Il sesto album di Davide Del Col è una sorta di ritorno alle origini. Solo due tracce di dark ambient e industrial esoterico che scavano tra gli incubi peggiori ed i peccati inconfessabili di chi si pone all’ascolto, per oltre venticinque minuti ciascuna. Il drone gigantesco di ‘The Stations Of Servitute’ contrasta apertamente con la title track, più subdola e spaziale, eppure ne rappresenta l’ideale complemento in una visione globale che va oltre i paragoni inevitabili con l’opera di Nimh e Hall Of Mirrors, con certe uscite della Cold Meat Industry e addirittura con qualche album di black metal sperimentale. Un po' come si faceva negli anni ‘70 girando i vinili al contrario, analizzando con attenzione tutte le sfumature del lavoro scoprirete un universo di suoni, rumori, angosce e cattivi presagi che difficilmente troverete in altre release, comprese quelle provenienti dall’estero. ‘The Sanctum Of Saturation’ merita senza dubbio una risonanza ed una consacrazione internazionale che le precedenti uscite non sono riuscite ad ottenere ma, comunque vada, è un attestato di forza ed un ulteriore passo in avanti rispetto a ‘I Feel Nothing But Repulsion’.
(Lorenzo Becciani)
http://www.suffissocore.com/portal/review/11243/antikatechon-the+sanctum+of+saturation
giovedì 22 novembre 2018
giovedì 15 novembre 2018
Antikatechon: "The Sanctum of Saturation" CD reviewed on "Side-Line"
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic.
Background/Info: Italian artist Davide Del Col is back on track unleashing the fifth solo-album of his sonic brainchild Antikatechon.
Background/Info: Italian artist Davide Del Col is back on track unleashing the fifth solo-album of his sonic brainchild Antikatechon.
Content: This new opus features only 2 long duration cuts. The artists takes you away in a shimmering sound universe featuring a truly arsenal of noises and rough sound treatments. There’s a slow progression operating. The second cut is more noisy-like and accomplished with a kind of Eastern-like guitar playing.
+ + + : There’s a great, overwhelming sound wave running through this work. The progressive evolution of the tracks ends into a cool electronic sequence at “The Stations Of Servitude”. The next cut “The Sanctum Of Saturation” sounds more minimal-like, but here again Antikatechon brings a fascinating input by this mysterious eastern-like atmosphere.
- - - : Both cuts are easily going over the 20 minutes, which also create some monotonous passages.
Conclusion: Antikatechon remains a fascinating project, which sounds as a solid sonic bridge between dark-ambient and cinematographic music.
Best songs: “The Sanctum Of Saturation”
Rate: (7½).
lunedì 12 novembre 2018
giovedì 25 ottobre 2018
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lunedì 3 settembre 2018
Antikatechon: "The Sanctum of Saturation" CD reviewed on "Igloo Magazine"
Italy has an honorable tradition in the development of industrial dark ambient music, from past to nowadays. Eibon has forged the style for this country with Amon, Never Known, Nimh rapidly followed by Cold Meat Industry with the release of materials from Vestigial, New Risen Throne. Polish based label Rage in Eden actively carries on the torch of dark ambient acts from Italy, notably with Nimh, Antikatechon and Neuestrasse. Albums by Antikatechon have been occasionally reviewed by Igloo, his recommended effort in collaboration with Nimh titled Out Hunting For Teeth as well as Woe Is The Reward and I Feel Nothing But Repulsion. Antikatechon typical style is characterized by a cathedral of ominous drones, layered textures which interact with bleak noises sometimes punctuated by heavenly melodies in a minor key mode.
This new album explores the most minimalist, industrial and droning direction of Antikatechon’s music, melodious arrangements are far more discreet here than it was before. The two epic pieces are focused on a dense cascade of abrasive drone vibes, shrouded in utter darkness. This harsh wall of sounds let escaping sorrowing dreamscapes of elegiac beauty but you have to be fully concentrated to catch those submerged melodious counterpoints. Antikatechon keeps maintaining darkly meditative moods at high level with blissful then heavily charged thundering ambiences. Some buzzing electric chords reveal a slight experimental post-rock flavor.
