Z'EV & RAMONA PONZINI — Ankoku

"... �Ankoku� entf�hrt den Zuh�rer auf eine filigrane, d�stere Reise zwischen flirrenden Feedback-Drones, den f�r Z'EV typischen, aber sehr zur�ckgenommenen Stahlpercussions und der traumwandler-ischen Stimme Ponzinis, die klingt, als ob es sich dabei um eine Geisterbeschw�rung einer japanischen Yūrei oder um mit Schattenwesen aus der Zwischenwelt bev�lkerte Filmsequenzen handeln w�rde: Wenn schon Magick, dann so etwas wie �Ankoku�, dessen spirituelle Kraft an Coil erinnert und auf der die italienische S�ngerin/Musikerin ihr Deb�t gibt." [Skug]

"ANKOKU: Ramona's personal touch is certainly her own particular Japanese chant, together with the use of traditional percussions, bells and cymbals from Japan. Z'EV has been enchanted by all those elements (listening to Praxinoscope), asking to Ramona for this cooperation. This is the result of this "long-distance encounter". ANKOKU is a Japanese word which means "deep darkness". For this debut Ramona's voice and percussions has been registered by My Cat is an Alien in their mysterious studio, placed somewhere in Western Alps, adding some field recordings. Recordings has then been sent to Z'EV who has processed them with some of his typical percussions. Z'EV deconstruct the sweetness of Ramona's chants, enfolding the pieces with a darker atmosphere. We have an obscure 5 tracks album, structured on charming vocal melodies moving out from a "haunted house"." [label description]

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