Bruit Direct Disques / France / 2025
A haunting journey through "sonic cathedrals" where dark folk, industrial mysticism, and neoclassical decay collide. This record acts as a sonic logbook of a voyage beyond consciousness, drifting from tavern-scented pagan folk to the ghostly reverberations of a room full of secrets. It is a work of grit and grace that balances the organic warmth of strings with the cold unpredictability of magnetic tape.
Moving between the ritualistic and the cinematic, it evokes the cosmic dread of Brian Eno’s On Land, the metallic weight of Inade, and the melancholic crumbling of The Caretaker. A brilliant achievement that sits on the razor's edge between beauty and fear.
FFO: Les Joyaux de la Princesse, Keiji Haino, The Caretaker, Inade.