Various – night passage demixed (CD)

This CD came out in 1996 on Dorobo. Dorobo was a post-industrial record label formerly run by Darrin Verhagen between 1992 up until 2004. Darrin has a solo music project named Shinjuku Thief. Four artists demix and edit with respect Alan Lamb`s `night passage` album. Here`s a brief rundown.

1 – Ryoji Ikeda – # 13 (8.02) = a lo-fi exorcist / exercise of droning ambient noise minimalism.

2 – Thomas Koner – kyros (9.54) = a stripped-down, more minimal (if possible) version. Feels like walking naked on a snowstorm while the wind slowly freezes your heart and soul.

3 - Lustmord – fragmented (19.13) = high impact drones + hazy, creepy dark atmospheres / ambience = sounds like and out-take from `the monstrous soul `album.

4 – Bernhard Gunther – untitled 1 / 96 (20.19) = starts-off with subtle lo-fi grinding ambient noise drones and moves slowly into nothingness i.e. barely audible frequencies (you need some high quality sub-woofers here folks). An impressive collection of demixes. My personal award goes to Lustmord. Never though the sound of the wind could be so damned scary at times. Highly recommended.