A really interesting release which admits a cross between the turbulent noisy works of Theologian, IRM, Brighter Death Now and the quiet, mercurial drone ecstasies of Tim Hecker, Windy & Carl, and darkened contemplative textures of Atrium Carceri or Desiderii Marginis. An original musical balance and convincing soundscaping dialogue which challenges things a little in the shifting ambient music galaxy.
(Philippe Blache)
http://igloomag.com/reviews/antikatechon-the-sanctum-of-saturation-rage-in-eden
(Philippe Blache)
http://igloomag.com/reviews/antikatechon-the-sanctum-of-saturation-rage-in-eden
martedì 28 agosto 2018
Antikatechon: "The Sanctum of Saturation" CD reviewed on "Onda Rock"
Album numero sei per Antikatechon, l'oscuro progetto dark-ambient di Davide Del Col. In scaletta su “The Sanctum Of Saturation” solo due lunghe tracce , ognuna della durata di oltre venticinque minuti.
“The Stations Of Servitude” vale come summa dell'artista italiano: una matassa di feedback serve da portante per il drone cupissimo che trasporta in dimensioni ultraterrene. I primi dieci minuti sono all'insegna della notte più buia, poi, dopo la boa degli undici minuti, una chitarra in odor di space-shoegaze illumina l'atmosfera con una ghirlanda di accordi nebbiosi. Una trasformazione spettacolare che mostra le indubbie capacità di Antikatechon nel trattare drone come fossero aurore boreali.
L'omonima “The Sanctum Of Saturation” è un abbraccio ancora più cupo e avvolgente: un vento cosmico proveniente da chissà quale dimensione ricopre ogni dettaglio; lentamente il drone si dispiega e i particolari emergono in tutta la loro bellezza. Tra VidnaObmana e William Basinski.
Rating: 7
(Roberto Mandolini)
http://www.ondarock.it/recensioni/2018-antikatechon-thesanctumofsaturation.htm
“The Stations Of Servitude” vale come summa dell'artista italiano: una matassa di feedback serve da portante per il drone cupissimo che trasporta in dimensioni ultraterrene. I primi dieci minuti sono all'insegna della notte più buia, poi, dopo la boa degli undici minuti, una chitarra in odor di space-shoegaze illumina l'atmosfera con una ghirlanda di accordi nebbiosi. Una trasformazione spettacolare che mostra le indubbie capacità di Antikatechon nel trattare drone come fossero aurore boreali.
L'omonima “The Sanctum Of Saturation” è un abbraccio ancora più cupo e avvolgente: un vento cosmico proveniente da chissà quale dimensione ricopre ogni dettaglio; lentamente il drone si dispiega e i particolari emergono in tutta la loro bellezza. Tra VidnaObmana e William Basinski.
Rating: 7
(Roberto Mandolini)
http://www.ondarock.it/recensioni/2018-antikatechon-thesanctumofsaturation.htm
lunedì 27 agosto 2018
Antikatechon: "The Sanctum of Saturation" CD reviewed on "The New Noise"
The Sanctum Of Saturation è il sesto album a nome Antikatechon per Davide Del Col, uno che non sta fermo e che non mente mai, nel senso che ti dice cosa suona e poi sta a te decidere. Come ho già scritto in passato, Davide sembra scegliere consciamente di non uscire da determinati steccati, essendo stato in realtà in grado di produrre materiale più eterodosso, ad esempio con gli Echran.
