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From the newly re-released, remastered album, "Of Darkness And Re-Creation". A co-release between Cyclic Law, Indiestate Distribution and Ewers Tonkunst.

The Oblivious Faces (Remastered 2010)

First in a series of collaborations between Cyclic Law and Ewers Tonkunst, this is a re-issue of the long sold out second Svartsinn album from the year 2003. “Of Darkness And Re-Creation” is a “collection of stories based on heavy mind struggles, emotional complicity or elegies which either leads to emptiness or dark places for a re-creation of the self image. Darkness is all around us or inside each and every one of us, let¹s not fear it.. Prosper in darkness...” (from the original edition release notes). Maybe the most hopeless and desperate music ever done by Svartsinn’s mastermind’s Jan Roger Pettersen, it is definitely one of the classical works from this “new” generation of dark ambient artists that were gathered around Cyclic Law in the first decade of 2000. 

This edition has completely new artwork and new mastering, it is limited to 500 copies and comes in a stylish monochrome mini LP-like cover with inner sleeve, both with silkscreened elements.
8 Tracks. Running time; 49:33

Svartsinn - Mind Dust - Excerpt

Now back in stock, the first "official" cd from this now well known Swedish master of Dark Ambient soundscapes
After a streak of cdrs and an apperance on the Nord Ambient Alliance compilation CD, Kammarheit offers us a unique album of tortured sonic landscapes taking us on an unsetteling journey through darkened dreams. Homogeneous dark ambiences combined with serene drones and put together as a shadowy collection of dreamy, melancholic soundscapes, Kammarheit forms images of long lost ruins, barren lands and gigantic, rumbling machines. "Asleep and well hidden" was created as a tool for dreamers, a place to flee to when the outside world comes too close...

First pressing of 500 copies comes in a 6 panel textured cardboard sleeve with a 9" by 15" poster
2 Repress of 500 copies come in original 6 panel textured cardboard sleeve, without poster.
6 Tracks. Running time; 40:31

Kammarheit - Hiding - Excerpt

Reissue of Kammarheit's long deleated second album wich has become a true classic in the Dark Ambient spheres.
The Starwheel offers us an eloquent, more profound and highly personal album. The deeply serene drones and melancholic soundscapes are as always the main focus, but this time Pär Boström introduces an engulfing spiritual depth to his soundscapes. Here is a new glimpse of the world of Kammarheit, here's the second meditation.

2nd edition of 1000 copies in 4 panel Digipack, Remastered.
1st edition of 1000 copies in gatefold cardboard cd sleeve with Poster.
8 Tracks. Running time; 46:06

Kammarheit - Hypnagoga - Excerpt

The 4th album by Norwegian dark ambient act, Svartsinn, shows a more melodic yet rather obscure side of the artist. 2009 is the 10th year of Svartsinn's existence and it has inspired Pettersen to try a different approach and to experiment with some new ideas. This new musical journey deals with sadness and melancholy, about not knowing one's place in this vast and at times uninviting world, how it can become a daily torment to not be able to find one's reason to exist. And it's also about finding one's personal path, finding ways to endure and hopefully transcend these engulfing life challenges.
The Double CD includes a unique collaboration track with Dahlia's Tear and a 10 years anniversary bonus disc containing exclusive 
remixes by Triarii, Kammarheit, Letum, Life Toward Twilight, Gustaf Hildebrand, Tenebrious, New Risen Throne, MGriffin, Visions and Hovmod. All acts giving very interesting perspectives on some of Svartsinn's previously released tracks, making this second disc a very special homage to the singular world of Svartsinn.

Edition of 1000 copies in 8 panel foldout cardboard sleeve.
CD1: 4 Tracks. Running Time 34:36
CD2: 14 Tracks. Running Time 1:11.15

Svartsinn - No Passage To The Innermost (Hovmod Mix) - Excerpt

...But The Fire Burns No More

From the album V/A - A Tribute to Zdzislaw Beksinski, released by Wrotycz Records in 2007. On the image you can see the paiting I chose (of the ones available) to take inspiration from. 

Info about the compilation: http://www.discogs.com/Various-Untitled-A-Tribute-To-Zdzislaw-Beksinski/release/919072

Svartsinn - Untitled (A Tribute to Zdzislaw Beksinski)

Kammarheit - All Quiet In The Land of Frozen Scenes

Kammarheit - Landfall

10 years after the now cult classic album “The Starwheel”, Kammarheit finally offers us brand new material of his most complex work yet. Pär Boström returns with his typical atmospheres that are both apocalyptic in vision and soothing to the soul, delivering a dense and compelling album of pure, awe-inspiring darkness and meditative ambience. With The Nest, Pär takes us on a subterranean journey through enormous halls of unfathomable depths, and with the new opus he demonstrates once again why he’s become one of the most respected artist in dark ambient.
Edition of 800 copies in 4 panel Digipack. 9 Tracks. 48:00

Kammarheit - Sung In Secret - Excerpt

Kammarheit - Sphaerula - Excerpt

Kammarheit - Unsealed - Excerpt

Kammarheit - The Poignant

Title track from my debut, brings back a lot of memories both good and bad.

Svartsinn - Devouring Consciousness

[gterma013] : Mathias Grassow - Uttarakuru

Prepare for a bit of sound archaeology as we revisit two related drone pieces recorded back in 1999. Together they illustrate a difficult voyage to the mystical continent of Uttarakuru, believed populated by a highly refined people with deep spiritual capabilities. Journey across a treacherous ocean and gloom mountains in search of its floating cities. Double album comes in a jewelcase with a 12-page booklet. 

Tracklist

1. The Empty Sky (74:15)
2. Distant Light (74:41)

[gterma013] : Mathias Grassow - Distant Light

A song that appeared on "Compilation For A Cat" - a compilation that was put together to help raise funds for the cat Bran's medical expenses.
The track is named after my own cat.

Kammarheit - Kosmos

As the harvest season is over the cold and dark autumn is already creeping upon us. In October, the Hunter's Moon sits high atop the sky, bathing the landscape in its eerie bright light. The hunters would welcome this change which gives them a better chance of catching their next prey. Meanwhile, the people sit by candle light in their cottages on the edge of the forest, awaiting their soon return. Deep inside the woods, others bide their time.

Tracklist

1. The Longing (11:50)
2. Domains Of The Stallo (34:20)
3. Call Of The Huldra (10:59)
4. Bloodmoon (18:51)

[gterma020] : Mathias Grassow - Bloodmoon

Taken from the album "Elegies For The End", released on Cyclic Law in late 2009.

September Dirge

Taken from the album "Traces Of Nothingness", released on Cyclic Law in 2005.

No Passage To The Innermost

Taken from the album "Of Darkness And Re-Creation", released on Cyclic Law in 2003.

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