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Za Frûmi - Legends Act 1
(Waerloga: WAER002)
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Why get Enya for the Lord Of The Rings movies when there is a perfectly good, dwarf/orc obsessed combo, composing dark, vaguely rennaissance faire-ish dark ambient soundscapes that would work PERECTLY. And I'm sure they're cheaper than Enya. And come on. When you think Ring Wraiths and Golem and all that, do you think 'this would go great with some new age music'? Neither do we. So come on Peter Jackson, here's your chance to add some credibility to the LOTR soundtrack/score for part three!! COME ON!!! Anyway Za Frumi are a Swedish group who create fantastical worlds with orcs and dwarves and battles and journeys and all the D&D stuff we love. Their classic remains their debut record Za Shum Ushatar Uglakh where dark and ominous soundscapes were peppered with dialogue (IN ORCISH!!!) as well as battles and celebrations. Really strange and totally appealing. Their second disc didn't move us as much as the first, and while Legends is not necessarily a "return to form" we do like it a lot more than the last one. The focus is still on the music, having apparently discarded the dialogue and sound effects completely, which is fine, but unfortunately it moves Za Frumi from that niche where they were basically the ONLY band doing what they were doing, to the more populated field of Cold Meat / dark ambient. Fans of Dead Can Dance, Summoning Moon Lay Hidden Beneath A Cloud, Empyrium and other dark ambient will dig this a lot!! Very dark and cinematic and quite pretty, in an ominous sort of way. from Aquarious. $14.75
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Za Frûmi - Legends Act 2: Vampires
(Waerloga: WAER004)
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Our pals in Za Frumi seem to have said all they need to say about the world of the Orcs. After three discs, it was just time to move on. On to what you ask? Well, Vampires obviously. So utilising the same sonic pallet, soaring strings, flutes, midi orchestration, martial drums, and ambient soundscapes, Za Frumi explore the lives of two legendary vampires, Jakesh and Rianji. This is quite possibly our favorite Za Frumi since the first Orc record. That record, Za Shum Ushatar Uglakh, was split evenly between music and the sounds of the Orcs, battles, arguments, war cries, etc. And we were a more than a little bummed when they shed the 'dialogue' and battle sounds in favor or a pure musical picture. But this first Vampire disc, the music is dark and mysterious, creepy and compelling. A heady mix of renaissance faire minstrel music, horror movie soundtrack, gypsy folk, video game music (not like blips and bleeps but those Silent Hill / House Of The Dead / Resident Evil sort of super suspenseful background soundscapes) and dark ambience. Haunted house organs, operatic female vocals, classical piano, horns and flutes, swirling strings, galloping horses, chirping crickets, ghostly disembodied voices, minor key melodies, and all sorts of military drums, tablas and various percussion coalesce into one seriously mysterious creepy crawl through the world of the Vampires!. $14.99
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Za Frûmi - Legends Act 4: Orders
(Waerloga: Waer014)
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Act 4 in the instrumental Legends series. This album is inspired by the Orders in the world of Za Frûmi. An outstanding album released the same day as Legends Act 3: Cults. Highly theatrical and cinematic soundscapes with esoteric melodies, wonderous choral vocals, dripping dungeon sounds, battlefield ambience, and the usual assortment of magical and breathtaking fantasy music accompaniments.. $14.99
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Zero Kama - Live in Arnhem & The Goatherd and the Beast 2CD
(Athanor: Athanor033)
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Athanor is proud to finally release the legendary live in Arnheim from 1985 of Zero Kama. Michael DeWitt's Zero Kama was the precursor of the ritual and majick inspired music scene, along side bands like Coil or Psychic Tv. Their label Nekrophile was a HUGE influence on many individuals, including the creation of Athanor (and probably Malignant for that matter). Zero Kama did only two performances, in Amsterdam and Arnheim. This last one being presented here for the first time on CD.In concert, Zero Kama's sounds were quite different than on their only studio album « The Secret Eye of LAYLAH ». They used accoustic instruments as well as bass and guitars. For this concert Zero Kama were Michael DeWitt (concept, tapes, voice, bone instruments, shenai, violin, percussion), Muki Pakesch (tapes, guitar, bass drum), Didi Neidhardt (bass, bass drum, congas, percussion), David Aranyos (bass, bass drum, voice, percussion),Wolfgang Lehner (super-8 film and slide projection). Live mix by Martin the Viech Wich. The CD also features the interview Zero Kama did for Stad Radio in Amsterdam 1985 As a bonus CD we added the rare tracks Zero Kama did previously to the legendary Secret Eye of Laylah LP released by Athanor as a ltd edition 10". It includes the track Liber AL I.13 based upon a verse from Aleister Crowley's Liber AL vel Legis or The Book of the Law, this track is the only remaining part of a later abandoned project in which Zero Kama intended to set Crowley's Liber AL to music. Other tracks, like "Prayer of Zos", are based on the writings of Austin Osman Spare, whose Zos Kia Cultus was another major influence to Zero Kama's work. Both CD were remastered by Andreas Resch and packaged as a 6 pages digifile with archives photos from the concert. This will proceed the CD re-release on Athanor of The Secret Eye of LAYLAH from the original master tape. Astounding material for the time. Back in the early to mid '80s, with their elongated vocal chants, haunting bone trumpets, and persistent ritual percussion, this was some of the most frightening, mysterious music ever created. Even today, a track like 'V.V.V.V.V.' will raise the hair on the back of your neck. It's importance cannot be denied.. $21.00
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Z'ev - Sum Things
(Cold Spring: CSR101CD)
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Through an element darkly
In the fall of 2005 Zev began dipping deep into his archives and selecting recordings to produce sum things / a possible form for cold dark matter, a project reflecting his take on the dark ambience genre. Composed between December 2005 and March 2006, these 6 pieces endeavor to transport the listener deep into their long forgotten memories of the primal forces at the dawn of creation. Each piece is based on a single sound source. Absolutely no effects of any kind, not even equalization, were applied to the source recordings. Instead Zev relied solely on the stretching of the duration and pitch of the samples and then edited and mixed the results down into the heart of space. Hear then, the state of the art in elemental musics. Not to forget the beautiful packaging by artist Abby Helasdottir. $10.75
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Zumul - Nephilim CDr
(Self-released: Zum01)
Droney washes of dark, textural atmospheres with a slight cosmic feel. No pic since the dude apparently doesn't want to supply one. Pff.. $7.00
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