November 4, 2026

Ugasanie & Dronny Darko – Arctic Gates (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)

Ugasanie & Dronny Darko – Arctic Gates
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Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, dark-cinematographic. Background/Info: “Arctic Gates” resulted from the common efforts between two familiar artists from the Cryo Chamber label. Ugasanie (Belarus) and Dronny Darko (Ukraine) joined hands to compose an album based upon the sensation of being lost or imprisoned at the Arctic continent. Content: The concept is a great source of inspiration for this kind of music. “Arctic Gates” perfectly recreates feelings of loneliness and abandon. Numerous field recordings and little, crispy noises are merging together creating a feeling of paranoia. + + + : “Arctic Gates” is clearly driven by multiple aquatic field recordings. It’s a dark abyssal feeling, which is joined by some lost electronic signals. You sometimes get the feeling hearing Morse codes coming from a desperate soul in search of deliverance. The progression of the tracks is pretty slow and you get this permanent feeling of danger getting you paranoid. – – – : I personally prefer to hear both artists separately. This album is not that bad, but a bit stereotypical. It doesn’t bring new elements to a style, which is a bit saturated by similar experiments and similar themes. Conclusion: This album is for the Cryo Chamber die-hard fans and/or the fans of both artists. “Arctic Gates” makes sense, but is not exactly a must have album! Best songs: “80T-54’08.8N 49T-51’38.3E”,  “Absorbed By Ice”.   Rate: (6½). Artists: www.facebook.com/uga5anie /  www.facebook.com/dronnydarko Label: www.cryochamberlabel.com /  www.facebook.com/CryoChamber

About Ugasanie & Dronny Darko

Ugasanie is a dark, drone and ritual ambient project from Vitebsk, Belarus, active since the end of 2010. The project joined Cryo Chamber with the album “Border of Worlds” in 2016, following earlier releases including “Eye of Tunguska” (2015).

Dronny Darko is the recording name of Ukrainian composer and sound designer Oleh Puzan, who has released dark ambient and drone works since 2012. His solo Cryo Chamber discography includes the albums “Spira Igneus” (2016) and “Abduction” (2017); he also joined forces with protoU on the 2015 collaborative album “Earth Songs”. In a 2017 Click Interview with Side-Line, Puzan spoke about his attraction to drone composition. “Arctic Gates” is his first full album credited jointly to both projects together.

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