Arcana - "Dark Age of Reason" (1996 Cold Meat Industry)

amazing debut from Arcana, dark and emotional, evoking a time long since passed, a gothic film score, a neoclassical re-interpretation of beautiful poetry...

"... Comparisons to Dead Can Dance will be made, and they are inevitable and justified, with Arcana's approach to intrumentation and compositions nearly identical to something like De Profundis off of Dead Can Dance's 'Spleen and Ideal'. (...) woefully baroque wood winds, gently plucked strings, flowing violin orchestrations, beautiful piano melodies, and of course, the heavenly blending of baritone and soprano vocals courtesy of Peter Petterson and the beautiful Ida Bengtsson. Yes, it's all been done before in some form or another, but who am I to chastise the band for doing it this damn good?"

-- Jason Mantis, Audio Drudge, Issue. 7

1		Our God Weeps (2:02)
2		Angel Of Sorrow (3:11)
3		Source Of Light (3:05)
4		The Calm Before The Storm (2:58)
5		Dark Age Of Reason (7:07)
6		Like Statues In The Garden Of Dreaming (3:01)
7		The Oath (3:34)
8		...For My Love (2:20)
9		Serenity (6:05)
10		The Song Of Mourning (3:47) DOWNLOAD

DISMAL V (december 2007)

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1.angelo badalamenti-laura's dark boogie
2.me, myself & i-apocalypse
3.a hymn for her-all gods angels are writhing
4.inade-eternity's crevice
5.archon satani-heavenly inoculation
6.azure skies-rise
7.sanctum-stone
8.sanctum-fonstret
9.sanctum-muffled piano
10.mental destruction-and the fire
11.mental destruction-september warning
12.extol-work of art (raison d'etre remix)
13.david lynch-the air is on fire VIII
14.navicon torture technologies-mother of all crossroads
15.navicon torture technologies-beauty in these ruins
16.chrysta bell(w/david lynch)-polish poem

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DISMAL episode III

dj non presents:
dismal, episode III (alOne productions 2007)

1.the fluoxetine effect-treading on
2.luasa raelon-devouring the light
3.inade-through the gates of death
4.vidna obmana-streamers of stillness
5.moby-live forever
6.a hymn for her-'untitled unfinished unreleased track' / ...and the oceans cease to be
7.anaphylaxis-goodnight, princess
8.tribes of neurot/neurosis-strength of fates
9.navicon torture technologies-when what might have been crumbles
10.genesis p. orridge / merzbow-flowering pain give space
11.letum-tears

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DISMAL II (2007)

yeah..time travel..something i know alot about.
anyway. here's

DISMAL, episode II

mental destruction-x (remix of der blutharsch material)
numina & tara vanflower-pearl
jocelyn montgomery & david lynch-viridissima
sistrenatus-VI
tara vanflower-lilytiger and tigerlily remix
a hymn for her-the harrowed queen
vidna obmana-act III:reflection on scale IV
she satellites(nic endo)-black cyclone
raison d'etre-metamorphyses phase VI
xiphoid dementia-american tradition (remix of anaphylaxis work)
internal empty-a.l.w.s.p.m.
aube & bleiburg-soshite sorekara
scrawn-chinese kitchen drone


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DISMAL I (first episode 2007)

dj non presents:
dismal, episode I (alOne productions 2007)
1.mental destruction-come armageddon remix
2.mental destruction-xxx (remix)
3.in death's throes-in celebration ov elemental blessings
4.atrium carceri-memory leak
5.coph nia-the veil (xiphoid dementia remix)
6.a hymn for her-funereal gasp (demo)
7.rome-hope dies painless
8.chaos as shelter- glass watchers
9.ordo equilibrio-sic transit gloria mundi... in extremis
10.david lynch-woods variation
11.angelo badalamenti-dark mood woods/red room
12.atrium carceri-dark water
13.acclimate-MAGO remix
14.seraphic torpor-concrete forest

since i'm sure you can't find this anymore as its kinda old for what it is i figured to start going backwards and put some of the first episodes of dismal up here.

they might even be better (up for debate)

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DISMAL XXV

DJ NON presents: DISMAL XXV

*with this particular episode of DISMAL, many tracks were remixed and/or edited, but not all*

1.fennesz - grey scale
2.skadi - novissima nox
3.northern valentine - already gone
4.endvra - the frozen moon
5.progetto morte - novita' (self titled version)
6.brighterdeathnow - necrose evangelicum
7.navicon torture technologies - what would i be without this feeling? (original version)
8.kayoma-sdyeane - behold the sky/...over the i
9.thorofon - punished by blindness
10.caul & kirchenkampf - i am the one whom you have hidden from
11.caul - darkness (remixed and remastered)
12.me, myself & i - overstimulated (a hymn for her remix/edit)
13.bealiah - untitled (from anthology of the undead)
14.anaphylaxis - respite (remastered dismal edit)
15.anaphylaxis - level
16.merzbow + nordvargr - hidden

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DISMAL XXIV

DJ NON presents:

dismal XXIV

ondo - second (mahavishnu) (remix)
emit - Exhaling Life, Channelling Death
lackthrow - one week later (fear is thieving)
archoni satani - sanctified pins or needles
arcana - the hurt heals slowly
entrata aperta - final oasis of wheezing (remix)
machine saw - acolyte
lustmord - disintegration
megaptera - more disturbance
frolic - breathing in my soul (remix)
ordo rosarious equilibrio - love conquers all
rome - der brandtaucher
rome - ver goetter der stadt
caul - theme 1
caul - theme 5
abnocto - arcane knowledge
murderous vision - journey onward
cradle->grave - you are of the broadest skies (remix)
a hymn for her - three coats of silver on the eyelids (dismal remix)
new risen throne - aporrheton
atrium carceri - a new silence
desiderii marginis - hallmark (remix)

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DISMAL XXIII

*DJ NON presents DISMAL XXIII, mixed and remixed.  Yet another hour of the dark ambient, gothic, industrial, chill of dismal.*

a hymn for her - intro dismal 23
diamanda galas - exeloyme
beequeen - remind me of you
starfrost - the outer darkness
kava - winter in summer
destrum - this impending night
anaphylaxis - a brief respite
EnGrave - intercession
anaphylaxis - venus, twice removed
EnGrave - visions of martyrs
porteur de l'image - implosion
penitent - transfiguration
rune's order - winter night (reprise)
rune's order - slow death
wilt - amidst a spacious fabric 6
Caul & Kirchenkampf - darkness and water
vidna obmana - torch of remembrance
starfrost/anaphylaxis - the outer darkness, whispering
northaunt - and i fade away
vestigial - celebrating the new sun
pholde - the sum of the factors controlling the presence

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Frolic + Firmament discographies

i found the debut Frolic(who later would end up on the Projekt label) cd the other day, immediately remembered how great it was and decided to post.

i figured it would be nearly impossible to find on cd now days as the label which released it, Velvet Empire, crashed and burned years and years ago.
However, i found the whole frolic discography as well as the firmament discography (side project)
RIGHT HERE for stream or dl.
soooo, lap it up. great ambient and ethereal stuff.

A Hymn For Her-"...when god stopped caring" (2004)

1. when god stopped caring... (79:58)

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