Members:
Knut Enderlein -
Ex.Order,
Fjernlys, Inade, MK.U.L.T.R.A., Nidhögg
René Lehmann -
Ex.Order, Inade, MK.U.L.T.R.A., Nidhögg
"Sound Search
In the early 1990s, Dark Ambient sounds could already be heard emerging from Aue in the Erzgebirge (the "Ore Mountains" region of Saxony), specifically on two audio cassettes by the duo Inade: "Schwerttau" ("Sword Dew", 1992) and "Burning Flesh/Seelenhain" ("Grove of Souls" 1993) were still testing the limits of the sound equipment at their disposal, and searching amidst the stylistic territories of Post-Industrial and Ambient Musics.
Movement!
The first vinyl release came in the form of a 7" that was part of the legendary Drone-Series. "The Axxiarm Plains" (1994) is dedicated to the Russian Futurist Vladimir Vladimirowich Majakowski (1893-1930), who declared the need for an "Art in Movement": "Movement! We do not need a mausoleum for art, where dead works can be viewed, but rather living factories of the human spirit." This quote from his work Movement and Construction is included in the 7" insert. Consequently, this three-part miniature is totally dedicated to invoking energy through sound.
Violet Light Vortex
The first milestone work of Inade is the CD "Aldebaran", released in England in 1996 and named after that dying sun that radiates its violet light on many an evening. For some, Aldebaran is synonimous with the esoteric "Black Sun" the 'divine light of knowledge'. It is not necessary to delve into such notions in order to perceive this constellation as a symbol of a deeply spiritual source of energy, somewhat comparable to the "creative vortex" of the English Vorticists (Wyndham Lewis, Ezra Pound, etc.).
Kinetic Structures & Titanic Sculptures
With "The Crackling of the Anonymous" Knut Enderlein and René Lehmann continued the cosmic concept of "Aldebaran". The title describes the symbol of a bright shining unexpected impact, followed by a calm vibration, as a kind of disharmonic phenomena whose repolarisation is effected through divine signs or even through anonymous factors… This idea directly refers to the sound space which is conjured up by the music: an aural journey, guiding the listener into a transcendent cosmic state of agitation full of kinetic structures, bizarre shapes and titanic sculptures. Even though it was conceived as a sequel to "Aldebaran", "Crackling…" has turned out to be decisively more complex and multi-layered.
Spiritual Seeking
As already indicated, the philosophical aspects of their worldview or Weltanschauung, play an important role in Inade's work. So far, two compilations dedicated to the occult underground in early 20th century Germany have appeared in the series "Germania Occulta" which is produced in collaboration with Turbund Sturmwerk and also features other musically and conceptually kindred musicians. "Saturn Gnosis" dealt with the concepts of Gregor A. Gregorius and "Peryt Shou" with the ideas of the "spiritual seeker and teacher" of the same name. And on their numerous contributions to other compilations, the musicians from Leipzig have dedicated themselves to further developing their concept. "The Quiet Room" an exerpt from a larger unreleased work that can be found on "…in the Crystal Cage" (2004), uses Jim Morrison's words to remind us of something which we had long forgotten: "We're trying for something that's already found us…"
Space Itself Breathes
The live sound of the sound artists can be heard on an evolutionary 4cd/4lp boxset guiding the listener to the deeper meaning of their live concept - "Colliding Dimensions live 1995-2002". At the intersection between dreams and ears wide open cognizance, between the known reality and the spiderweb cluster of dimensions dissecting it, reside the premier purveyors of dark ambience, Inade. But it's more than simple dark ambience that they traffic in, for their dreams are vast and unrestricted, and their imaginative, ears wide open approach to sound manipulation is audacious and unparalleled. It's as much weird ambient as it is dark ambient; strange, perplexing sounds in which origin must be questioned. Arcane musings from the cosmic wasteland collide with insectiod utterances culled from ancient alien terrain; deep audio ripples pulsing across dark matter plains collide with the ephemeral flotsam of German occult murmurings. Pterodactyl's squeal in atavistic joy, space itself breathes--inhalations like crackling Cthulhuian dread, exhalations etched on the machinery whine of Forever--and the ever shifting cartography of the infinite is sonically translated along the ridge of collision, where Inade dare to explore. What remains is incomparable: the audio mythology they have nurtured, and the legacy that is Colliding Dimensions.
Since May 2005 Inade are performing Audio Mythology leading to the next decade of deeply spiritual energy…
Eternity Prevails
In early 2006 Inade decided to release a CD with collected recordings from 2001-2002 that has been remixed and re-edited in 2005. "Samadhi State" is illuminating the space of reality and the luminous arcs of dreams. Samadhi is a over-conscious experience that lies beyond waking, dreaming, and deep sleep. The realisation made in Samadhi is numinous realisation. A perfect condition in vigil, a condition of absolute consciousness. It is the final goal of everything and the highest form of self-possession, in the sense of collecting all the faculties of the constitution towards reaching union or quasi-union, long or short in time as the case may be, with the divine-spiritual… Life in the spirit is not fading. If the restrictions of the empirical being are exceeded, the universal life is intensified. The life becomes cosmical and even hypercosmical. The Samadhi State is neither guards nor dreams it is the fourth dimension, where the infinite eternity prevails."
