From: seed@to.uyu   
      
   VARIOUS ARTISTS "Seedmouth" CD   
   (1996, Cold Spring # CSR12)   
      
   Dark ambient always had quite a strict definition, which was   
   enough   
   for many bands and solo-projects of musicians worldwide.   
   Minimalistic   
   and free from pronounced details or emotional outbursts, it   
   carries a   
   lot of the hypnotic effects, created due to monotonous sonority   
   and   
   looped fragments. UK based Cold Spring label, known for its   
   abundant   
   experience in popularization of various underground curiosities,   
   has   
   expanded the limits of dark ambient realms. That means, in 1996   
   they   
   released new compilation of "international atmospherics", which   
   is   
   going beyond the imaging course, but on the more profound level.   
   So   
   you can't figure out some common principles of composition or   
   sonic   
   juxtaposition, but in perceptional scale these pieces all are   
   similar   
   to the idea of classic ambient soundscapes: slow submergence,   
   subconscious contemplation, lots of mystic and ritualistic signs.   
   All   
   of these tracks were recorded exclusively for this project, and   
   many   
   of these artists were just the promising newcomers. As far as the   
   times passed, many of them became the most celebrated artists in   
   the   
   whole universe of the dark scene: Lustmord, Cranioclast, Deutsch   
   Nepal, Inanna, John Watermann, Illusion Of Safety, Band Of Pain   
   and   
   Inade. Even the couple of tracks by less known bands like   
   Experimental   
   Audio Research and Jawbone are just the masterpieces according to   
   all   
   the highest standards of quality ever possible for underground   
   music.   
   The special feature of this CD is the best track ever composed by   
   russian artist Mikhail Atom, bombastic and lyrical at the same   
   time.   
   This compilation was released in a limited edition of 1500 copies   
   but   
   sold out and out of print for many years, now becoming the   
   collector's   
   item.   
      
   (Ó) Dmitry Vasilyev for I.E.M. magazine   
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   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)