Kloob & Onasander – Mundus Patet (Album – Winter-Light)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Ambient.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: “Mundus Patet” resulted from the common efforts between Dani Kloob (Spain) and Maurizio Landini (Italy). The album is a conceptual work based upon an ancient and obscure tradition of the ancient Romans. Three times a year they opened an infernal door to bring the spirits together with the world of the living.
Content: The album features eight tracks, opening with the overwhelming and freaky title track. Deep breathing sounds and ritual bells are running through this cut, which has a real strong visual appeal. The next cuts are moving in a similar way and are crescendo like. You get the feeling to get lost in a dark space, the mouth of the afterlife… created by the power of humming sound waves.
+ + + : I already mentioned the opening title track, which is a real tour de force; a true masterpiece in the Dark-Ambient music, which is progressively built up with great Ritual elements on top. This track perfectly stands for the concept of the album; you get the impression to feel the spirits invading the world of the living. So the visual strength of this work is absolutely impressive. The humming passages give you a permanent feeling of an invisible presence, like ghosts coming out the speakers or possessing your brains when using headphones. And I recommend using headphones to hear the multiple little details running through the tracks.
– – – : This album is a masterpiece and I honestly don’t see any minor point. I’ve just one little and very personal regret; I think the best cut is right at the beginning so you’ll never get a similar climax after having heard this opening track.
Conclusion: This album is based on an intriguing and obscure concept, which has been transposed in even darker music inspired by evil forces.
Best songs: “Mundus Patet”, “Blessed Are The Dead”, “Cataphract Ghost”, “Etruscan Door”.
Rate: (8½).
Artists: www.facebook.com/kloobmusic / www.facebook.com/onasander
Label: www.winter-light.nl / www.facebook.com/winter.light.1
About Kloob & Onasander
“Mundus Patet” is a collaborative dark-ambient/ritual album between Spanish artist Dani Kloob and Italian musician Maurizio Landini, who records as Onasander. The pair met on Facebook, with Landini reaching out to Kloob after being drawn to his dark sound, as both explained in a Click Interview with Kloob & Onasander.
The album’s concept is built around an ancient and obscure Roman tradition in which an infernal door was said to open three times a year, bringing the spirits of the dead into contact with the world of the living.
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