Albums
Dagda Mor / Inade - Schwerttau (2xCass + Box, Ltd, Num) Loki Foundation LOKI 01 1991
Inade / Diés / Dagda Mor - Promotiontape (Cass, Promo) Loki Foundation, Nature & Art none 1993
Burning Flesh (Cass, Ltd, 3rd//2nd) Loki Foundation LOKI 06 1993
Burning Flesh / Seelenhain (2xCass + Box, Ltd) Loki Foundation LOKI 06 1993
Burning Flesh (CD, Album, Ltd, RE) Loki Foundation LOKI 24 2000
Burning Flesh (CD, Album, RE, RM) Loki Foundation LOKI 24 2007
Burning Flesh (13xFile, MP3, Album, 320) Loki Foundation LOKI 24 2014Schwerttau (Cass, Ltd) Loki Foundation LOKI 04 1993
The Axxiarm Plains (7", Ltd, Num, Cle) Drone Records DR-12 1995
The Axxiarm Plains (7", EP, Ltd, RP, Cle) Drone Records DR-12 1998The Flood Of White Light (10", Ltd) Malignant Records VIRUS LP02 1996
Aldebaran (CD, Album, Ltd) Cold Spring csr13cd 1996
Aldebaran (CD, Album, RE, Ltd) Cold Spring CSR13CD 2001
Aldebaran (CD, Album, RP) Cold Spring csr13cd 2007
Aldebaran (CD, Album, Ltd, Unofficial) ArsNova 8 - 514 UnknownInade (2xCass) Not On Label (Inade Self-released) none 1997
V.I.T.R.I.O.L. (7", Ltd) Loki Foundation LOKI 20 1999
Colliding Dimensions Tour 1999 (CDr, Comp, Ltd) Loki Foundation none 1999
Quartered Void (7", Ltd, Pic) Membrum Debile Propaganda MDP 6000-32 2000
The Crackling Of The Anonymous (CD, Album) / (2xLP, Album, Ltd) Loki Foundation LOKI 29 2001
The Crackling Of The Anonymous (10xFile, MP3, Album, 320) Loki Foundation LOKI 29 2014Turbund Sturmwerk / Inade - Peryt Shou (LP + Box, Ltd) Loki Foundation LOKI 30 2003
Colliding Dimensions (Four Live Seasons 1995-2002) (4xLP//4xCD + Box) Loki Foundation loki 38 2005
Colliding Dimensions Fourth Season (7xFile, MP3, RE, 320) Loki Foundation none 2014
Colliding Dimensions Third Season (7xFile, MP3, RE, 320) Loki Foundation none 2014
Colliding Dimensions Second Season (7xFile, MP3, RE, 320) Loki Foundation none 2014
Colliding Dimensions First Season (8xFile, MP3, RE, 320) Loki Foundation none 2014Samadhi State (CD, Album) Loki Foundation loki 41 2006
Samadhi State (CD, Album, RE) Loki Foundation LOKI 41 2008
Samadhi State (8xFile, MP3, Album, RE, 320) Loki Foundation LOKI 41 2014Anenzephalia / Inade / Operation Cleansweep - Anenzephalia / Inade / Operation Cleansweep (CD, Album) Teito Sound Company TEITO-006 2006
Spring Equinox Tokyo 2006 (CDr, Ltd) Not On Label (Inade Self-released) none 2006
Circular & Inade - Deep Space Illumination (LP, Ltd) Skogholt nummer 02 2008
The Incarnation Of The Solar Architects (CD, Album, Dig) // (CD, Album + CD, Ltd + DVD-V, Ltd + Box, Ltd, Num, ) Loki Foundation LOKI 50, LOKI 50 SE CD, LOKI 50 SE DVD 2009
The Incarnation Of The Solar Architects (2xLP, Album, Ltd) Loki Foundation LOKI 50 2010
The Incarnation Of The Solar Architects (CD, Album, RP) Loki Foundation LOKI 50 2012
The Incarnation Of The Solar Architects (10xFile, MP3, Album, 320) Loki Foundation LOKI 50 2014Antimimon Pneumatos (CD, Album + Box, Ltd, Num) Loki Foundation LOKI 53 2011
Antimimon Pneumatos (10xFile, MP3, Album, 320) Loki Foundation LOKI 53 2014Audio Mythology One (LP, Comp + CD, Comp + Ltd) // (CD, Comp) // (8xFile, MP3, Comp, 320) Loki Foundation LOKI 57 2014
Audio Mythology Two (8xFile, MP3, Comp, 320) // (CD, Comp) // (LP, Comp + CD, Comp + Ltd) Loki Foundation LOKI 60 2014
Reimbodiment (CDr, B/card) Loki Foundation DA.CARD.01 2014
Delineation. Metamorphosis. Permanence (7xFile, MP3, 320) Loki Foundation none 2014
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