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V.A. (VARIOUS ARTISTS) (COMPILATIONS) - Dark Ambient Radio Volume 1

Format: CD
Label & Cat.Number: Dark Ambient Radio
Release Year: 2008
Note: the great internet radio-programme from Hamburg with first compilation, exclusive material only from various artists that got more well known later, such as PHELIOS, SVARTSINN, ALLSEITS / ALL SIDES, FALS MIRROR, MYTRIP (!), etc. comes in jewel-case with 4 p inlay; BACK IN STOCK
Price (incl. 19% VAT): €13.00


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Das Hamburger Internet-Radio "Dark-Ambient-Radio" steht seit einigen Jahren für ein anspruchsvolles Programm und bietet den Hörern zudem eine Plattform für Austausch & Kommunikation. Auf der ersten CD-Compilation des Independent-Senders finden sich einige bekanntere Acts, aber überwiegend gibt es wohl für die meisten was neues zu entdecken. Im Dark Ambient Genre mischen sich der Sinn für Geräuschhaftes und Soundeffekte mit der Sehnsuchtsweite der Drones, wobei harmonische Elemente oft ein minimales Gerüst bilden.
Dabei sollen dunkle, kosmische, melancholische Atmosphären entstehen... Die "Dark-Ambient-Radio" Zusammenstellung führt das sehr schön vor, unsere persönlichen Highlights kommen von: SVARTSINN & ALLSEITS (die "andere Seite" von ALL SIDES), NAGUAL ART, PHELIOS...

"At eleven the track-count stops and another marvelous sampler will have played on your stereo. With the title Dark-Ambient-Radio, Vol. 1, there is not much to guess about the content of this album.
The collected artists on this sampler are in between completely new and world-famous (within the genre that is). The absolute most well-known on here is Ah Cama-Sotz, but also Svartsinn and Phelios have earned their place in the dark ambient genre already.
For Evoke Scurvee, Nihil Communication, Mytrip, and Nagual Art this is the first occurence on a CD. All others on this album have had releases before, so depending on how much you like dark ambient, you might have stumbled upon tracks or releases already.
So the balance of "something old, something new" slightly tilts towards the "new" and that is always good. Getting to know new names and finding the well hidden pearl in the oyster gives you the feeling there is still stuff to explore in an at times slow developing genre.
But does this album contain dark ambient? Well, yes and no. Partially there is definitly some references toward the definition, but at times there is also a lot of experimentation with fieldrecordings, samples, drones, and emotion. A purist would call file those tracks under drones or experimental. But let's just f*ck purism this time. :-)
A must-have for explorers and those dark of mind ..." [Bauke van der Wal / Gothtronic]



& live-stream at: www.darkambientradio.de