Saturday, 25 March 2017

Gydja – helchemy (CD)



Gydja (an old Norse dame for priestess) is the solo project of a sound artist (Abby Helasdottir) living in New Zealand. Helchemy which came out in 2008 on Afe Records (an Italian label run Andrea Marutti) is his eight album. My first Gydja listening experience. There`s two long tracks for a total running time of 50.51 minutes. Here`s a brief rundown
1 – The spirit of the earth with venom intoxicate (25.07 minutes) = ambient darkwave / noise + minimal electronics + drone elements + found sounds + minimal piano = feels like sitting naked on a mountaintop in Siberia while the wind proceeds to slowly freeze your soul relentlessly.
2 – The black sea, the black lune, the black soll (25.34 minutes) = minimal ambience + rhythmic noise elements + some sonic experimentations + death ambience + more lo-fi rhythmic noise = a subtle trip through the land of inner schizophrenia, impressive. Check it out    http://www.aferecords.com/

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