Penumbral Aethyr – Eldritch Voltage Phenomenon (2024) Empusae side project
Label: self released Format: 3 x File Country: Belgium Released: August 2, 2024 Genre: Electronic Style: Dark Ambient
Tracklist
1. the Surge (18:20) 2. the Unveiling (19:06) 3. the Rupture (11:33)
This album contains recordings made during ritual sessions, capturing transmissions and resonances from the other side, resulting in distinct sounds and frequencies.
No plugins. No samples.
The following hardware were used to capture and render the evp's: (semi) analog synthesisers and effect processors, electronic and electro-acoustic receptors and sensors, triggers and switches, cables and wires, AM/FM/SW/HF/LF tuners and various electro-static machines. Music composed by entities from beyond. Captured, assembled, recorded and mastered by Nicolas van Meirhaeghe in May/June 2024 Artwork by Christel Morvan
For this collaborative album, Ashtoreth and Penumbral Aethyr were inspired by the link between a number of mythological creatures from several ancient Cultures and their emotional representations. Like Boreas, the rough and cruel God of Wind, Cold and Darkness; Nephthys, Goddess of Birth and the Underworld; Ptah, the original creator God in ancient Enneadic Cosmogony and Naiad, the Water Elemental of the Earth. As such she can summon and control all water in her immediate environment and manifest herself from that source. Water is linked to the emotions and therefore they chose Naiad as the fitting moniker for their album. These recordings are steeped in deeply felt emotions and meditations on both personal and general reflections about the state of the world and our place within it. The Belgian duo composed these pieces using only hardware, electro-acoustics, voices and field recordings. No audio plug-ins were used for the recording of 'Naiad'.
Artwork, Cover, Design – Christel Morvan Mastered By – Ronald Mariën Recorded By, Composed By, Producer – Nicolas Van Meirhaeghe, Peter Verwimp Glass-mastered CD comes in a 6-panel digi-file, limited to 300 copies.
Label: Arcane Dirge – 9th Dirge Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition Country: US Released: May 16, 2025 Genre: Electronic Style: Dark Ambient
Tracklist
1 Invocation (The Fractured Self) 5:17 2 Circuits And Sigils 7:16 3 Through The Rift 10:03 4 The Echo Of Shadows 9:30 5 A Soul Reclaimed, A Darkness Born 6:15 6 Eternal Rift (The Unending Void) 7:50
Composed By, Performer, Recorded By – Nicolas Van Meirhaeghe Concept By, Artwork, Layout – Christel Morvan Mastered By – Dan Barrett Comes in 4-panel digipak with an 8-page booklet containing a short story to accompany the music. Limited to 200 copies.
