accentuate the swaying of the tonal rods and creating deep resonant tones.
Bertoia often recorded his sound experiments using overhead microphones and a 1/4" tape recorder.
He played the pieces in a number of concerts and even produced a series of eleven albums, all entitled "Sonambient,"

of the music made by his art, manipulated by his hands along with the elements of nature.
In 2016, these "Sonambient" recordings were re-issued by Important Records 

as a box set with a booklet of the history and previously unseen photos.
Three major documentaries featuring the barn and other pieces were released about Bertoia.
Learning of the dismal diagnosis of cancer in 1976 caused Bertoia to work furiously on organizing his monotypes,

perfecting the tonal barn collection, and putting his life’s work in order.

He had produced probably tens of thousands of pieces of art during his short life.

His work had consumed most of his time, much of his passion, and ultimately all of his energy.

The toxic fumes such as from the beryllium copper he so loved contributed to the lung cancer.

Yet, his death was peaceful, he felt complete, and he accepted dying as simply one more transitional part of life.

Harry Bertoia died at age 63 on November 6th, 1978 in his home,

and was buried beneath a giant gong behind his Sonambient barn.
The compilation "Unfolding" features two of the eleven albums of the "Sonambient" series,

"Unfolding / Sounds Beyond" and "Here And Now / Unknown" that was originally released on vinyl in 1978.

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Angrenost – Evil (MCD 1998)

Country: Portugal

Tracklist

1. Inside The Starlight Tunnel 01:10
2. Cosmic Journey At The Night Skies 06:12
3. Timeless 02:52
4. Twilight Portal 07:30
5. Eternal Silence 02:04

Angrenost was formed in 1995 when Pursan and Ainvar (Storm Legion, Sirius) joined forces.
In 1997 they recorded in one afternoon at Pinguim Studios the demo-EP "Evil",

that was released in 1998 as a MCD by the label Andromeda Creations.
After many issues the band split apart by the end of 1998,

just before recording their debut album, and stayed in a coma for almost twelve years.
In 2010 Pursan reactivated Angrenost without Ainvar but with two new members,

Erdsaf (Bass, Drum programming) and Enobólico (Guitars, Maldição, Murmúrio, Wavelength Satan).
After a deal established with the Italian label Code666 Records,

in 2013 Angrenost released their debut album "Planet Muscaria".

In "Planet Muscaria" their sound differentiated into a more cold industrial/ambient/black metal

and their lyrics explored the psychological depths of human psyche and the miserable side in the human existence.
In 2017 they released on Altare Productions the album "Nox Et Hiems" this time with W.uR (Israthoum, Monte Penumbra)

replacing Enobólico on guitars and their style changing again into a more traditional black metal sound 

with Pursan delivering an excellent performance on vocals similar to that of Aldrahn (Urarv) and Attila Csihar (Mayhem).
2022 saw the return of founder Ainvar (aka A.Ara) on guitars replacing W.uR 

and also the addition of Magnús Skúlason (Misþyrming, ex-Svartidauði) on drums.

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Άρης Ρέτσος – Σοφοκλέους Αντιγόνη (1995)

Country: Greece

Tracklist

1. Σοφοκλέους Αντιγόνη 01:14:08

Aris Retsos was born in Alexandria, Egypt in 1957 and studied acting at the Veakis School in Athens.
Between 1981 and 1986 he appeared in the films "Oi Apenanti" and "Mania" directed by Giorgos Panousopoulos,

"Bordelo" directed by Nikos Koundouros, "I Fotografia" directed by Nikos Papatakis,

a film considered to be inside the top ten of the Greek cinema,

and in the tv movie "Xoma Kai Nero" directed by Fotis Vianelis.

He became widely known to the public through the part of the consumptive young man Paspatis,

in the television series "Astrofeggia" (1981), based on a novel by I.M.Panagiotopoulos.
In 1986 though, the promising, upcoming young star Aris Retsos,

made a very unusual choice and decided to retire from the movie and theater business.

