Alone In The Hollow Garden & Nam-Khar – Antariksha (Album – Winter Light)
Genre/Influences: Tribal, Ritual, Dark-Ambient, Industrial.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: Alone In The Hollow Garden & Nam-Khar renewed their collaboration with this album released at the end of 2023 and featuring five tracks.
Content: We’re visiting an elaborated dark sound universe bringing different but related genres together. This is a sonic offspring between Tribal, Ritual and Dark-Ambient with extra Industrial percussion on top.
+ + + : I like the work for its diversity but still delicacy in the writing process. Both artists have used different authentic instruments injecting a true spirit to their work. They create a ghost-like atmosphere which is reinforced by tribal elements like a few chants but especially the rhythmic has an hypnotic sensation.
– – – : I regret that there are no more chants, except for the last cut featured.
Conclusion: Alone In The Hollow Garden & Nam-Khar are much more than collaborative artists; there’s a true chemistry between both resulting in a great work.
Best songs: “Agni”, “Jala”, “Nakshatra”.
Rate: 8.
Artists: www.facebook.com/tanzohnemusik www.faceboo k.com/profile.php?id=100063704257386
Label: www.winter-light.nl / www.facebook.com/winter.light.1
Listen to “Antariksha”:
About Alone In The Hollow Garden & Nam-Khar
Alone In The Hollow Garden is a ritual ambient and analogue drone project of Dan Serbanescu, begun in spring 2013 as a side project of Tanz Ohne Musik. Nam-Khar is a dark ambient project of Peter Prochir and Konchok Gyaltsen, with releases including “Secret Essence/Sangwa Dupa” (2018) and “Sur Chöd” through Winter-Light. The two acts’ collaboration continued with “Antariksha”, released at the end of 2023.
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