included in As My Spirit Wanders Free
GH Records– GH 149 CD
Dark Ambient, Neoclassic, Gothic

Day Before Us" 10 years anniversary album, Dynamic range of brooding ambient textures, droning litanies and cathartic soundscapes to reach directly into our emotional core.

Day Before Us is an emotional, ethereal and dark ambient music project formed in 2011 by the piano trained player and composer Philippe Blache. Full length releases have been published by Rage in Eden, Twilight Records, OPN and GH Records. A palette of immersive electronic textures, slowly moving melancholic piano airs, industrial noises, lyrical themes, neoclassical arrangements and discreet experimentations characterize the compositional process and the stylistic inclination. Creative strength of the project comes from reflections on timelessness, memories of a bygone era, romantic spleen and spiritual narratives. Day Before Us occasionally gives live performances and works in the context of intermedia collaborations.

Credits:
→ Philippe Blache (concept, instruments)
→ Agne Srebaliute (vocals)
→ Natalie Ina (photographies/video)

As My Spirit Wanders Free

Day Before Us – Suspira de Profundis

artist: xu
title: slicing space-time into objects
catalog: eR009
release date: 20th of august 2022

release type: ep
series: eRecords digital series
playing speed: 45 rpm

written and produced by nicola fornasari
mastered by james edward armstrong
cover photo by nicola fornasari
art and design by harry towell
whitelabrecs.com/erecord-series/

eRecords are a series of digital editions which aim to transform the digital format into something that can be experienced in a similar way to a listener’s interaction with a real, whitelabel vinyl record. Each edition includes a special PDF scrapbook including polaroids and liner notes and you will only be able to find out more about the themes and ideas about each record, once you’ve downloaded them.

Slicing Space-time Into Objects

eR009 xu - slicing space-time into objects

PHILIPPE BLACHE – THE EVER SOUNDING SEA OF GRIEF
→https://ghrecords.es/
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« The ever sounding sea of grief » is a cathartic and spiritually uplifting musical journey. Partly abandonning the lyrical component which was central in previous releases of his musical project "Day Before Us" Philippe Blache introduces here a slight new stylistic turn. This album makes incursions within the world of avant gardism, noise ambient and modern classical minimalism with a subtle cinematic edge. It can be appreciated as a purging ritual mainly built around harrowing reverb piano key, blackened skies of droney textures, then majestic organ patterns within a foreboding sonic spectrum. Those lengthy tracks feature additional arrangements as spoken words. As for the last "Day Before Us" album to date the striking visual imagery is provided by forward-thinking artistic collaborator and multi-talented Natalie Ina. "The ever sounding sea of grief" is a thrilling and colossal poetical/musical drama of overwhelming expressive itensity.

Concept, music and arrangements : Philippe Blache (Day Before Us)
Narrative: Olga Gabris
Photos artwork: Natalie Ina
Mastering: Giuseppe Verticchio

2022 © Philippe Blache, GH Records

The Ever Sounding Sea of Grief

The Ever Sounding Sea Of Grief by Philippe Blache

Taken from the album "The ever Sounding Sea of grief" (Philippe Blache), published by GH Records (2022): https://daybeforeus1.bandcamp.com/

Pic: Natalie Ina

When breathless midnight beats to the same litany as my heart

Taken from the "Day Before Us" LP album "Nihil Interit" by Rage In Eden, Lmtd edition. CD copies are available @ daybeforeus1.bandcamp.com
RAGE114, Released in December 2016.

Nihil Interit

Natalya Romashina ft. Day Before Us - Depicted Chronicle

Taken from the "Day Before Us" LP album "Nihil Interit" by Rage In Eden, Lmtd edition. Sold out ! 
RAGE114, Released in December 2016.

Lyrics (in Russian):
Zatvornik

Вращающийся мир вокруг
Является прощением.
Проходя путь Света во Тьме,
Не чувствуешь больше сопротивления.

Бредёшь по ржавой пустыни,
Исследуя грани самоцветов,
Не находя в них ответа, отступаешь назад,
Облачаясь в призрачный облик.

Сколько масок нужно примерить,
Скитаясь по мировой паутине?
Сколько загадок выучить,
Добираясь до Центра Вселенной?