He became involved in deep and systematic research of the rules and techniques of acting in general, 

and with special emphasis given on the Ancient Greek Drama.

At that time, he also started his practice at the martial art of Tai chi.
In 1993, after seven years of retirement, he returns to the theater, with a solo performance entitled "Anoixti Dokimi".

There, in "EMPROS" theater in central Athens, having only one stringed musical instrument accompanying him,

he recites excerpts from the Greek tragedy "Ajax" by Sophocles in ancient Greek and in a way never heard before.
During that performance, it became vividly understood for the first time, that the musical measures, pace and rhythm, define completely not only the way of acting in the Ancient Greek Drama, but also the direction, the choreography etc.
This totally new proposal, after the initial surprise, was very well received by the audience.

The famous Greek composer Manos Xatzidakis, having watched the performance, immediately asked Aris Retsos 

to record "Ajax" and publicize it through the avant-garde record company "Seirios" that he managed those days.
In 1994, Aris Retsos chooses for his debut in theater direction

the highly praised contemporary Greek one act play "To Tavli" (The Backgammon) by Dimitris Kexaidis.
In 1995 he founds the theater company "Polionimo" (the one with the many names) and presents in "Sfendoni" theater 

the performance "Antigonis Xoros" (chorus of Antigone) based on "Antigone" by Sophocles

and exploring the central part of the "Chorus" in Ancient Greek Drama.

At the same period he released the CD "Σοφοκλέους Αντιγόνη" that features a live recording performance

at "Sfendoni" theater and comes inside a box with a cloth bound book of the performance text.
In 1996 he appears in the international poetry festival "Myrisai To Ariston" (Smell The Excellent), 

directed by Maya Liberopoulou, in Herodes Atticus Odeon, with a performance based on "Ajax" by Sophocles.

In 1998 he participates in the international theater festival "The Ancient Drama In The East"

organized by the European Cultural Center of Delphi, with the performance "Antigonis Xoros".
In 1998 he presents the performance "Strofes - Antistrofes" (Verses and Counter-verses) based also on plays by Sophocles.

During this performance, the musical orchestra "Nikos Skalkotas"

played music by Ianis Xenakis under the direction of Miltos Logiadis.
Between 1993 and 2001, Aris Retsos, appeared in many cultural events and festivals all around Greece 

and was invited by the German - Greek theater festival of Koln, where he presented the performance "Strofes - Antistrofes".
Since 2001, Aris Retsos has adopted a completely new approach concerning his research of the acting technique.

He has concentrated on the modern Greek language, and has been examining the possibility of transferring

the musical rhythm and measures from the ancient Greek language to the modern,

a transfer which is not academic and arbitrary, but organic and meaningful, and actually raises the quality

and gives answers to the questions of acting in the Ancient Greek Drama and in general.
Based on the knowledge accumulated by this longtime research,

in 2008, he directs and plays in the solo performance "Aima Kako" (Bad Blood),

based on the first chapter of the poem of Arthur Rimbaud "Season In Hell" in a modern Greek language translation.
On the July 5th 2011, invited by the Greek Festival he directs, the performance "Thronos Atreidon" 

(The Throne Of The Atreus Family) in Herodes Atticus Odeon, based on excerpts of Sophocles and Aeschylus

 relevant to the legend of the Atreus family, in the modern Greek language and with the cooperation of twenty actors.

He is also in charge of the music selection, the scenography, the costumes and the choreography.

In front of a large audience this time, the vast possibilities offered by the musical measures and rhythms 

of the plays for the upgrading and evolving of contemporary art, became crystal clear and understood.

In 2013, he directs and appears in the solo performance "Epea Pteroenta" (Words That Fly),

where he recites for the first time ever and in a completely new way, monologues from Aeschylus and Sophocles,

and not only parts of the Chorus as he used to do up to then.

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