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"Das portugiesische Duo besticht auf seinem Debüt mit einer sehr ruhigen Variante der Neo Klassik/Folk Musik. Aufgebaut ist das Werk auf drei tragenden Säulen. Eine Akustikgitarre verstreut charmanten (...)"
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| Rajna (France) |
| EQM031 - "Offering" Digipak CD / LP 2010
[ out 31.03 ] |
Digipak CD
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 With this new opus, "Offering", their 9th album and their first release for Equilibrium Music, Rajna continue their musical and cultural quest, crossing the Mediterranean and taking us over the Aegean islands, the Cyclades, Crete and Greece, towards Turkey, where Orient and Occident blend as one.
Using a considerable selection of acoustic instruments, Rajna return to their roots, bringing back the more ethnic and organic melodies which highlight the beauty and intensity of ancient Mediterranean atmospheres. Although leaving only very limited space for electronics and modern technology on this album, songs like "The Dance of Cléomene", "Never Land" or "Quiet Hour" should still serve to please 80's music fans, with their subtle mixture between traditional and contemporary soundscapes.
"Offering" unfolds like a dream, with the crystal clear voice of Jeanne, more present and authentic than ever, leading the symphonic orchestrations which touch both heart and senses in a journey towards serenity, along the sundrenched seashores of ancient rites and traditions. A peaceful walk along the wild and sunny cliffs of Greece, where you can almost breathe the sweet perfume of olive and orange trees shaken by the wind. An experience in time, back to hidden and forgotten worlds of the Antique, like a pathway to Eleusis and its sacred temples and mysteries...
Sail away to the Aegean Sea towards an imaginary Mediterranean adventure with "Offering"...
Available in Digipak CD and 12” vinyl LP special hand-numbered limited edition (150 copies).
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| Arditi (Sweden) / Signa Inferre
(Germany) |
| EQM027 - "Statues of Gods / Invictis Victi Victuri"
Lim. Ed. split 10" EP 2009 |
| Black Vinyl, lim.
300x - 13.00EUR [ add to cart ] |
| Grey Vinyl, lim.
150x - 15.00EUR [ add to cart ] |
| Grey Vinyl + 2x T-shirts
Set, lim. 50x - 40.00EUR [ add to cart ] |
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A limited edition split release, featuring
3 unreleased and exclusive tracks by each band, which serves
not only to present new material by Arditi
but also to introduce German newcomers Signa Inferre,
the finest offspring in the latest crop of Neo-Classical / Martial
Industrial music.
For "Statues of Gods", Arditi
tap into ancient Nordic traditions and incorporate them in their
militaristic anthems. The characteristically oppressive soundscapes,
pounding percussions and powerful orchestrations are represented
in new shades, as elements of Nordic folk music shape Arditi's
pieces into slow-motion medieval dances and ceremonial tributes
to times past. The 3 tracks on this release should not be considered
an indication for the direction that the new album will follow,
however, and have been gathered here exactly due to the fact
that they would not really fit a typical Arditi
release.
"Invictis Victi Victuri"
is the first release by Signa Inferre. Although
the project has only recently surfaced, the maturity displayed
in their pieces should quickly earn them a favorable position
in the Neo-Classical / Martial Industrial scene. Leaving behind
the typical insipid blending of samples lifted from Classical
music recordings and looped ad nauseam, Signa Inferre's
work develops in fluid and continuous progression, giving birth
to fully accomplished epic scores brimming with martial beauty.
This is only a small taste of what's to come, as Signa
Inferre prepare their full length debut for Equilibrium
Music, due in early 2010.
Available in 3 formats: black vinyl, with silver
on black cover (limited 300 copies), grey
vinyl, with silver on green cover (limited 150
copies), collector's edition, which includes
the grey vinyl edition plus 2 t-shirts (limited 50
copies).
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| Deleyaman (France) |
| EQM026 - "Fourth,
Part One" Digipak CD 2009 [ out 25.05 ] |
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 Following
the release of the album “3”, in 2006, over 25 titles
were written and composed by Deleyaman. 11 of these compositions,
entirely recorded, mixed and mastered in the band's studio in
Normandy, France, are now presented as “Fourth, Part One”
. The remaining material is set to appear later as “Fourth,
Part Two”, a complimentary yet contrasting sister-release
which will come later this year.
The overall mood of this new album is different from their prior
releases, yet the sincerity with which they continue to explore
their art is a constant in Deleyaman's work. Inspiration
for the lyrics comes partially from the works of American poets
E.A. Robinson, A. Hecht, R.W. Emerson, E.A. Poe, H. Crane and
T. Stickney, but also from the Lebanese mystic poet Khalil Gibran.
Most of the titles are sung in English, except for two tracks
sung in Armenian and the track “Jardin”, sung in French, the
words taken from the poem “Nous n'irons plus au bois”, by T.
de Banville. The use of several languages by Beatrice Valantin
and Aret Madilian, the two vocalists, has always been a distinct
characteristic of the band, whose members all come from different
backgrounds.
Deleyaman’s style, which to this
day remains difficult to classify into a single genre, is further
defined by the inclusion of the duduk, an Armenian wind instrument.
More than simply adding an ethnic reference to their compositions,
the duduk grants them a unique tone, emphasizing the ethereal
and exotic qualities that allow the album to reach beyond the
darker specter of alternative music from which the band originally
derived. Through their art, Deleyaman translate a sense
of timeless spirituality into a contemporary and universal language,
carrying the listener into a mesmerizing world which still sounds
comfortably familiar and close at heart. “Fourth, Part One”
is presented in Digipak format, accompanied by a 32-page booklet.
Under exclusive license from TTO Records, U.S.A., for Europe.
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