Nearly a decade ago, God Body Disconnect burst on the scene with his critically acclaimed debut album “Dredge Portals.” It has been hailed by many as an album that challenged the mold of the dark ambient genre. In the subsequent years and with a span of several album releases, Bruce Moallem has proven to be one of the genres most unique artists, who unrelentingly follows his vision without regard for confines. Today, God Body Disconnect presents his 10th solo album, “Detune The Tragic Light.”

This is a bold album in many ways. The dark sections are much darker, and the emotional digs are deep and impactful. Meticulous details drag you on a rollercoaster ride where inner and outer demons accompany the seat next to you.

B.M. Journal entry 12/15/XXXX
It wasn’t always this way. There was a time when I felt in control of my life. When crippling depression and anxiety weren’t constantly looming over me. When I didn’t hear poisonous voices, or see frightening visions. I didn’t always feel like a helpless puppet dangling within a strange, twisted world. There were some happier moments when I saw the world as a brighter shade. When what I could achieve seemed boundless. I desperately tried to keep myself in the light, because it felt good for once. I thought I could stay there by burying all the pain as deep as I could; I tried to forget. I learned the hard way that there was no hole deep enough to cover them. The decline wasn’t a quick process, but rather a slow and methodical corroding of the mind. First it was the little things that began to change. I noticed I had trouble sleeping, and would have terrible lucid nightmares when I did. I couldn’t remember things as good anymore. My thoughts and speech weren’t sinking up as they used to. I started to have unpredictable anxiety attacks that felt like a heart attack. Depression began to creep into my everyday life without any conscious reason I could point to. I just knew I didn’t feel good, and something was wrong. I became angrier, and my propensity for violence grew. I’m not going to lie and tell you I was a saint. Some deeds done leave a permanent stain on your soul. The grave mistake I made was I didn’t understand how the power of guilt and pain would bite me back. From there it only escalated to a point where life was becoming unbearable. I didn’t want to wake up anymore. I wished it was nighttime so I didn’t have to live with the suffering all day. I started to withdraw from the world. Paranoia of being watched or targeted controlled my every thought. I started to hear and see things that no one else did. It felt like being possessed by demons. I was scared and confused, and foolishly thought I could fix me on my own. I self medicated to numb the biting emotions. But, that only spiraled me deeper into a pit of blackness. I tried to hold on as tight as I could, but I eventually lost my grip on reality. I was no longer me. It’s been so long now, that I don’t even know what “me” is anymore. It’s so dark in here, and I can’t seem to find any light. I pray I haven’t lost it forever.

Recommended for fans of moody, depressive soundscapes and themes. 

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God Body Disconnect - Detune the Tragic Light - 01 The Voice of Depression

Skrika presents his 4th album on Cryo Chamber, Betrayal of Caerimar. A masterfully crafted cinematic dark ambient experience continuing to expand on the universe that started with the first album Fifth Nature.

Cerria’s bastion at Caerimar is one of her furthest most outposts across the ice fields on Soludenia. After six cycles of warding off the Chimera, the tythlotic trackers are growing wearisome and rumours of insurgency are growing. In an attempt to quell the mounting unrest Cerria travels out to Caerimar at the time of ritual festivities marking the beginning of a new cycle. The trackers see this coming together as an opportune time to overthrow Cerria and her entourage. Taken unaware, those at the festivities are overpowered and scatter, with Cerria taking refuge in the energy conversion facilities at the remote edges of Caerimar. With communications cut off, she and a few loyal Augments find themselves isolated. At dawn, the merciless trackers infiltrate the facility, ruthlessly effective in their desire to hunt down those seeking sanctuary within. Having engineered the trackers to protect against the Chimera, the Augments suddenly find themselves the ones being hunted. Overwhelmed by the relentless raids by the hordes of trackers – their hideous cries piercing the now silent icefields, rescue comes too late, and Cerria is lost.

Recommended for fans of sci-fi atmospheres, exceptional hi-fi sound design and environmental mixing.

Skrika - Betrayal of Caerimar - 02 Broken Communication

Alphaxone brings on a cinematic dark space journey wrapped in a deep layer of atmospherics and sounds from the void.

Recommended for fans of Space Ambient, Dark Ambient and Layered Drone

Alphaxone - Final Encounter - 02 Cyberstate

Alphaxone - Final Encounter - 03 Exonova

Alphaxone - Final Encounter - 04 Remcyc

Dead Melodies presents an immersive exploration of warped lo-fi frequencies where melancholic melodies and heavy pulsing basses ripple like distant echoes in a dark forgotten realm.

Where the mist of echoed dreams and hazy memories dissolve in shifting frequencies, deep resonant drones vibrate through the soul and bygone whispers emerge from the unseen as the mind drifts between worlds.

Dead Melodies - Echolithia - 01 Sonorveil

Robert presents us with his 6th full length, where his current analog techniques bridge with productions of the past. A warm and haunting experience awaits in the Ultimum Saeculum.

If humanity and the world we know ceased to be, what would you do with your last day on Earth? Would you lament over the loss of everything that gave cohesion to existence? Or would you take control of your final destiny and pursue the ultimate peace within? Only the waves can grant this final journey where time is ticking and it's always close to midnight. Ultimum Saeculum utilizes the warmth of analog processing, attuned pedal arragments, and an array of field recordings to deliver a unique concept of telling a story of desperation and redemption in the passing of a day.

CD comes with an 8 page booklet

Apocryphos - Ultimum Saeculum - 02 0400 (Lisolia)

Astrokid Mini Pack - Neon Future Bass Tracks

Neon Future Bass Tracks - Track 05

For the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.

FallingForward

live from UZESTE

An excerpt of a track from my next album Metanoia...

Apocryphos - The Withdrawing Soul

Cryo Chamber is a 24 Bit dark ambient label run by Atrium Carceri focusing on deep high quality dark ambient with a cinematic edge.