IRFAN’s new, third album “The Eternal Return” is out through the French label PRIKOSNOVENIE /Mandalia-Music.
8 years after the majestic album "Seraphim", Irfan are now back with an album which continues the beauty of the journey: 'The Eternal Return'. This new album was recorded with the original singer of the band Denitza Seraphim.
The new masterpiece counts 10 titles; it travels from the Sahara desert, to the Siberian steppes via the Gardens of Jerusalem and even the mystical worlds of Hildegarde Von Bingen.
The flutes are hypnotic and the voices transcendental. Transcendence is all across the album, together with the theme of the eternal return, return to our original source, the Garden of Eden.
The male/female duo unavoidably reminds us of Dead Can Dance ; Irfan adapts "Salamander" from the album "Toward the within".
How can we best define this album? Overpowering ? Mystical ? Dreamlike ? Romantic ? Touched by divine grace ? All at once. The quintet gathers the Earth, the Sky, the fire and water in a kind of modern liturgy which honours the past, the Egyptian, the medieval and the Christian cultures. This journey, through numerous oriental instruments such as oud, santoor, psalterion, daf, bodhran, duduk, ney, kaval elevates us to the level of Life’s mystery.
May Irfan’s music allow you to dream, dance, sing and see beyond the veil of illusions to taste the beauty of now / the present moment.
Musical references of this album draw from Dead Can Dance, Azam Ali Niyaz, Hildegarde Von Bingen.
Irfan will do a tour in 2015/2016 to introduce their new album to the public
Mortiis has unveiled the video for "Doppelganger," the first single from the long-awaited upcoming The Great Deceiver album.
The "Doppelganger" single will also be available as a free download at www.mortiis.com beginning Monday, October 5. The download also includes a :Wumpscut: remix, the downloadable video, a screensaver and other graphics.
"As a song, 'Doppelganger' not so much investigates or peeks into a conflicted psyche, as it just rips it open and exposes someone for being a two faced piece of shit," Mortiis said. "I absolutely see myself as that. Sometimes. Other times I try to be a good person. I often fail. Perhaps I treat myself harshly. But it´s there now, in my face, and I don´t disagree with what the song is saying."
The video, directed by Robyn Van Swank with Nick Plotquin, brings the track to life with horrific images of bloodletting, mutilation and torture. "I thought there was a rough sort of irony in it all with the physical and psychological mutilation," Mortiis said. "The knife imitates the words...the truth bleeds out..."
The video for "Doppelganger" is also Mortiis' reaction to years of being artistically held back by record companies that shied away from the graphic content that visually sums up Mortiis' music. "I always thought that was ridiculous," he said. "We wanted to make videos that people would notice, that would cause a reaction, something they wouldn´t forget as soon as the next video came on. I always thought that if our music or imagery pissed someone off, or made them want to puke in their mouths that would be a way better reaction than indifference."
Mortiis had previously discussed making a video that would be one straight seen of self-mutilation but always knew the powers that be would put the kibosh on it. When he connected with Von Swank to discuss filming "Doppelganger," self-mutilation was naturally the first topic.
October 6, 2015 - New York based Dark Alternative Rock band Echo Black has released their debut music video "Burn Another Day" (featuring Davey Suicide) which originally premiered with REVOLVER Magazine and was directed by Nathan Crooker. The track was produced by Nick Scott and is available for purchase now on iTunes & Amazon. The band also has announced the dates of their upcoming North American tour with Combichrist and The Birthday Massacre. The tour kicks off on October 28th in Baltimore, Maryland and works its way throughout the United States wrapping up on November 23rd in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Watch Echo Black's "Burn Another Day" (featuring Davey Suicide) music video below:
SUNDAY 22.NOV.2015 / 19h30
Lubomyr Melnyk
Lubomyr Melnyk is a 66 -year-old Ukrainian pianist and the inventor of the 'continuous music'. On November 27th his new album " Rivers And Streams will be released on Erased Tapes (Peter Broderick, Nils Frahm ). For lovers of pure musical beauty.
ZO.22.NOV.2015 / 19U30
LUBOMYR MELNYK
Lubomyr Melnyk is een 66-jarige Oekraïense pianist en de uitvinder van de ‘continuous music’. Op 27 november verschijnt zijn nieuwe album ‘Rivers And Streams’ bij het geweldige Erased Tapes (Peter Broderick, Nils Frahm). Voor liefhebbers van pure muzikale schoonheid.
In early 2016 'The Catastrophist ' , Tortoise’s first new album in nearly seven years, will be released. The most influential American five-member ensemble Tortoise has a mix of indie and krautrock with jazz , dub and classical minimalism. In 1988 they were responsible for the birth of post-rock.
Begin 2016 verschijnt met ‘The Catastrophist’ het eerste nieuwe album in bijna zeven jaar van het zeer invloedrijke vijfkoppig Amerikaanse ensemble Tortoise. De band heeft met een mix van indie- en krautrock met jazz, dub en klassiek minimalisme een unieke plaats binnen de Amerikaanse indierock afgedwongen. Ze stonden hiermee sinds hun oprichting in 1988 bovendien mee aan de wieg van de post-rock.