Преодолевая каньоны, пространства,
Всё поставить на карту...
Твоё сердце и разум больше не могут
Удерживать воспоминания…

 
Вода в зеркале...
Тогда что в реальности?
Покажи, где сейчас
Волны в опасности.
Пульс в линию.
Кто-то кается. 
За тебя прячется и тебя касается.
Эпилепсия скорости 
В водовороте пропасти
Ведёт вроде бы,
А на деле крошится.
Осколки портятся.
И цунами обрушилось.
Постоянно вкладывать,
Получать что сбудется.
Мерещится, все мерещится.
Вроде бы как станется, 
А на деле - пленница.

Вода в зеркале...
Тогда что в реальности?
Покажи, где сейчас
Волны в опасности.

©2016 by Natalya Romashina

Natalya Romashina ft. Day Before Us - Zatvornik

01 - A Lapse In Time from Begotten - Forgotten by Circuncelion (https://bit.ly/2LeQ8mC)
02 - En La Cruz from An Edible Body by Wind Atlas (https://bit.ly/2JK69Lu)
03 - Tempus Fugit from Adorned path of Stillness by Day Before Us (https://bit.ly/2JM0kNF)
04 - Progresiva from Itineris I by Aura Noctis (https://bit.ly/2zVCSxK)
05 - Salve Regina by Opus Nigrum (https://bit.ly/2mz6vLO)
06 - Sontay (Circuncelion Cover) from Tribute to Circuncelion by Somnare (https://bit.ly/2uVKUB4)
07 - Triumphant Enoch from ELIPHAS LEVI’S CLAVICULES DE SALOMON by Igniis (https://bit.ly/2LE7vcG)
08 - El Cuerpo Deshabitado from Ad Extirpanda by Stupor Mentis (https://bit.ly/2LBfiYM)

Original Sounds From GH Records / https://gh-records.com/

EX CORDE

EX CORDE by GH Records

Here's the teaser of my new 6track ambient album entitled "Tout est Silencieux" OUT SOON via Triple Moon Records (France) in edition of 30 cds.

Label's Press Release: https://triplemoonrecords.wordpress.com/2018/08/04/tmr013-fallen-tout-est-silencienx-out-soon/ 

Video Teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewByY3VhaDA 

.::ORDERS HERE::.

TRIPLE MOON RECORDS (France)
Email: Triplemoonrecords@yahoo.com 
Facebook: Triple Moon Rec
Bandcamp: https://triplemoonrecords.bandcamp.com/ 
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/triplemoonrecords 

FALLEN
Email: keith78@virgilio.it
Bandcamp: https://thechildofacreek.bandcamp.com
Facebook: The Child of A Creek/ Fallen
Facebook: Lorenzo Bracaloni
Instagram: _the_child_of_a_creek_fallen_
You Tube: The Child of A Creek Lorenzo Bracaloni

Written, Composed, Arranged, Performed, Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by FALLEN between April and June 2018.

Instruments used, recorded and processed: piano, electric piano, guitars, synthesizers and field recordings.

Album Cover Art and Packaging by Triple Moon Records

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HOW “tout est silencieux” WAS CONCEIVED AND RECORDED
I wrote, composed, arranged and performed "tout est silencieux" between April and June 2018 in my home recording studio. As usual, I haven’t decided anything before recording the new pieces: I let the melodies, the piano phrases, the ideas to come out as spontaneously as possible, each time I had the chance to be surrounded by my favourite instruments and listening to the field recordings I collected over the months, recording and processing sounds with my laptop. "tout est silencieux" takes shape in a relatively calm period for me: a period of great change, of earthquakes and jolts, having also had to adapt to new situations and circumstances certainly exciting and even complicated. The record tries to evoke all those moments of calm, emotional tranquility and relax, when we are able to really enjoy ‘em maybe for a few of hours, while taking the necessary distance from the our modern hectic life and from our possible foggy memories.

ALBUM TEASER_"Tout est Silencieux" by FALLEN | Triple Moon Records (FR, 30 cds) | OUT SOON!

