Artist: Ilya Gurin-Babayeu  
Title: Akritar's Ash Limbs  
Label: Der Schein (@terrorcast)  
Format: Album  
Genre: Techno, Experimental, IDM  
Release date: 01.10.2021 

Available to buy from the 1st of October: https://derschein.bandcamp.com/music 
  
AZ shadow is the first album in the catalog of our label "Der Schein". Its  author is the resident of our project — Ilya Gurin-Babayeu. The album is the result of ghostly nostalgia and an attempt to comprehend  the nature of chaos. The initial inspiration was found in the childhood computer game «Zanzarah.  

The Hidden Portal» The most important context for understanding is an  excerpt from the description of the game: «One of the druids, the White Druid, created the Guardian, a semi-magical, semi-mechanical creature that began to guard the border between the worlds. 

Time passed and the Guardian's magical powers dried up and he broke down - instead of protecting, he became aggressive towards those he was  supposed to protect. Chaos began to spread in Zanzarah.» 

Allusions at locations and events taking place in the mystical world of  Zanzarah resonate with the sensations experienced from all aspects real life. There is a parallel between childhood memories of the magical world and a  completely unfamiliar feeling of homeland, which has changed beyond  recognition in one year. 
The album is imbued with fabulousness, asymmetry, sometimes with a literal  feeling of the composition structure crumbling before the listener's eyes. As it disintegrates, it then returns back to strike with even greater force. 

Mastering: @diana_advocat

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