FULL WOLF MOON (22 January 2008)

The Musick dedicated to this Esbat is:

NIJIUMU
ERA OF SAD WINGS

Original Issue: 1993 P.S.F. (PSFD-31) If you like it, BUY IT!

Margot-meter: 5 moons / 5

1 I (2:39)
2 II (16:10)
3 III (6:52)
4 IV (5:13)
5 V (4:54)
6 VI (9:30)
7 VII (5:07)
8 VIII (4:48)
9 IX (6:52)
10 X (3:56)

In my opinion, one of the most incredible releases of all times!
It really opens the gates of the Otherworld...
Handle with care!!!

Volcanic Tongue Review:

Nijiumu was originally the title of an early solo album from Keiji Haino that featured metal percussion, drones and vocals but the whole project soon became a group concern, with Haino playing everything from electronics, medieval instruments and pedal steel guitar.

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However, here Nijiumu is simply Haino solo and right from the title Era Of Sad Wings is one of the most beautiful and affecting moments in his entire back catalogue.

Here Haino mixes high castrato chorales with slow-motion swarms of electronics, medieval drones and lugubrious, honey-thick atmospheres. Highest recommendation.

FULL HUNTER'S MOON (26 October 2007)

The Musick dedicated to this Esbat is:

COIL
THE REMOTE VIEWER

Original Issue: 2002 Threshold House (No Number - Limited to 500 Copies)

Reissue: 2006 Threshold House (thbkk 01) Buy It


Margot-meter: 4,5 moons / 5

01 - Remote Viewing 1
02 - Remote Viewing 2
03 - Remote Viewing 3

My respects to the late Jhon Balance for changing my life forever with his chanting.

A Review :

More in the vein of Coil's epic ambient work than their techno and industrial experiments, these tracks are nonetheless more dynamic than the extended drone pieces of ANS or Time Machines. In addition to the electronic experimentation and studio remixing of founding members Jhonn Balance and Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson and regular collaborators Simon Norris, Thighpaulsandra, and Danny Hyde, The Remote Viewer also includes contributions by Celtic folk musicians Cliff Stapleton (on the hurdy-gurdy, a sort of mechanical fiddle) and Mike York (on the Breton bagpipes).

It is these hauntingly weird but organic groans and wails that give this such a unique feel, a bittersweet and timeless melancholy that transcends the more clinical abstraction of purely electronic music.

"Remote Viewing One" is the most straightforward of this album's original offerings, a 20-minute meditation of looping scrapes, drones, and buzzes that gradually wander between gentle dissonance and otherworldly harmony. After "Remote Viewing 2," a sort of sound collage of slurping and scraping, the pipes and hurdy-gurdy return on "Remote Viewing 3" in a reprise of the first track, but this time more chaotic and rhythmic elements weave their way into the mix with high-pitched squeaks and chirps, while a subtle tribal drumbeat drives things from beneath.

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A brilliant example of Coil's instrumental work, The Remote Viewer is a masterful blend of ambient folk atmosphere and postmodernist electronic psychedelia.

Matthew Johnson - Re:Gen Magazine - 2006