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Initiation Audela Catalog#: BDS04 Format: CDr (Deleted) Part four in the Black Death Series. Strictly subscription-only, signing up was possible in January 2008. This set includes a unique b/w photograph and a numbered cardboard tag listing titles, cat#'s and name of subscriber. Tracklisting 1 Klangenweld (9:01) 2 Zonked (8:58) 3 Below The Edge (5:30) 4 Metanoia (9:27) 5 Beneath The Gaze Of Pitying Stars (9:03) Review "Plague Recordings is a Belgian label that focuses on releases in the field of ambient and abstract electronics. First release from the label came out two years ago, since then the label has released a number of CDs and CDRs of limited editions. Quite a few of the releases from the label have been released by the project Audela. The name "Audela" refers to the French pronouncement of "other world", Au-Delà. The name fits well to the expression of the two present albums released as two-in-one album. First disc titled "Now All Is Silent" is a dark hypnotic beast, that works well as atmospheric background listening. Buzzing drones of deep rumbles create some trance-inducing spheres saturating the five intersections on the album. Field recordings recorded by Joost Carpentier assists in giving a great organic feel to the drones of deep darkness. Second disc is the album titled "Initiation". As was the case with aforementioned album "Now All Is Silent", "Initiation" belongs to the ambient territories, though "Initiation" has a more melodic approach to the shimmering ambience. Choirish samples in combination with grandiose dronescapes assist to create a beautiful expression sometimes turning associations towards the ambient of Norwegian maestro Biosphere. Two interesting releases from Plague Recordings that come in oversized A5 cover of tasty black art-design." (NM, Vital Weekly)" |