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N [49] [HELLMUT NEIDHARDT] & SIMULACRA - Birka

Format: LP Label & Cat.Number: Denovali Records DEN 265 Release Year: 2016 Note: collaboration of "N" with SIMULACRA from Belgium: much different from the raw diamonds on "Anklam", on BIRKA synthesizer spheres merge with ultra dark guitar drones in a most subtle, sublime way, 4 tracks...."slowly shifting frequencies through endless caverns, reverberating from the black walls..." lim. 100, thick cardboard covers & inner sleeves, 180gr. black vinyl Price (incl. 19% VAT): €27.50 More Info Thick rough cardboard covers, black polylined inner sleeves, 180g black vinyl, strictly limited to 100 copies. N is the moniker of Dortmund-based German experimental guitarist Hellmut Neidhardt. In line with the release of his collaboration record with SANKT OTTEN - Männerfreundschaften und Metaphysik - September 2015 sees the release of two further N-related records. The first one is his latest solo record - N(43) - „Anklam“ -, featuring the three tracks „Daemmerung“, „Restlicht“ and „Requiem“. It is a album Neidhardt somehow knew to be located in the dark fields of blinding error and its consequences, thus anything there might be a bit ambiguous in its meanings. From deeply melancholic, coarse-grained waves of sound, buried under tons of beside-noises to the last rearing of the sound of the sun before falling into the sea. And then you are still there, time has stopped, all has stopped. Exept the endless hovering of the requiem. „Anklam“ is once again a direct-two-track recording without any cut and paste, with Neidhardt just using his guitar / FX / amp setup - regardless how it may sound. The second new record is N(49) „Birka“, a collaboration with SIMULACRA from Belgium. This is probably the one of N's collaborations that took the longest time to make so far and Neidhardt is happy to take part of the blame for that: Simulacra is known for his very deep, void-like sound aesthetic, with deeply breathing synth sounds without any artifacts around. For this reason it was very difficult for the two collaborators to figure out a corporate sound; they only knew they found this after it had happend at last... Well and from this moment, it was quite easy. Expect a very dark album, with a lot of bass, with N's guitar sometimes emerging from the depth of Simulacra's soundwalls, sometimes working as something like a driving force from underneath; slowly shifting frequencies through endless caverns, reverberating from the black walls. "This record is soo dark, we love it... (and thus are really happy we made it in the end...)." states Neidhardt. www.denovali.com