"Imagine the internal workings of the human mind laid to waste like some post apocalyptic world. Those few tortured threads of humanity left drifting painfully through a vast empty nothingness. A deafening silence becomes an unbearable blinding hum, the pulsing in your temples an industrial nightmare."
The Australian musician, Duncan Ritchie, will be best known to our readers from his other dark ambient project Flowers For Bodysnatchers. While he started creating dark ambient initially as The Rosenshoul, he had several highly acclaimed albums as Flowers For Bodysnatchers before he was brought into the Cryo Chamber family. Aside from Atrium Carceri, Flowers for Bodysnatchers has become one of the most successful and recognizable artists on Cryo Chamber.
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The difference between the two projects can often be quite minuscule. The most noticeable difference between the two project can be seen in track lengths. While Flowers for Bodysnatchers tracks usually run between four and seven minutes length, The Rosenshoul always delivers long-form tracks. Often as long as twenty minutes in length and usually roughly three tracks per album. This long-form style of dark ambient makes for a more intimate and uniform approach to the music. The Rosenshoul tracks have a chance to slowly develop and they can often gently slide from one emotion or energy level to another within the same track.
Flowers For Bodysnatchers takes on a cinematic dark ambient style which incorporates the cinema into the tracks, building a story within itself. The Rosenshoul also has a cinematic approach, but it is less in the active sense; it leans more toward providing the role of a soundtrack. There is no shortage of field recordings, and there are stories being told, but these stories are much more subtle, allowing the listener to take a more imaginative approach to their interpretation.
Label: Not On Label (The Rosenshoul Self-released) – none Format: 3 x File, FLAC, Album Country: Australia Released: 25 Jun 2008 Genre: Electronic Style: Ambient, Dark Ambient, Experimental
An industrial nightmare from beginning to end occasionally dropping in and out to reveal its dark and often fantastical ambiance. The Rosenshoul's constant all encompassing and dense noise is a one of a kind experience. There truly isn't any other musical project quite like this. It's as if you're drowning in sound, caught in a rip tide to which there is no escape.
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Additional engineering on Akujo Nokaze by Shiro Takehiko.
Additional Field Recordings on Shokera by Aitosi Kuwada.
Horns on Shokera by Shiro Takehiko.
Additional engineering on Yamachichi by Shiro Takehiko.
Additional Field Recordings on Yamachichi by Aitosi Kuwada.
The Rosenshoul – Low Winter Sun (Deluxe Edition) (2010)
Label: Not On Label (The Rosenshoul Self-released) – none Format: 4 x File, FLAC, Album Country: Australia Released: 10 Feb 2010 Genre: Electronic Style: Dark Ambient, Ambient, Experimental
Tracklist
1 Low Winter Sun 23:16 2 When We Were Blood 12:36 3 Strange Frost 28:26 4 One Dog Night 19:28
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The definitive album from The Rosenshoul. When all the combined elements work so fluidly as a whole you get a listening experience that separates acts like this from everybody else. Melodic, harsh metallic timbres that are The Rosenshouls signature elements soar to heights and descend to lows that will have you hooked for all 84 minutes!
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Additional engineering on Low Winter Sun by Shiro Takehiko.
Additional Field Recordings on Low Winter Sun by Aitosi Kuwada.
Horns on When We Were Blood by Josefo Pallas.
Additional Field Recordings on Strange Frost by Aitosi Kuwada.
Vocals on Strange Frost by The Lesser Choir.
Additional Field Recordings on One Dog Night by Aitosi Kuwada.
Label: Not On Label (The Rosenshoul Self-released) – none Format: 2 x File, FLAC, Album Country: Australia Released: 25 Feb 2014 Genre: Electronic Style: Ambient, Dark Ambient
Tracklist
1 Winter's Kill 48:52 2 Misery Chain 13:28
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Devastating industrial clatter overwhelms melody and melancholy in what must be the greastest Industrial Dark Ambient experience any listener is likely to encounter! This album covers extraordinary ground in sonic resonance. Compelling and lethargic in its composition this is by far the most intelligent soundscape you'll ever encounter.
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"An abrasive industrial sound smothering a beautiful dark ambient melody from beginning to end. A most expansive and challenging journey throughout for any listener".
The Rosenshoul – The Last Drive In (Original Soundtrack) (2014)
Label: Not On Label (The Rosenshoul Self-released) – none Format: 4 x File, FLAC, Album Country: Australia Released: 04 Aug 2014 Genre: Electronic Style: Dark Ambient, Noise
Tracklist
1 [Act 1] Spatial Infraction 18:40 2 [Act 2] Milton, Tonight We Murder 16:16 3 [Act 3] The Last Drive In 19:10 4 [Act 4] Pink Flamingos / End Titles 6:24
Label: Not On Label (The Rosenshoul Self-released) – none Format: 3 x File, FLAC, Album Country: Australia Released: 03 Apr 2015 Genre: Electronic Style: Ambient, Dark Ambient, Experimental
Tracklist
1 The Burning Room 21:44 2 Love Like Blood 19:56 3 Where All Men Die 26:28
Label: Not On Label (The Rosenshoul Self-released) – none Format: 3 x File, FLAC, Album Country: Australia Released: Aug 2017 Genre: Electronic Style: Dark Ambient, Experimental
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1 Violence My Heart 17:12 2 In Her Blood 11:37 3 Revenge And A Black Dog 19:54
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Darkly I Listen explores a victorian era tale of murder and otherworldly revenge.
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Darkly I Listen through the raven. Darkly I Listen through the trees and through the walls and the windows. Darkly I Listen into your violent heart.
Now I will come to you. Come to you as decay and death. Come to you slowly. Like the black dog in the blackest night.
And from the bloodiest of shadows I shall show you the hell you brought unto me.
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