i...deviant - memento mori – a requiem for Europe
“Memento mori” ... that's the title of i...deviant release of 2006. The
question is what is death for the artists? Whether it is a permanent
silence, the end of everything, or something natural? One thing's sure:
if death requires concentration and is mysterious then definitely
i..deviant create such atmosphere . The album consists of five tracks
which constitute as if one single journey separated into several stops
in such a way that each of them forms an individual body - both as far
as the atmosphere and the music is concerned - and yet constitutes a
part of a bigger entity.
pravda – the opening track – starts as if a deep breath (last breath?), then the most beautiful, single sounds follows, diving into the sonic deep. The combination is so poignant that it scopes attention from the very start: the sound imitates someone playing cello in the labyrinth of rocks. The main line is accompanied by a grim, threatening and drilling electronic stream. The vocal in turn makes me think of recitation, silenced monologue.
cleansed – trembling, mystical sounds blended together form a rich background for a droning, story-telling vocal. Irregular structure which at times gets a definite quality compose a cold, abstract and disquieting soundscape.
Initially nichts imitates the raindrops: single beats of piano keys separating words exist individually only later the melody and word meet - quite coincidentally in fact - to run two different sides the next moment. A bit like a sung poetry, a bit like a mono drama – the piece features recitation with music background.
darkness and decay and christiana are set in the similar stylistics: the sounds make circles, reverberate, whirl and fall and build the atmosphere of thoughtfulness, reflection and concentration.
Quite a depressing mood of the album, basing on whispering or reciting vocal and unusually arranged sounds of cello and electronics produce irregular, anxious and a bit mystic entity which requires from the listener the will to surrender to the sound and vast amounts of engrossment.
The gloomy shades prevail on the album, so don't forget to light the candle before you start listening...
pravda – the opening track – starts as if a deep breath (last breath?), then the most beautiful, single sounds follows, diving into the sonic deep. The combination is so poignant that it scopes attention from the very start: the sound imitates someone playing cello in the labyrinth of rocks. The main line is accompanied by a grim, threatening and drilling electronic stream. The vocal in turn makes me think of recitation, silenced monologue.
cleansed – trembling, mystical sounds blended together form a rich background for a droning, story-telling vocal. Irregular structure which at times gets a definite quality compose a cold, abstract and disquieting soundscape.
Initially nichts imitates the raindrops: single beats of piano keys separating words exist individually only later the melody and word meet - quite coincidentally in fact - to run two different sides the next moment. A bit like a sung poetry, a bit like a mono drama – the piece features recitation with music background.
darkness and decay and christiana are set in the similar stylistics: the sounds make circles, reverberate, whirl and fall and build the atmosphere of thoughtfulness, reflection and concentration.
Quite a depressing mood of the album, basing on whispering or reciting vocal and unusually arranged sounds of cello and electronics produce irregular, anxious and a bit mystic entity which requires from the listener the will to surrender to the sound and vast amounts of engrossment.
The gloomy shades prevail on the album, so don't forget to light the candle before you start listening...
