STYLE..... Dark
Ambient
LABEL..... ConSouling Sounds
REL.DATE... 07-04-2010
COUNTRY... Belgium
Simulacra is one of
the solo projects activated by Miguel Boriau, who is half of
Belgian neofolk / martial duo Weihan, as well as owner of CDr
label NOTHingness REcords. Similar to his other aliases (such as
Mannus, Beyond Infinity and Insomnia), here the main interest is dark
ambient. Presenting itself with an evocative artwork, "There Is A
Fountain Filled With Blood" conjures primordial and supernatural
images, where a feeling of solemnity and power prevail over the
depressive and gloomy atmospheres that are used and abused in the
genre. The core of the CD is definitely the over 20-minute long
title-track, uncoiling between deep space echoes and the
disturbing murmuring of dead gods, in a journey that leads you
through a dimension full of mystery and death. Equally
fascinating is "I Have No Blood I Have No Heart", another fine
example of sharp cosmic sounds darting out of the void.
Dark ambient is these days as overcrowded as ever, with most
projects / acts sounding like copycats of each other. It's
indeed a genre with little prospectives of innovation at the moment,
yet it seems always possible to find new names managing to keep it
alive. Simulacra is one of them. "There Is A Fountain Filled With
Blood" is powerful and evocative to the right extent, and
that's more than enough to give it the chance of a
listen.
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Degradation, degeneration, fear, sadness, loneliness, the end...
these and many other negativities, "dressed in a dark
ambient garment" can be felt in the new work of Simulacra. The
five foggy pieces of work that overwhelm the listener with a feeling of a
total solitariness while waiting for something that is
not avoidable and can't be stopped create the musical whole. The
sounds used in the new album of Simulacra are, as usual, the
minimalist form of dark ambient, that emanates with hypnotic
attraction. The main motif of the new album is
a fountain filled with blood that symbolizes the source of
death, the place we constantly head on in our gloomy existential
pilgrimage. The atmosphere of the album grabs the
listener's heart... to stop its beating with one grip.
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