Nyctalgia - Time Changed Everything (EP) (2009)

Genre: Ambient, Post Rock
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Jeremia - Demo 2009 (2009)

Our Ceasing Voice & Satory - Split EP (2011)

Combining the thrilling intensity of Post-Rock/ Ambient quartette Our Ceasing Voice and the raw power of Vienna's Post-Metal pioneers Satory, this split 7" submission marks a blood-tingling release that proves the Austrian bands' talents by opening the door to a world full of melancholy and despair.

For Darkness Fears The Light poses the deeply moving return of Our Ceasing Voice after the success of their debut album 'When the Headline Hit Home'. Striking vocals and powerful drumming enable the band to dare the leap and take their ambient based tunes a step further, while retaining the outfits's full melodramatic force.

Originated in a time of change, Satory's track, The Translator, defines an important turning point in the story of the beast that was introduced in their 2009 EP. Expressive heaviness and valleys of hope constitute their new sound, bringing the powerful machinery back to the post-metal front.

Tracklist:
01 - Our Ceasing Voice - For Darkness Fears The Light
02 - Satory - The Translator

Bonus Tracks (Digital Buy Version only)
03 - Satory - The Hills Shone Resplendent (In the Evening Sun) (Live)
04 - Satory And Our Ceasing Voice - The Translator (Acoustic)
05 - Our Ceasing Voice - Dead Air

Genre: Post-Rock/Post-Metal
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Chuter - Glisten Amber Plains (2011)

Jack Chuter is a solo musician from Basingstoke, England. His music is an introspective mesh of post-metal, shoegaze, drone and ambient. Back in 2006 he started creating music as Excido – post-metal music influenced by the likes of Pelican and Isis – before moving into more personal and unique sonic spaces as Chuter in 2007.

This brought with it a greater focus on texture and atmosphere, departing from those initial post-metal influences to explore his own sort of “heavy shoegaze”. After four releases as Chuter [ including the much-praised full-length "Leaving Here" ], Jack presents “Glisten Amber Plains” – four of his most immersive and intense pieces yet.

Tracklist:
1. Glisten Amber Plains
2. A Planet Has Passed Away
3. Not The Same
4. Steady

Genre: Shoegaze/Post-metal

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Colaris - The Disclosure (EP) (2010)

Post-Rock from Pirmasens, Germany. Totally worth checking out.

Tracklist:
01 - Disarmed
02 - Guiding Lights
03 - Reconsidering
04 - Consolation

Genre: Instrumental/Experimental/Postrock
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Our Ceasing Voice - Live (2011)

Recorded on April 25th 2011 in Gent, ‚Live‘ captures the dramatic performance by Our Ceasing Voice on their ‚When The Headline Hit Home Promo Tour‘. Featuring tracks from their debut EP ‚Steadied Stars in the Morphium Sky‘ and the full-length album ‚When the Headline Hit Home‘.

Live' helps Our Ceasing Voice to compensate for future touring expenses. Please consider supporting the band by buying the digital or CDr Version. Thank you!

Tracklist:
01 - Summer's Orange Haze
02 - The Inevitable Fall
03 - Of Lives Once Lost
04 - Highway Lights
05 - Passenger Killed in Hit and Run
06 - Hopes of Yore
07 - Dazzled Eyes Are Shut

Genre: Post Rock, Ambient, Shoegaze
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Baffqrd - Bloom (2011)

Genre: Instrumental Rock, Metal
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Out Of Sight - Silence Speaks The Words Unspoken (2011)

Hi folks, I'm back to present a record that I have been listening to a lot over the last few weeks. This record is called Silence speaks the words unspoken and is the second release by Out Of Sight, a one man band from Germany.

Usually, I'm not into Post Rock that much, because it is, in my opinion, all build-up and no pay-off. And a lot of that statement is true for this record, but the songs have a certain quality to them I cannot quite describe using my fairly limited vocabulary. I guess I could say that all five songs seem to be alive with so much beauty, but that would be cheesy, wouldn't it? I could say, that there are so many great melodies in those songs, which I tend to miss in other Post Rock songs. Or maybe, I could argue that I find this special blend of Metal and Post Rock to be very intriguing.

The fact is, that for most people, this record would be just another collection of Post Rock songs. For me, it is a lot more: for me, this is a collection of great songs and I do not want to put a lable on them, assigning them to a certain genre. This record contains 35 minutes of very beautiful music, it's as simple as that. 35 minutes of pure emotions which put a smile on my face every time.

Genre: Metal, Ambient, Post Rock, Shoegaze
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Naked Lunch - Amerika (2011)

Naked Lunchs neuester Output namens „Amerika“ ist der Soundtrack zu Kafkas gleichnamigem unvollendeten Roman, den der Autor selbst als „Der Verschollene“ betitelte und der am 24.03.2011 im Klagenfurter Stadttheater (Regie: Bernd Liepold-Mosser) uraufgeführt wurde. Die Integration der Band und eines 12-köpfigen Frauenchors in das Bühnenstück stellte sich als vorzügliche Idee heraus. Die Musik diente dazu der Geschichte und den aufkeimenden Emotionen mehr Ausdruck und Nachhalt zu verleihen. Einige der Schauspieler griffen bei manchen Songs sogar selbst zum Mikrofon. Für das Stück hat die Klagenfurter Band Naked Lunch eigens neun Songs geschrieben, die sich wunderbar in das Gesamtbild einfügten. Der Soundtrack wurde ferner im Studio ohne Gäste aufgenommen.

