out of 10
The excellent Aurora Borealis once again release some genre-splicing extreme music, this time in the form of Requiem for the Three Kharites by Yrsel, a collaboration between The Austrasian Goat and Ondo. Doomy atmospherics and dark ambience are on the menu for today, with three meaty tracks that span over 50 minutes. Taking in funereal piano, and swathes of dark synths, each track takes the listener on a journey of haunting yet blissful electronic music. Tracks such as 'The Tears of Euphrosyne' are punctuated by echoey, whispered vocals and all manner of soul quivering sounds, making this record truly scary at times, but emotionally provoking at others. If you like both the drone-doom of Sunn O))) and the electonic ambience of Fennesz then this could be just what you need. Snap this one up quickly though, as it's limited to just 500 copies!
