Track taken from the new Karnnos record, "The dream continent". Named after a friend's comment, that she didn't had home but had the whole sky to look to. It's just that, being homeless but having the whole world to live on.

Homeless But Starfull

Track taken from the new Karnnos record, "The dream continent". This song is about all the strange noises or shapes we can see at night, while roaming alone on a forest, and how they can be imagination... Or real.

Hollows Of The Night

Track taken from the new Karnnos record, "The dream continent". It's about drifting away from sight, either when we're falling asleep or sailing away, getting smaller in the distance... Or less conscience of everything...

Floating Away From Sight

We are a band from Portugal called Karnnos. We have some cds already edited but have been without any new tracks since 2005. We produce a blend of folk, drone and ambient soundscapes. 


The dream continent

Homeless but starfull

A preview from our new record "Dream continent", out on Cynfeirdd!

Floating Away From Sight (Mastered)

Another track from "Dream continent", our new album on Cynfeirdd.

Dream Continent (Mastered)

Recording of the live performance of this track from "Undercurrents and lost horizons".

Undercurrents and lost horizons

Where The Gone Return As Shadows

This is the last track of our first record, "Deatharch crann". It was recorded on a summer night, where the stars were above our heads and a choir of crickets and frogs filled the air. And it's probably one of my all time favourites tracks of Karnnos!

In the pale, pale night

This is also included on "Deatharch Crann". Despite the poor sound quality of the recording I think it's still a beautiful song, recorded on a more or less improvised way. 

A tree of union under the divided, lost spirits

This is the opening track of "Deatharch Crann", our first record, and despite its simplicity and oldness it stills manages to grab my attention...

The awaken stones of smoke

Track included on the 7" "Bearer of order, bringer of chaos". The inspiration for this track and the whole record comes from the mythical figures of Pan (as the Egyptian god of cosmos) and World Serpent, present in so many religions. Additional vocals by Hyean Fierling Reich. And yes, the violin is doing a riff.

Ten pan (all within one)

A track from the 7" "Bearer of order, bringer of chaos", dealing with the depths of the serpent symbol, reaching into the trance of fertility. Those bells were recorded on a huge tube on a construction site, and were lost on the process... The ambient side of Karnnos!

Impregnating ior shrines

The last track of "Dun Scaith", "the long descent into the river of oblivion" is related with the Ancient myth of the river of oblivion. An evolving and very relaxing piece that has the purpose of putting the listener on a dream-like state...!

The long descent into the river of oblivion

Another track from "Dun Scaith", one of the most intense tracks we ever done.

The restless coiled maze

This is from "Dun Scaith", our second record, and its definetely one of my favourite tracks. Recorded by the fireplace, it brings the warmth in the cold nights...

O revolteio entrelaçado de penumbra

Track from "Undercurrents and lost horizons", our third record. A vision of the world tree...

Outermost Oak

Track from "Undercurrents and lost horizons", our third record. A song for those who are gone...

Where The Gone Return As Wind

Track from "Undercurrents and lost horizons", our third record. A psychedelic suite in 3 parts, starting in bliss and ending in a kind of nightmare. 

Undercurrents And Lost Horizons

From the record with the same name, this track was recorded on a very fuzzy night, where instruments like violin and bass were being played with scissors... "Dún scaith" stands for "the fortress of darkness", from a Keltic tale where this fortress was built after sunset and destroyed before sunrise, being a kind of symbol for what is made of pure darkness... 

Dun scaith

"Passageway" is a track from our forthcoming record "Remembrance". This record fuses the previous dark folk orientations with the more recente ("Dream continent") postrock directions into a permutation of of possibilities, configurations and alignments. This track is quite unique in the record, bringing some sort of subtle psychadelism to our usual sound.

Passageway

Another track from "Remembrance", our forthcoming record.

Thresholds

The track that gives name to Karnnos new record, "Remembrance". With R. Brito (Urze de Lume) on the rabel.

Remembrance

Karnnos is a Portuguese band of folk/ambient music inspired by the Celtic folklore, W. B. Yeats and nature as an epiphany. We've released 3 records, a demo and a 7" between 1999 and 2005 and be silent for some years but we're finishing a new record. Check our FB profile for further information!

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