Schon das erste Stück Let Me Walk Upon The Water zeigt pragmatisch auf, was den Zuhörer in den nächsten knapp 32 Minuten erwarten wird. Noch ist es ganz dunkel im Saal und nur sanfte andächtige Klavierklänge tragen die Stimme von Sänger/Gitarrist Oliver Welter: „...with a suitcase in my hand...“. Vorhang auf! Der Hauptdarsteller Karl befindet sich mit seinem Koffer und Regenschirm auf einem Schiff nach Amerika. Auf diesem lernt er auch seinen Onkel kennen, der ihn in New York bei sich aufnimmt. Er lernt wenig später bei Freunden seines Onkels eine Frau namens Klara kennen. Fight Club beschreibt einen wüsten Streit zwischen Karl und seiner jüngsten Bekanntschaft, welche ihn heftig attackiert und dementsprechend laut und ungestüm tönt die Musik. Das Zusammenspiel von einem knackigen Beat, mit dem treibenden Schlagzeug und dem wummernden Bass ist eine Wucht. Karl packt Schirm und Koffer und zieht, nun auch noch von seinem Onkel verlassen, weiter und macht andere Bekanntschaften, denen er sich anschließt. Bei Tumble Down erklingt eine fragile und resignierende Gitarre und diese erzeugt zusammen mit dem Bühnengeschehen (Karl geht zu den Worten „...you tumble down...“ erschöpft zu Boden) eine unvergleichliche Stimmung und Tiefe. Mit Had This Dream ist ein Sahnestück von einem Song auf dem Album vorhanden, der im Refrain eine unglaubliche Schönheit und Zufriedenheit entfaltet: „Rain keeps falling on my head, keeps washing me away...“. Gänsehautgarantie. Karls weiterer Werdegang führt ihn zu einem Hotel, in dem er zwischenzeitlich residiert und auch arbeitet. Dort wird er schließlich entlassen und er erfährt von einem Theater in Oklahoma, welches Mitarbeiter sucht und niemanden jemals abweist. „Down, down there he goes...“. Karl wandert weiter mit seinem Koffer dorthin und das abschließende Your Last Waltz beschreibt mit zerbrechlichen Klängen den offenen Schluss des unvollendeten Werkes von Kafka: „Your last waltz may be your funeral, your wedding day or your big escape...“.

Naked Lunch haben mit „Amerika“ einen wundervollen Soundtrack über das Leben mit all seinen Facetten geschrieben, der den Hörer himmelhochjauchzend, emotional berührt und nachdenklich zugleich, zurücklässt. Die Band vereint gekonnt verschiedenste Stilmittel, welche von Rock bis hin zu spärlich eingesetzter Elektronik und Americana reichen. Karl geht und verschwindet schlussendlich. Seinen Koffer hat er zurückgelassen. Ganz großes (Kopf)Kino.

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Audio Sample, "first there was desert"
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Hope For Japan (Compilation To Benefit Japan Relief Efforts) (2011)

Quote: "This is a compilation aimed towards Japan Relief work. All the fund raised through this will go to American Redcross (There are possible alternatives though). No artists or I get any money out of this as this is non-profit charity compilation.

Read more about compilation and on methods of buying here! NOTE: Due to some misunderstanding with Blogger. The blog is down. Inconvenience is regretted. It will restored shortly. We have emailed blogger.

If any questions please don't hesitate emailing us at: hopeforjapanmusic@gmail.com, hopefornippon@gmail.com

Thanks to all the artists who have made this compilation possible.
Album art by Eric Schumacher."

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Tracklist:
01. Our Ceasing Voice – The Only Ones Dead (Are Those Who Are Forgotten)
02. Collapse Under The Empire – The Silent Death
03. The Picturesque Episode – Tokyo Pulse
04. Sey Hollo – Eighty Percent
05. …With a Sword on a Horse – The Sail Blows Windward (Remix)
06. The Jakesperiment – Duka getar, Skala ombak, akan sembuh tersapu alam
07. Asfandyar Khan – About Her
08. Circadian Eyes – A Careful Hope
09. The Tumbled Sea – Jill (Part I)
10. Takahiro Kido – Heavy Smoker’s Forest
11. Infinite Third – Genshukuna (Solemn)
12. 6LA8 – Sleeping People Can’t Fall Down
13. The Veldt – /[This Rain]
14. evolv – Alluring
15. Taiga Blues – Neuanfang
16. Armand Tanzarian – Japanese Title
17. a slow in dance – 6.12
18. We Are Pioneers – Now That We’re Alone
19. We – We Will Reunite Again One Day
20. The Echelon Effect – Japanese Title (Fall Seven Times, Stand Up Eight)
21. My Cats A Stargazer – Solace
22. The Sound Of Rescue – Take Heart
23. Matt Stevens and Kevin Feazy – Talker
24. Ben Woods – Gone
25. endote – Oldham
26. Good Weather For An Airstrike – Echoes
27. Arafúra – Lost Among the Lost (in Japan)
28. Nobuto Suda – Bunch of Harmony
29. The Eternal Twilight (Feat. Christian Erfurt) – Fading Into This Air…
30. Startle The Heavens – Picking Up The Pieces
31. Karl Verkade – Lullabye for the Lost
32. Lowercase Noises – Migratory Patterns
33. Bob Guido – Mooregate
34. Slow Dancing Society – Prange
35. The Living Sleep – We Were Infinite
36. Tundra Lights – Four Nights Under The Lights

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