It’s with great honour that we present the latest album by Swedish dark ambient stalwart raison d’être. 
This time Peter Andersson scrutinizes the paths of Carl Gustav Jung's notions of archetypes and the individuation process. Just like Mise en Abyme, the previous raison d'être album from 2014, Alchymeia is diving deep down to the shadows of the unconsciousness, and back to a dawn of the true Self. Confronting the shadow within is the darkest time of despair. There seems no way forward, only down. All is blackening and decomposed. Suddenly, through an enantiodromia, the ever deepening descent into the unconscious transmogrifies and becomes gradually illuminated. The melancholia is being purified. Alchymeia is in a sense the “raison d'être” of raison d'être, a shadowy journey through our unconscious the individuation process and archetypes. This release also marks the first time a raison d'être album will be available on vinyl. Artwork by Nihil.
CD edition of 500 Copies in 6 panel Digisleeve. 4 Tracks. Running Time 71:06
Vinyl edition of 200 Copies in Gatefold Double LP. 4 Tracks. Running Time 71:06

raison d'être "Alchymeia" CD/2LP (101st Cycle)

Reclaim Your City 260 | SHXCXCHCXSH & SSTROM (Norrköping, Sweden)

SHXCXCHCXSH are undoubtable masters of vivid techno constructions, which are as heavy as they are refined. On the first hour of this premiere episode recorded at the Sound Of Stockholm festival, SHXCXCHCXSH sculpt a small self-sufficient world with dystopian and cinematic flow, which acts as a de-personalised journey across some unfamiliar, mysterious, yet inviting landscapes with dusty clouds settling upon the nocturnal terrains. No wonder that such sound needs its own platform to be showcased and elaborated upon. That is why Rösten is now born, a newly founded label established by the duo to realize their ever-evolving creative visions. 

While listening to the second hour by SSTROM recorded live at Tbsilisi’s superior KHIDI Club, you feel like touching some alien surfaces with utmost sensitiveness with surreal landscapes stretching out in your imagination. This is carefully crafted introvert music, yet having some elegant dancefloor appeal. Behind the SSTROM moniker hides a long-time activist of Sweden’s experimental techno scene. Having fallen in love with simple melodies and catchy arpeggios when being a member of bitpop/synth band Slagsmålsklubben, he transferred these sensibilities further into his other projects. SSTROM’s excellent 2016 debut for Semantica Records was an excellent exercise in lush aquatic techno with breezy and lush atmospheres.

SHXCXCHCXSH
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RYC 260 SHXCXCHCXSH & SSTROM

Reclaim Your City 260 | SHXCXCHCXSH & SSTROM

raison d'être - Rubedo - Excerpt

raison d'être - Citrinitas - Excerpt

raison d'être - Albedo - Excerpt

raison d'être - Nigredo - Excerpt

our visions for H ø R D (@hordmusic) on LRN from his Parallels LP released on AVANT! (@avant), thanks to Modular Mind (@modular-mind) for the harsh mastering

H ø R D - LRN (FUROR remix)

Saahiwa is the pseudonym of Sophie Zahmurely. Focused on creating an engulfing atmosphere and creepy mood, the Georgian artist present a track filled with obscure sound layers, distant voices and field recordings, dark drones and ritualistic beats, with generous space to some melancholic melodies which fit perfectly the haunted and gloomy mood of the track. Its contribution to this VA is its first active release with this project. https://modernbon.bandcamp.com/album/modern-b-n-v-a-i-puraka

Puraka

Saahiwa - Kuberekwa [Modern Bön V​/​A I : Puraka]

Label focusing on Ambient, Experimental and Industrial Soundscapes 

Also offering Art Books & Occult Publications from select independent publishers 

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raison d'être - Rubedo - Excerpt

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