MUSICA CTHULHIANA 'The Fourh'

Genre: Dark Ambient

Country: Germany

Year: Released 10 November 2003 by Pegasus Verlag

Musica Cthulhiana is one of the most mysterious Dark Ambient’s  projects in this environment. About creators of this project practically it isn't known and the page on the Facebook meets everyone who comes there by a creepy avatar and modest number of subscribers. It suggests a thought that such unpopularity, almost secrecy can be regarded as part of image of the figure which hides under such mysterious alter-ego.

Musica Cthulhiana is an embodiment of creative ideas, the sui generis tribute to Howard Lavkraft caused by interest to his works therefore their music is a some mystical story, freezing the blood by gloomy plots, and the project’s name obviously applyed to the story  "Call to Ktulkh".  Thus, having created special psychoacoustic space from abstract pictures and subjective imaginations, Musica Cthulhiana is making hypnotic effect, similarly as shaman rituals changing a condition of consciousness.

The album "The Fourth" is the minimalistic sound row, "fixated" and volume. Really, this sound aura is  perceiving in a special way, it is rather at unconscious level but if to listen it attentively, it is possible to hear a huge variety of sounds which differ among themselves on origin, tones and even mood. It is possible to distinguish the background, the periphery, the center and other coordinates of points of perceptual space and it begins to seem that the world has much more measurements, instead of conventional three. Echoing aftersounds immerse in the abyss of infinite black-and-white dreams which dazzle by the uncountable set of fantastic and senseless images when the consciousness is completely disconnecting and all impressions of life turn into chaotic game of freakish images and thoughts. Sometimes in the middle of this monotonous background there are cold synth twangs, and sometime appear the perfect neoclassical passages with sad keyboards and melancholic violoncello, and even a saxophone in the first track “The Unnamable” which is executed in very sensual and mystical manner put on the jazz mode. Somewhere far it is possible to hear aftersounds of life, - whisper, singing of birds, splashes in water, a hurricane’s roar, someone's disturbing shouts. Really, one can feel oneself by the sleeper and to hear it through a thick veil of a sleeping, such strong that it even starts to frighten. Yes, in such state too it is possible to have feeling of freezing fear, especially when this sleeping is a certain verge between the real world and an abyss in a mysterious and unearthly gloom. And here it is already audible as a strange voice says the weird  words similar to some ominous spell.

Really to sustain a full album on forces it can far not to everyone, especially impressionable listeners can experience the real emotional collapse. Such ambient would become a good background soundtrack for some mute movie from the category of surrealistic creations.

Excellent release for those who looks for high-quality and interesting works in this unusual direction, still not recognized for music in itself habitual understanding. Similar to Treha Sektori, Karnnos, Udraum...

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