Kenosis - Flutes of the Dungeon (Book 1)

[Note: this is not one of my projects; it is the first installment where I will be presenting some of Noizen's work, which I am posting with his permission. Noizen is a longtime friend, as well as a collaborator with me on some of my projects.]

 

(Kenosis - Book 1, cover for the cassette release on Gondolin Records, linked below.)

Okay, there's is no easy way to say this: Noizen is (in addition to being a literal music professor and academic) nothing short of a musical genius and adept. I actually feel bad for him a lot of times that his work on our collaborative efforts is marred by my own crappy musicianship (lol). 

On the flipside, his contribution on Exalted Saviour's Blood Sacrifice, and work with Salat, is what makes those albums original, imo: his contributions make my music waaaay better, while mine probably makes his worse, haha. Working with him has been nothing short of an honour.

With that being said, let me just emphatically declare that Flutes of the Dungeon (Book 1) is a 'must-hear.' You need this album in your life. 

It's hard to pin it down musically. It's supposed to fall in the 'Dungeon-Synth' category, and it does... except for the fact that it is entirely made with wind-instruments. No synths whatsoever.
And man... it's crazy how easy he made it all seem. 

This album really needs to be heard, I'm reluctant to even describe it. It's beautiful, tranquil, lonely at times, but mostly... joyous? It's just amazing. 

Both the artist, as well as the album, deserve a wider audeince, and more recognition.

Download album at 'Name Your Price' (free or donation): https://kenosis2.bandcamp.com/releases 

Purchase from Gondolin Records (limited edition cassette presently Sold Out):

https://gondolinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/book-one

Wednes (2005-2019)

(Wednes logo)

Wednes incorporates a great majority of my instrumental synth-oriented/DAW-produced music, going back to 2005.
I only organized it under this name in 2017 I think, so prior to that time, several of the older albums had been released at various times in the past under a few different names (i.e., GODISDEAD, My Dying TS404, and Intra-Uterine Sabbat among others...). Of course, these releases were so obscure as to hardly even be noticed, so I didn't think a name change (or several) mattered too much.

In 2015 I made a Dungeon Synth album called "At Summer's End," for a project originally called 'Skorne.' This album, apparently, is well liked, I'm grateful for that. It has been one of my more popular albums I suppose. 

 (original Skorne logo)

 I had wanted Skorne to be a proper Dungeon Synth project, but when you're a solo artist as disheveled and erratic as I am, your multiple projects start to blend and bleed over into one another. I figured the best thing to do was think of one name, one concept, to unite everything under, rather than have 20 projects of synth-based, instrumental music made in a DAW.

The name 'Wednes' was one I had considered many times over the years, and it fit nicely for the more pagan-oriented, natural concept I wanted the project to exhibit.

Wednes has a lot of variety from album to album, from electronic black-metal, to electro-doom, to gothic elevator-music, there is a lot of material here to be digested.
I'm thinking that I should leave Wednes as it is. There are 9 albums, and that seems a perfect and compleat number to finish a project like this on, all things considered.  

Shout-outs to Ancient Meadow Records, for picking up both "At Summer's End," and "Vael" for physical release on cassette. Links to their site below:

"At Summer's End" at Ancient Meadow Records

"Vael" at Ancient Meadow Records

(At time of writing, I received my package from Ancient Meadow a couple days ago:)

There's a lot more detail to this story, songs and albums being shuffled around to other projects, etc., but whatever. Enjoy the music!

Download albums at 'Name Your Price' (free or donation):

https://wednes.bandcamp.com/


Mediafire:

Wednes - "Northern Earth Grounds Us All" (2018)