Abbess Hildegard Of Bingen, Gothic Voices with Emma Kirkby directed by Christopher Page - A Feather On The Breath Of God (1984 hyperion)

1 Columba Aspexit 5:18
2 Ave, Generosa 4:36
3 O Ignis Spiritus 4:48
4 O Ierusalem 8:02
5 O Euchari 5:43
6 O Viridissima Virga 3:13
7 O Presul Vere Civitas 6:12
8 O Ecclesia 6:11

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The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud - "Amara Tanta Tyri" (1994 Arthur's Round Table)

the second album from this terrific project.

all 23 tracks are untitled, as is the way of t.m.l.h.b.a.c.

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The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud - "self-titled" (1993 Arthur's Round Table)

1-10. untitled

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FATA MORGANA

the full length, self-titled debut of Mortiis side project Fata Morgana is some pretty sweet fairytale medieval influenced ambient, much like some of his earlier 'era 1' ambience.

the follow up ep is outdated sounding techno (it sounded outdated when it was released) experiments with some of the ambient elements added.  (they sound nothing alike)

enjoy.

fata morgana - fata morgana (1995)

1 Stargazer (4:37)
2 Søk Din Ånd (5:40)
3 A Forset Path (4:16)
4 Fata Morgana (9:08)
5 Distant Thunder (5:58)
6 The Last Rainbow King (5:24)
7 Purple Sky (4:17)

fata morgana - space race (1996)

1. space race

2. robot city

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the Soul Bleeds Black - "alchemie" (world serpent 1999)

from FUNPROX.COM :

Alchemie originally appeared on the now defunct label World Serpent in 1999. It was the fourth album for the American neo-medievalists The Soil Bleeds Black, a project centered around the Riddick brothers. Their label The Fossil Dungeon has now made this album available again, in a joint venture with Argentina’s Twilight Records. The second edition comes in a nice brown/gold digipack and has no less than three bonus tracks.


Most tracks follow a similar pattern: quite heavy repetitive percussion, a clear medieval melody lead by flute or organ, embellishment with bells and samples, alternating male and female vocals with a ritual character. Especially the songs sang by Eugenia Wallace appeal to me, of which ‘Luna Begets Mercury’ is a good example. Another highlight is the bombastic ‘Lapis Philosophorum’, which features the typical musical contribution of Arcana.

All in all Alchemie is quite a good album, which shows a band in progress. The Soil Bleeds Black has clearly progressed from their earlier albums, but have not reached yet the musical skills and richer arrangements of later work as Lead into Gold or Mirror Of The Middle Ages.

1 Magia Naturalis (2:36)
2 Luna Begets Mercury (2:45)
3 Winter Marriage (3:41)
4 Made Not Vain The Cup Thou Drankest (3:38)
5 Mineralia (3:14)
6 Moonburn (2:07)
7 Lapis Philosophorum (3:04)
8 Fire Of The Sacred Seal (3:35)
9 Jongleurs In A Threefold (1:49)
10 Silver Song (2:02)
11 Dethrone The Wounded King (4:34)
12 Some Sweet Sorrow Did Her Heart Distraine, Act I (2:44)

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