Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial, dark-ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Next to several split/collaborative releases, Kryptogen Rundfunk…
Background/Info:
Next to several
split/collaborative releases, Kryptogen Rundfunk has now accomplished its third
full length album. Operating from St. Petersburg (Russia) Artyom Ostapchuk set
up this project in 2002. Next to his numerous activities in several projects he
also set up the label Zhelezobeton. Notice by the way this album is also
available as DCD featuring an extra live recording.
Content:
The sound universe
of Kryptogen Rundfunk stands for a truly sonic fusion. You get the impression
listening to a sonic puzzle made of industrial noises, field recordings and the
manipulation of sounds played by acoustic instruments. You’re walking through
icy atmospheres reinforced with deep, vibrating sound resonances. Some passages
have something more electronic-driven resulting in a ‘klinik’-al mood. The
album finally ends in an ambient- & noise cataclysm.
+ + + :
The work is
diversified because of the interaction between the different influences. I
enjoyed the low-frequency sound waves mixed with industrial sound treatments.
“Transverter Waltz” is a somewhat different cut for being a little bit more
electronic. It has been built up with cold electronics, creating a disturbing
feeling. The last song “Palus Somni” is a heavy piece, which I especially like
for its evolution into a noise climax. Production-wise I would say this album
has been accomplished with real professionalism.
– – – : “
Tales From The
Mirrored Spaces” remains a hardly accessible work for a wider audience, but
I’ve some doubts it’s the kind of album meant to please a wider audience.
Conclusion:
Kryptogen Rundfunk
has something fascinating, being a kind of sonic hybrid between different
dark-minimal music styles.
Best songs:
“Transverter Waltz”,
“Attention Selector”, “The Ritual Of Dissolution”,“Palus Somni”
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