MP3: Raison d'Être - Metamorphyses Phase I
Enough already! After one week of hot sunny weather, I'm through. Good thing I've got a proper soundtrack to take my mind off the summer doldroms. Raison D'être (aka Peter Andersson) has been one of the leaders of the dark ambient genre for long, long time and his newest masterwork "Metamorphyses" is absolutely brilliant. The record consists of what amounts to six movements of light-devouring darkness. This is the soundtrack to the most dismal blackness you could possibly imagine. Totally enveloping and all-encompassing. Ambient in this case does not mean background music - I like to crank this record up loud, close my eyes and let it consume me. Traditional notions of rhythm and melody aren't always necessary to hold your attention. Check out "Phase I" which I've posted today. It reminds me of the sound of the harbor at night, when you can here the the ropes pinging against the masts. Except of course, it's far more sinister than that. This is the anti-summer soundtrack.
Raison d'Être - Metamorphyses Phase I