What? Another Thing? Yes, another one! Wait, where have I read that before? I remember, look above, and you will see the why and how of this series. This time, four different artists, along with Sascha, did a great job in combining these acts. These things sound very nicely as a dark ambient sampler, precisely what you would expect from this musical style. Minimal, ghostly, spacious, creepy, slightly unsettling and, well, you know, dark.
First up is Humanfobia. A duo from Chile, consisting of Mist Spectra, who handles the female vocals and visual support, and Sábila Orbe, who handles sound programming, mixing, and the male vocals. They’ve released quite a lot in the past 15 years, but it’s the first time I’ve heard of them. Minimal, dark experimental layers featuring spoken word and a touch of classical singing can be found in “Reflection of Darkness & Grey Lights (Ghost Drone edit)”.
Olik Nesnah from Iowa (who, according to Discogs, did a split with Mindspawn, whom I haven’t spoken to in ages; Tell him I said ‘hi’) does a track titled “The Thing”, which is, of course, fitting for this sampler. And actually, the icy atmospheres and the unsettling tension at the station are captured very well in this track. Close your eyes and you’re there. It lacks the monster, though …
The third one on here is Kathodos, a labelled apocalyptic folk, black metal, drone project from Kansas City. “Window (Edit)” is a 12-minute track featuring minimal, noisy experiments and melodies set over a continuous loop played in the background. The fun part here was to discover where the sounds originated from. I think the melodic sequences are somehow guitar-related, but for the rest, who knows? I wish there were a bit more variation, but it’s not bad at all.
Closing track is “Jötunn” by Her Menacing Pet. Not a new name for me, as I’ve seen it in connection with Owlripper Recordings, which I follow on Bandcamp. A nice place to explore things and a new way to listen to ‘Radio’ (create your own). Behind Her Menacing Pet is Chris Campbell from Saint Paul, Minnesota. With “Jötunn”, he delivers a delicious dark ambient track, the way dark ambient should be. Favorite of this thing.
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