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Dr. Drone, Diaries Of An Emo Outcast Junkie since 1999 
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1/2 Southern North (read: Half Southern North)
was an one person band founded by IDVex in 2013.
Influenced by Black Metal, Doom Metal, and Experimental Sonic Fields. 
Sounds Like Black Noise of Doom.
2013-2023 Farewell.

Small Independent True Underground label / store oriented on Black Metal, Dark Ambient and Dungeon Synth, mostly in raw, harsh, lo-fi and primitive form of sound.

Archaeological Records is a publishing house and record label inspired by music archaeology.

What is music archaeology? What 'music' has never been recorded?
Ancient music is poorly catalogued and remains largely unknown, but with research these forgotten forms, ancient melodies and instruments can be re-imagined and reborn. ‘Archaeological record’ is a term used in archaeology to denote all archaeological evidence. It includes the physical remains of past human activities as well as contemporary artefacts.  
 
AR is a project based on the belief that research into new and existing archaeological records can be analysed and theorised in new ways. This re-evaluation will be examined by researchers and sound designers, musicians and audio explorers who will develop ideas of unheard territories and uncharted channels, creating the 'new' from the 'ancient'.  
 
AR will focus on the history of music and the apparently unknowable.  
 
Inspiration for AR also comes from timeless sound experiences. For example, consider a natural cave and its acoustic environment, a bouche d’ombre with its eau verticalle and its stillness. The cave is in a state of continuous transformation yet its primary characteristics remain the same throughout the millennia. 
 
Early sound sources still in use also provide endless inspiration. The human voice or animal 'voices', their skins reappropriated into drums or their bones hollowed into wind instruments. Certain stones that sing when beaten and others sculpted and carefully positioned that make the wind sing their songs.  
 
For AR, exploring the history of sound is a mission beyond time, through ineffable dimensions. A mission that requires original observation and thought which will document and define 'archaeological sound'.  
According to the International Study Group of Music Archaeology’s “Meaning and Goals” :  
“... ultimately what was played in ancient times must remain in the dark of the past, and much fantasy is needed by modern musicians to imagine how melodies and rhythms may have been composed. Strictly speaking, only the sound of the instruments can be revived - these are the possibilities and limits of Music Archaeology.”
Determined to find new possibilities, AR supports projects that look at (and stress) the elasticity of the epistemological limits described by ISGMA: projects curated by researchers and artists together. Believing that the blurring of the genres is the most desirable approach when planning art projects inspired by science (or vice versa).

From its inception in 2008, Teutoburg Forest has embraced Black Metal as the medium to explore the unknown realms. Inspired by bands which use philosophical and spiritual themes to guide their creative output, Teutoburg Forest’s intention is to refine one’s awareness by consciously engaging with the unconscious, gaining knowledge and wisdom via direct personal experience. To achieve this goal, the founding member ‘Donn Philo Sophia’ utilises that which is forbidden and hidden to craft a ferocious sound in which the soul is forcibly put to the grind stone. The friction focuses one’s attention to the ‘Now’ and the resulting sparks are used to illuminate the path which leads to the acknowledgement of self. 

As the coiled serpent, Teutoburg Forest struck with three self-released demos simultaneously: ‘Chao Ab Ordo’, ‘Anti-Subhuman Scum’ and ‘Cult of the Individual’. Immediately gaining recognition for its authenticity by publications such as ‘Zero Tolerance #26’ stating: “This is Black Metal as it should be, uncompromising and bombastic, intelligent and evil” as well as being featured in the book ‘Hideous Gnosis - Black Metal Theory Symposium 1’. During this time Teutoburg Forest performed live in the United Kingdom supporting ‘Hecate Enthroned’ and ‘Abgott’.

In 2010, various gates were opened and Donn Philo Sophia experienced a monumental shift in perception. Musically this manifested through genres that did not relate to Black Metal, though there was an understanding that the next Teutoburg Forest album would be an amalgamation of these various sounds and styles and so the decision was made to explore these various angles, learn from the experiences to then cultivate a multifaceted sound.  

‘Donn the Philosophy’ was created to refine the Black Metal Arte. And In 2011 ’Donn the Philosophy’ supported ‘Taake’ and ‘Byfrost’ on a European Tour. As well as supporting ‘Christ Agony’ ‘Inquisition’ ‘Revenge’ ‘Corpus Chirsti’ and ‘Bal-Sagoth’. With the release ‘Horns Curve into Broken Circles’.

In 2019 Teutoburg Forest released ‘Voltigeurs’ - ‘leapers or Vaulters of the Paths on the ‘other side of the tree’, which is a re-mastering of three definitive songs from its back-catalogue, exemplifying the explosive soul expansion whilst treading the serpent’s path and lays the foundation for the ‘Teutoburg Forests’ first studio album ‘Enantiodromia’.

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