BJÖRKK, HENRIK NORDVARGR — Vitagen
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Ein weiteres exzellentes Solo-Album von BJÖRKK aka NORDVARGR (sowie FOLKSTORM, MZ412 und TOROIDH), der sich mit seiner Musik inzwischen am Schnittpunkt von bodenlosen Ur-Ängsten und romantischer Schönheit zu befinden scheint - selten klang Musik so dämonisch-düster und strahlte doch etwas so Erhabenes aus... klanglich eine enge Vermählung von Geräuschmusik und konkreten Effekten mit eher elektronisch aufbereiteten Stimmen-Samples, Synth-Harmonies, etc...
“.....Carefully registered at night over a long period of time, the sounds used on Vitagen hail from a vast collection of strange sources - an old oiltank, axe, ESP, broken electronic equipments and slabs of concrete, to name a few. However, what makes his work even more intriguing is the amazing ability to concentrate in a deep black hole of sound elements of glitchy, cold elektronika amidst haunted and blackened minimalist atmospheres, building a foundation that permits himself to experiment with more rhythmic movements, slowly build and detailed drones, distant rumbles and disembodied voices. With this undisputable trademark, Nordvargr has managed to capture the spirit of bleakness like no other artist. The different shades of black and grey he paints with have never been more disturbing and at the same time more beautiful....” [from the press release]
“......But there is nothing loving or childlike here, unless of course it's meant to be the musical probing of the darkest recess of a child's mind, all monsters and nightmares, things that go bump in the night, shadows outside the window, demons waiting in the closet, all brought to life by disembodied rumbles, slow building industrial swells of shivering blackness, ominous smears of demonic minimalism, and occasional cracks and crashes, like brief bursts of lightning illuminating the terrors hidden in the night, just for a moment, but that moment is enough to fill your soul with dread as you are plunged back into utter darkness. And while the sound of Vitagen is definitely brutal and barren and hauntingly grim, it's also quite beautiful, and even soothing at times, with small stretches of tranquil ambience scattered here and there, melodies slowed down and pulled apart into dark shapes that sort of drift and hover, a nice balance between the hellishly malevolent and the soothingly serene. Beautifully packaged in a six panel, embossed cardboard sleeve.” [Aquarius Records]
“.....Carefully registered at night over a long period of time, the sounds used on Vitagen hail from a vast collection of strange sources - an old oiltank, axe, ESP, broken electronic equipments and slabs of concrete, to name a few. However, what makes his work even more intriguing is the amazing ability to concentrate in a deep black hole of sound elements of glitchy, cold elektronika amidst haunted and blackened minimalist atmospheres, building a foundation that permits himself to experiment with more rhythmic movements, slowly build and detailed drones, distant rumbles and disembodied voices. With this undisputable trademark, Nordvargr has managed to capture the spirit of bleakness like no other artist. The different shades of black and grey he paints with have never been more disturbing and at the same time more beautiful....” [from the press release]
“......But there is nothing loving or childlike here, unless of course it's meant to be the musical probing of the darkest recess of a child's mind, all monsters and nightmares, things that go bump in the night, shadows outside the window, demons waiting in the closet, all brought to life by disembodied rumbles, slow building industrial swells of shivering blackness, ominous smears of demonic minimalism, and occasional cracks and crashes, like brief bursts of lightning illuminating the terrors hidden in the night, just for a moment, but that moment is enough to fill your soul with dread as you are plunged back into utter darkness. And while the sound of Vitagen is definitely brutal and barren and hauntingly grim, it's also quite beautiful, and even soothing at times, with small stretches of tranquil ambience scattered here and there, melodies slowed down and pulled apart into dark shapes that sort of drift and hover, a nice balance between the hellishly malevolent and the soothingly serene. Beautifully packaged in a six panel, embossed cardboard sleeve.” [Aquarius Records]