“Aus dem Ruder” is IRKLIS 3rd and regular album after the concept album “The Plague Year” in 2014. The German title “Aus dem Ruder” can be translated as “Out of joint”. 8 powerful and atmospheric post-industrial electronic songs with beautiful analogue synth sounds build the scope of this release. Accidental, but not without reason the songs draw a picture of uncertainty, distress and inwardness without any settlement of the conflict - a mere classical tragedy without release if we would talk about a play. Since IRKLIS (formerly known as Audioscope, Label: Succession Records Germany) return to the roots of post-industrial electronic music, they are glad to have found Eric van Wonterghem (Monolith, Absolute Body Control) to do the mastering again and to release this album on his label "Sleepless Records Berlin". The cover picture “Orga II” is from Edward Paul Quist (Embryoroom), a New Yorker artist that fascinates the 3 members of IRKLIS. 

Cat.-no. SRB033 on Sleepless Records Berlin

Aus dem Ruder

Time For Terror (snippet)

“Onkalo” is IRKLIS’ fourth album and it contains 11 new songs. The title is a finnish word describing a hiding place, a small cave used by animals. Extreme contrast and abuse of meaning is one central topic of the album Onkalo. Released on Sturm, Cat.-no. Sturmmandat 46.

Get the full album here and/or on all other streaming plattforms:
https://irklis.bandcamp.com/album/onkalo
https://open.spotify.com/album/1nS3kCH4Bo6wuqzv1Showe?si=cBbKUif7T1qFdrJ9-Zqywg

Onkalo

Into eternity (snippet)

Overthrown (snippet)

Circles (snippet)

Asche (snippet)

Shine (snippet)

Zintis izzūd(snippet)

Fahrt ins Ungewisse (snippet)

Pale (snippet)

Omen (snippet)

Landfall (snippet)

IRKLIS is an electro-industrial band that was founded in 1988 in Germany / Leichlingen (originally under the name Formā Anonym and later Audioscope). Irklis is the Latvian poetic, but outmoded, word for an oar which is used for steering. The duo is located in Europe with residences in Germany and Latvia. IRKLIS are Robin Brüning and Aleksandrs Berzins.

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