In 1999 Sephiroth made a big impression with the album Cathedron. Quite some years passed until a second album saw the light. Now there is the sequel entitled Draconian Poetry.
This collaboration starts out warm and calm, like a soundtrack to weightlessness in a pleasant area out of time. And it remains to evoke this kind of mood.
In the ten years of its existence, Axon Neuron, later Axon Neuron/Vagwa, has achieved somewhat of a cult status. "Documents 1995-2005" is not a typical ‘Best of’, rather a collection of rarities. Both cd’s are filled to the brim and last over 75 minutes, offering 25 tracks in total, with an excellent sound quality.
Kostnice is the solo project by Sofia E.R. from Wermut. She already released some music from this project on cd-r on Gigabrother. Finsterfelden is the first vinyl release and a major achievement.
A spooky, uncanny openingstrack really fetches my attention immediately, as I play ‘A lick is good for the soul’. The track is called ‘Spook is now’ and it is probably created out of manipulated electric guitar.
Records of Aidan Baker are always welcome in my collection. Baker has established a reputation as a very prolific composer of all kinds of soundscapes. ‘Traumerei’ is party a lush and ethnic ambient album, partly a ambient-pop album.
‘Solis’ is an EP release through Onyxia Records. ‘Solis’ is mostly atmospherics and ambience, but also features piano, guitar other electronic instruments.
Having listened to my fair share of ambient over the years, I can say with some certainty that ‘Fragile Confrontation’ is well done.
