Chaigidel & Neraterrae – Lamaštu (Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Ambient, Ritual.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: This album is a collaboration between two Italian projects. Neraterræ (Alessio Antoni) is a more familiar name than Chaigidel (Mattia Giovanni Accinni) but they found each other working on “Lamaŝtu” which ‘pays tribute to the Mesopotamian mythological malevolent goddess, the most terrible of all female demons, daughter of the sky god Anu and lover of Pazuzu’.
Content: The album features 8 tracks leading the listener to visit a Dark-Ambient sound universe which has been spiced with extra Ritual elements plus drones. The tracks have been accomplished with field recordings and mysterious throat singing.
+ + + : I like the atmosphere recovering this album which is much more than simply dark-Ambient. The tormented sphere is empowered by those deep, and poignant, throat singing effect. The droning percussion parts are in total symbiosis with the singing. The opus stands for an anguishing adventure throughout an imaginary, forbidden, place.
– – – : This is a fascinating production which is just missing a true climax.
Conclusion: “Lamaštu” stands for a promising collaboration but I’ve the feeling this project can do better. So I hope there’ll be a next album.
Best songs: “Da’at”, “Entrails Of Souls”.
Rate: 7.
Artists: www.facebook.com/chaigidel / www.neraterrae.com / www.facebook.com/neraterrae
Label: www.cycliclaw.com / www.facebook.com/cycliclaw
About Chaigidel & Neraterræ
Neraterræ is the dark ambient/ritual project of Italian producer Alessio Antoni, active since 2009 under the earlier name NHART. The project has released two prior albums via Cyclic Law, “The Substance Of Perception” (2019), a collaborative work featuring artists including Northaunt, Alexey Tegin, Treha Sektori and Ugasanie, and “Scenes From The Sublime” (2020). Chaigidel is the ritual and occult-focused project of fellow Italian producer Mattia Giovanni Accinni. “Lamaštu” is their first collaborative album, released via Cyclic Law in an edition limited to 300 copies, built from tuvan throat singing, tibetan bells, doumbek, balaban and ritual drums with Accinni handling the mix.
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