dark ambient russian

»Neon City« is the debut release by Erik K Skodvin & Otto A Totland's Deaf Center project, finally re-issued 18 years since its first appearance.

Jan 28th, Miasmah rec.

Deaf Center - Limn

Anthesteria - Black March

Deaf Center - Dial (Helios Remix)

Zwielicht is a sketch for Tenebrae – the album in collaboration with Majdanek Waltz and Sal Solaris. This work is devoted to the German poet Paul Celan. Tenebrae was released in spring of 2011 as a result of consecutive processing of the material. This is a sound interpretation by Sal Solaris of the material which was recorded by Majdanek Waltz.

In opinion of publishers of Zwielicht, sometimes we need to stop in the way to gain one’s end. Intermediate material seemed to them so original, and they adopted a decision to release it by an individual CD in the end of 2011.

The publishers think this sketch for Tenebrae characterized by not only complete form. Also, this recordings help a listener to feel an authority of illusion – so important term for the XXI century.

Zwielicht (german)
1. Double light; simultaneous illumination by natural and artificial light.
2. Twilight

Tenebrae (latin)
1. Darkness, pitch black.
2. Prime and loudes on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday during the Passion week in Roman-Catholic church. On custom candles are extinguished gradually during the reading of psalms, and then darkness comes symbolizing the death of Jesus.

7Hz records
http://eng.7hz.ru/d06.html
Released in cooperation with KultFront label.
http://www.discogs.com/label/KultFront

Catalog number: 7HZ 06 D / iD
Release date: December 15, 2011
Total length: 33:28
Medium: CD (ltd. 88 copies)
+ free mp3/flac downloads.

Entwurf zur Tenebrae I

Anthesteria - Ashen Season

Anthesteria – Alone

Sal Solaris is a Russian electronic duo working since late 1990s. Starting its experiments with autistic ambient, the project moved to dark techno fused with industrial noise and fury. Collaborators mention among sources of their inspiration science fiction and philosophical concepts such as psychoanalysis, and say they practice audiotherapy for 'broken cohesion of the world', propaganda of neoteny, inner and outer space conquest. Last years Sal Solaris play live a lot sharing the scene with such different projects like Ancient Methods and Bad Sector, Demdike Stare and Ambidextrous, Inade and SHXCXCHCXSH. Duo has releases on such labels as Cyclic Law, Hau Ruck!, Zhelezobeton, Kultfront etc. Last album 'Thresholds' appeared in 2016 at their own label NEN Records.

Rostov-on-Don / Moscow