"My name is Hristo Gospodinov and SHRINE is my own music project, born of my interest in esoteric music and the desire to express my obscure understandings of life and everything else in a nonverbal way. It was started in autumn 2003 when after several years of playing various acoustic instruments I have finally turned to sampling and computer music. Under the heavy influence of the dark ambient scene from the mid-to-late 1990s, the original idea of the project was to create some noticeable dark ambient works. However the idea got blurry over the years and has finally dissolved into the wide field of audio experiments. Today SHRINE has no strict genre limits. Still, I'm interested mostly in 'drifting' types of music, and especially to mix nature sounds with machine sounds and other artificial things into a processed ambient environment. The sound sources vary from audio synthesis, to acoustic instruments, to field recordings, to whatever I find interesting to make sounds with, so not much of a limit here. It's an experimental art after all, isn't it?"
Harmony, Bliss, Rust (3xFile, MP3, VBR) Mirakelmusik mir020 2006 The Final Asylum (CD, Album, Ltd) / (CD, Album + CDr + Box, Ltd) Corvus Records CRVS004 2006 Lingua Fungi & Shrine - Strange Growths / Wander (CD, Album, Ltd) Corvus Records CRVS008CD 2008 Distorted Legends, Pt.1 (7", Ltd) Drone Records DR-89 2008 Somnia (CD, Album) Cyclic Law 47th Cycle 2012 Nihil (CD, Album) Cyclic Law 63rd Cycle 2014 Ordeal 26.04.86 (CD, Album) Cyclic Law 88th Cycle 2016
Label: Cyclic Law – 88th Cycle Format: CD, Album Country: Germany Released: 26 Oct 2016 Genre: Electronic Style: Dark Ambient
Tracklist
1 Atomgrad 09:25 2 Radiant Skyline (Unit 4) 08:12 3 The Silent Apocalypse 07:03 4 The Night That Hell Broke Loose 08:15 5 Under The Graphite Clouds 09:27 6 The Burden Of Knowledge 08:10
Notes Edition of 500 copies in 4 panel Digipak.
""Ordeal 26.04.86" is dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the great Chernobyl disaster. To me the Chernobyl theme has always been very special not only because I witnessed the nuclear sunburn effect myself back in 1986 when I was a kid, but also because I find it to be the closest glimpse of a pending apocalypse we have seen so far. I find it terrifying not only because of the devastating effect of the ionizing radiation itself, but also because it was a man-made event. To me, the parallel with the biblical book of Revelation is inescapable. Cover artwork by Dehn Sora and Hristo Gospodinov."
""Harmony, Bliss, Rust" is a passage from tranquility to disharmony. Three lengthy compositions will take you to uncharted desolate places with their slowly evolving sounds. The beginning is very soft and laid back and the end is harsh and distorted... but this doesn't keep the album from being soothing. It works great both as usual background ambience and for active listening.
Label: Corvus Records – CRVS004CD Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition Country: Bulgaria Released: Apr 2006 Genre: Electronic Style: Dark Ambient
Tracklist
1 Binary Creation 7:55 2 The Prophet And The Source 8:35 3 The Cellular Gardens Of The New Eden 5:02 4 Unnatural Way 7:20 5 The Promised Oblivion 9:11
Notes CD released in 6 panel digipak. There is also a limited special edition containing a remix of raison d'être's track "Deep Enshrouded".
"A clear anti-utopic image of a desolated future world. Aural exploration of the point of no return. It will take you into hollow cryogenic prisons lying down among the weedy ruins of deserted cities. Echoes of machine songs glorify the end of Mankind. The Earth is waiting for its silent end beneath the rays of dying artificial suns. Welcome to the FUTURE."
Label: Drone Records – DR-89 Format: Vinyl, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, Limited Edition Country: Germany Released: 27 Mar 2008 Genre: Electronic Style: Dark Ambient
Tracklist
A Those Endless Fields Of Rust 8:31 B The Silo Sanctuary 7:33
Credits Artwork By – Shrine Artwork By [Original Painting] – Tsvetan Mirchev
Notes First half of a 4 track material recorded in the end of 2006. Pressed on black vinyl. Comes in an oversized foldout sleeve with an one sided 7" sized info-sheet in an edition of 300 copies. Etching side B: Dreaming is a process of distortion of the reality.
"Dream & Distortion. The melancholia of distorted synths combined with odd micro noises & effects. The fusion of rough and thunderous drones with hidden melodies. It evokes a strong emotional impact, like the feeling of being stuck in a confusing dream. SHRINE's philosophy shows a way to realize that what we call "reality" is to be mistrusted based upon our usual perceptions. The distortion of this reality opens up a chance to better understand its true essence and confront the things that lie under the surface."
Lingua Fungi & Shrine – Strange Growths / Wander (2008)
Label: Corvus Records – CRVS008CD Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition Country: Bulgaria Released: 04 Apr 2008 Genre: Electronic Style: Dark Ambient, Experimental, Tribal
Tracklist
Strange Growths
1 Lingua Fungi – Little Saints 4:53 2 Lingua Fungi – Standing In The Sand 7:37 3 Lingua Fungi – Sacred Language 5:39 4 Lingua Fungi – Strange Growths 10:56
Wander
5 Shrine – There 12:15 6 Shrine – Back 12:25
Credits Instruments [All], Sounds [Field Recordings], Programmed By [Programming], Music By, Performer – J. Padatsu (tracks: 1 to 4) Instruments [All], Sounds [Samples], Programmed By [Programming] – Hristo Gospodinov (tracks: 5, 6)
Notes Edition of 500 copies in 6-panel Digipak.
Tracks 1 to 4 recorded and mixed between August & September 2006. Tracks 5 and 6 recorded and mixed in 2006.
Label: Cyclic Law – 47th Cycle Format: CD, Album Country: Canada Released: 28 May 2012 Genre: Electronic Style: Dark Ambient
Tracklist
1 The Grand Design 2 Immersion 3 Lost Beauty 4 Somnia 5 The Iron Water 6 Dream Captured In Stone 7 Ruins 8 On The Edge Of The Void
Notes Edition of 600 copies. CD comes packaged inside a 6 panel digipak.
"Somnia is a complex audio metaphor that can be interpreted as an aural equivalent of a "low level" lucid dream state - a dream in which the dreamer is not fully aware he is dreaming but still has the ability to control the dream. Based on processing of multiple sound sources ranging from audio synthesis to acoustic instruments and field recordings, "Somnia" explores several imaginary realities immersing you into a lucid-like experience through sound. Almost an hour long, it contains 8 thematically independent compositions representing an extended blend of ambient, acoustic music and nature sounds. Use it as a sound guide to lucid dreaming."
Label: Cyclic Law – 63rd Cycle Format: CD, Album Country: Canada Released: 11 Mar 2014 Genre: Electronic Style: Dark Ambient, Experimental
Tracklist
1 Shadow Puppets 7:06 2 Scrinivm 7:03 3 Carnal Euphoria 5:20 4 Hellfire 5:46 5 Paradise 5:45 6 Nihil 9:54 7 Disintegration Of An Ego 11:06
Notes Edition of 500 copies in 4 panel Digipak. Running Time 52:00.
"A very personal and poignant work that differs significantly from other SHRINE releases, being a lot heavier in atmosphere with a lingering gloom and largely saturated with negativity. Exploring the burden of the human ego from a personal point of view, it aims to expose a different take on Freud's "Death Drive" theory. Delve into the depths and let Shrine guide you through its singular shadow world."
// dark ambient. Bulgaria
