Three entirely different approaches with a similar effect: in the gifted hands of these musicians, music becomes a psychotropic substance, transporting the listener to within himself and simultaneously opening the expanses of inner space. Accompanied by trumpet and saxophone, the stately, melancholy melodies of cellist Hildur Guđnadóttir unravel with mysterious dark beauty and cinematic atmospherics. The abysmal, nihilistic drone doom of Habsyll opens a black void like the eye of a storm in the midst of cathartic feedback and extreme heaviness. The spartan instrumentation of bass and drums in the stoner mantras of OM combine minimalist repetition and dynamics with immense physical intensity to create spiritual meditations – psychedelic masterpieces in widescreen formation.
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