Paa Annandalii - Altars [2015]

This massive release is actually 2 separate albums. I would be very surprised to find a better drone release than this for 2015.
Altars I is reminiscent of the Mohave Triangles sound. I instantly thought of Sky Limousine and Josh Burke as well. It is psych-drone done well. Very well.
Altars II begins in silence and builds like a Steve Roach piece. A slow build to some very warm swells, then before you become aware of it, it's gotten dark. The ending is loud and noisy and massive.

I really don't think I could talk up this album enough.
25 copy limited edition
c95
CPL002
try / buy

Troum & Yen Pox ‎– Mnemonic Induction [2002]

Please turn up the low end. Maximum volume yields maximum results







dl

Paul Jebanasam - Rites [2013]

one of the best releases of the year for me. a mixture of so many styles that I will need to stop typing before I make a fool of myself.

let's just say it's grim. it's noisy. it's good.

dl / buy [320]

Henrik Nordvargr Björkk ‎– Sleep Therapy [2011 reissue]

an 8 hour release of dark ambient that would give lustmord nightmares. incredibly subtle and atmospheric (aside from tuesday's BC which runs heavy on bass) .

monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
etc

[320]

Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Gift of Tongues [2013]

noisy. dark. distant. droned the fuck out

dl / buy [320]

Best of 09

#11 Lustmord - The Dark Places of Earth

This is some music straight from hell. I don't know why, but I crave this sound. I love to lay in bed at night and play dark ambient, trying to gain the mindset these artist put behind their music. It's great. This release is one of my favorite from Lustmord. Sorry, no tribal horns this time. Just creepy, isolating, rumbling tones. This guy is the king of dark ambient for a reason.


1: Fallen (16:00)
2: Atom (13:37)
3: Ashen (13:43)
4: Eon (8:34)
5: Primal (9:56)
6: The Last Days (6:37)

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Pete Namlook & Bill Laswell - Psychonavigation [2003]

Upped by request.

1: Psychic And UFO Revelations In The Last Days (38:46)
2: Angel Tech (10:17)
3: Black Dawn (21:22)

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Martyn Bates & Troum - To A Child Dancing In The Wind [2006]

Upped by request. I've never been a fan of Eyeless in Gaza or his solo stuff, but there's something about Martyn Bates voice that matches so well with a dark feel. Anyone who enjoyed the Murder Ballads should definitely check this out, and vice versa.


1: Mad As The Mist And Snow #2 (12:59)
2: The Arrow (3:49)
3: The Magi (4:55)
4: I Made My Song (2:44)
5: To A Child Dancing In The Wind (4:18)
6: Mad Reprise (9:38)
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Lustmord & Robert Rich - Stalker [1995]

Upped by request. This album runs the gamut of everything dark ambient should be. Two main founders of this genre teaming up on a classic.

1: Elemental Trigger (6:06)
2: Synergistic Perceptions (10:59)
3: Hidden Refuge (9:36)
4: Delusion Fields (9:33)
5: Omnipresent Boundary (15:00)
6: Undulating Terrain (5:36)
7: A Point Of No Return (11:35)
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Bass Communion - Ghosts on Magnetic Tape [2003]

Upped by request.

1: Ghosts on Magnetic Tape I (12:46)
2: Ghosts on Magnetic Tape II (7:02)
3: Ghosts on Magnetic Tape III (10:15)
4: Ghosts on Magnetic Tape IV (8:18)
5: Ghosts on Magnetic Tape V (18:49)
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The Mount Fuji Doom Jazz Corporation - Future Doomjazz Corpses

Upped by request.

1: Untitled (6:03)
2: Untitled (6:24)
3: Untitled (5:24)
4: Untitled (4:07)
5: Untitled (9:20)
6: Untitled (7:23)
7: Untitled (10:28)
8: Untitled (7:52)
9: Untitled (12:12)
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Raison d'être - The Empty Hollow Unfolds [2000]

Cold Meat Industry is pretty well known name to fans of dark music, especially ambient and industrial. Some people even use the labels name as a genre classification for the music. Raison d'être has been around for quite a bit, but I think this is his best one. Swedes and Norwegians always create some pretty gothic stuff, but this isn't overdone. Metal on metal, choral chants, field recordings, the works.

1: The Slow Ascent (5:40)
2: The Hidden Hollows (10:17)
3: End of a Cycle (7:54)
4: The Wasteland (9:28)
5: The Eternal Return and the Infinity Horizon (20:09)
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M.J. Harris & Martyn Bates - The Murder Ballads [1998]

A personal favorite, but recommended only to fans of neofolk. Mick Harris (Napalm Death, Lull, Scorn, Somnific Flux) collaborating with Martyn Bates. The three albums (Drift, Passages, Incest) were made between 1994 and 1998 and put into a collection. Harris' eerie but calming ambient matched with poetry sung in a meter I can't pick out. Each track is a story of something terrible but sung in a lullaby fashion. Standout tracks like The Two Brothers and Long Lankin sound like something from medieval or renaissance times. Truly strange music.

Disc one : DRIFT
1: The Death of Polly (14:09)
2: The Fowler (18:32)
3: Lucy Wan (4:39)
4: Long Lankin (16:04)

Disc two : PASSAGES
1: The Bramble Briar (13:27)
2: The Cruel Mother (11:24)
3: The Banks of Fordie (13:07)
4: The Murder of Maria Marten (17:32)

Disc three : INCEST
1: The Bonny Hind (12:11)
2: Sheaf and Knife (12:06)
3: The Two Brothers (17:08)
4: Edward (17:41)
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Various Artists - The Throne of Drones [1995]

A perfect example of my favorite vein of music. Spaced out, minimal, harmonic, brazen, and isolated. Soundscapes with texture.









1: Simorgh Sleeps on Velvet Tongues, The - Robert Rich (10:15)
2: Mobius III - Ray Guillette (3:25)
3: In the Catacombs (Again) - Steve Roach (7:44)
4: Smudgeon - Iso Ambient Orchestra (2:57)
5: Pool of Mercury - Xopher Davidson (5:13)
6: Equal Distance - Vidna Obmana (9:38)
7: Retina Volt Stream - Gregory Lenczycki (5:27)
8: Low Ceiling - Jeff Greinke (4:45)
9: Filament in Strata, A - Rhythm & Noise (3:22)
10: En Trance - Biosphere (4:47)
11: Etude For T.O.D. - David Darling (5:15)
12: Sound Characters - Maryanne Amacher (9:47)
13: Le Segue - Naut Humon (1:14)
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Lustmord - Heresy [2004]

Lustmord is the kingpin of dark ambient music. He's been doing it since the 80's and since then his style has been emulated to death, such as many great artists. His music uses tones that are meant to inspire fear, and he goes to absurd lengths to make sure of it. One of my favorite things about him is his signature sound: a tibetan horn that sounds like a battle cry. Listening to lustmord can turn any room into the deepest pit of hell. Eeerie rumbles accompanied with wind that fill up the room around you.

1: Heresy Part I (7:26)
2: Heresy Part II (10:16)
3: Heresy Part III (16:04)
4: Heresy Part IV (6:35)
5: Heresy Part V (7:47)
6: Heresy Part VI (14:42)
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