When the Shadows are Solid (and All Hope Forgotten)

Gone into Darkness
Accepted my Fate
Taken the Pounding
Taken the Pill
Sold My Soul &
Lost my grounding
Murdered
Disappointed the world
Falling and Fallen
Blessed are we when the shadows are solid
When illusions are flesh, 
All hope forgotten
Freedom flies in the face of insanity
Freedom dives into darkness
Not fearing the pain
Not fearing the stain
Not fearing not ever being loved again
How free is the knowledge
When shadows are solid
Losing breath
Losing heart
Losing your smile
Tomorrows child
Never was
Never could be
Was never here
Blood rot from bitter root
Poison seed in a barren womb,
Her TOMB
All smiles lost
All hope forgotten
Blood child goodbye
Forgive me, goodbye
The night was cold and my heart
My heart
My heart could not warm
My mind was blank
I stepped into darkness
And all shadows were solid.

Spoken words by Lesley Wood 2019
Heartbeat soundfile  from Soundbible.com Daniel Simon
Wind soundfile from Soundbible.com Mark Deangelo

When Shadows are Solid

When the Shadows are Solid

With our next release we welcome back Nicola Fornasari who is one half of La Petite Vague, a project which we’ve almost exclusively supported across Whitelabrecs and our sister label Audio Gourmet. Nicola also records solo work as Xu, with material released through labels such as Eilean, Cathedral Transmissions and most recently, Manyfeetunder.

The next album in the Xu catalog is ‘Embodying Formlessness’, which Nicola created by recording improvisations performed on his daughter Nina’s toy ukulele and then setting these into non-synchronised loops. These were made by using various pedals by experimenting with ‘blind looping’, a technique used to create unpredictable variations of a certain loop. Additional sounds were layered into the compositions by adding minibrute parts which were also fed into effects pedals and these provide an array of high and low frequencies.
The resulting sound throughout the six tracks that encompass this album is one of a tactile minimalism and the sound itself is a representation of the concept.

In the period during which Embodying Formlessness was created, Nicola was studying the Two Truths, fundamental points developed by Buddhist philosopher Nāgārjuna. These consist of Relative Truth, which is the conventional way in which we perceive reality and Absolute Truth, which is the theory that objects and events have no intrinsic existence and no individual identity, except in our thoughts. Both perspectives are true and neither intellectual position is the correct one. So in summary, phenomena are both real and not real; things exist, yet nothing exists.
There is a sentence in the Heart Sutra which inspired the title for this album:
Form is no other than emptiness; emptiness no other than form. Form is exactly emptiness; emptiness exactly form.

Embodying Formlessness sets out a short collection of existential pieces, crafted from the random placement of melodic source material, adorned with subtle electronics. This provides an ideal backdrop to contemplate the theme of the Two Truths, as you try to separate the difference of what is real and what is perceived.

embodying formlessness

wlr063 xu - embodying formlessness

Day Before Us is an organic-infused dark ambient project with neoclassical embellishments. Formed by Philippe Blache in 2011. A number of physical albums has been published for well noted indie labels and distributed worldwide. With a sense of melodical lyricism, the soundscapes approach airy, gloomy and poetical registers with roots in the Senschust-weltschmerz aesthetical sensibility. Cathedral-texturing drones, reverberant stormy noises meet glimmering ambient sceneries, wandering piano notes, liturgic drones and luminous singing phrases. The project has performed in front of a wide variety of audiences at several occasions. Contemporary musical canticles of "sombre beauty" for your most enduring introspective moments.

Discography:
- "Dim shores of eternity", CD, album
- Tristitiam & metus…", CD, album
-"Across the silence and the shade" as Philippe Blache, CD, album 2023
"The ever sounding sea of grief" as Philippe Blache, CD, album, 2022
"As my spirit wanders free" [CD, album, 2021]
"Complaintes au bord d'un autre monde" + Antikatechon [CD, album, 2020]
"Ode à la nuit d'ombre" [CD, album, 2019]
"Adorned path of stillness [CD, album, 2018]
"Nihil Interit" [CD, album 2016]
"Prélude à l'âme d'élégie" [CD, album, 2015]
"Crystal sighs of a broken universe [CD, album, 2014]
"Misty shroud of regrets" [CD, album, 2013]
"Autumnal wandering" [Cdr, album, 2013]
"Under mournful horizons" with Nimh [CD, album, 2012]

When breathless midnight beats to the same litany as my heart

Day Before Us

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