All’inizio i paragoni più semplici da fare per descrivere Antikatechon erano quelli col mondo Cold Meat Industry, per anni un riferimento di tutta la scena, mentre oggi, di fronte a questi due lunghi episodi più noise (vedi il titolo), ha più senso parlare di un percorso autonomo, sicuramente influenzato dalla stretta collaborazione con Giuseppe Verticchio (Nimh, Hall Of Mirrors), un probabile continuo darsi spunti a vicenda, visto che stiamo parlando di due veterani. Rage In Eden scrive che The Sanctum Of Saturation si sposta un po’ verso il genere power electronics, ma io non sono proprio d’accordissimo: da un lato c’è appunto il legame con Nimh, anche per quanto riguarda certe impercettibili sfumature etniche e certe melodie sotterranee, dall’altro a mio avviso (ma potrei sbagliarmi) si sente che Davide ha anche un progetto black metal, perché alcune parti – pur non essendo metal – sono mortifere nello stesso modo in cui sapeva esserlo il black o certo doom dei primi Novanta.
Indubbiamente efficace, indubbiamente riservato a precisi ascoltatori, come immaginabile più numerosi all’inferno che sulla terra.
(Fabrizio Garau)
https://www.thenewnoise.it/antikatechon-the-sanctum-of-saturation/
All’inizio i paragoni più semplici da fare per descrivere Antikatechon erano quelli col mondo Cold Meat Industry, per anni un riferimento di tutta la scena, mentre oggi, di fronte a questi due lunghi episodi più noise (vedi il titolo), ha più senso parlare di un percorso autonomo, sicuramente influenzato dalla stretta collaborazione con Giuseppe Verticchio (Nimh, Hall Of Mirrors), un probabile continuo darsi spunti a vicenda, visto che stiamo parlando di due veterani. Rage In Eden scrive che The Sanctum Of Saturation si sposta un po’ verso il genere power electronics, ma io non sono proprio d’accordissimo: da un lato c’è appunto il legame con Nimh, anche per quanto riguarda certe impercettibili sfumature etniche e certe melodie sotterranee, dall’altro a mio avviso (ma potrei sbagliarmi) si sente che Davide ha anche un progetto black metal, perché alcune parti – pur non essendo metal – sono mortifere nello stesso modo in cui sapeva esserlo il black o certo doom dei primi Novanta.
Indubbiamente efficace, indubbiamente riservato a precisi ascoltatori, come immaginabile più numerosi all’inferno che sulla terra.
(Fabrizio Garau)
https://www.thenewnoise.it/antikatechon-the-sanctum-of-saturation/
giovedì 26 luglio 2018
Antikatechon: "The Sanctum of Saturation" CD reviewed on "Ver Sacrum"
Torna Antikatechon, il progetto dark-ambient di Davide De Col di cui avevo gia’ parlato in passato qui su Ver Sacrum. Si tratta del sesto disco di Antikatechon intitolato The Sanctum Of Saturation. Le coordinate stilistiche sono ancora le medesime ovvero lunghi ed inquietanti bordoni elettronici minimali densi di un’atmosfera oscura e malata che ci va visitare altre dimensioni dell’essere. Antikatechon ci immerge in un mare nebbioso da cui non sembra esserci mai fine. Il disco e’ diviso in 2 lunghe composizioni: “The Statations Of Servitude” e “The Sanctum Of Saturation” entrambe di oltre 25 minuti. Rispetto al suono magmatico della passata produzione, si nota forse una maggiore proprensione verso sonorita’ power electronics deflagranti e corrosive come si puo’ ascoltare nella traccia iniziale. Tuttavia non siamo di fronte a una sterile accozaglia di suoni senza senso che, in alcuni casi, risultano fini a se stessi. Al contrario, nella musica di Antikatechon, si percepisce un senso e si capisce che, alle spalle, c’e’ un lavoro di ricerca. Le ambientazioni sono, in realta’, pacate: il rumore di fondo ha lo scopo di cullarci e portarci verso un ascolto profondo e quasi mistico. Sta alla sensibilita’ dell’ascoltatore riuscire a penetrare nell’universo oscuro di Antikatechon. La title-track, con le sue atmosfere quiete e minacciose, lascia presagire l’esistenza di una realta’ nascosta. L’iconografia della copertina, con un teschio in bella evidenza, lascia gia’ presagire, peraltro, il tipo di sensazioni a cui andremo incontro. The Sanctum Of Saturation esce per la Rage In Eden ed e’ consigliato ai seguaci del dark-ambient e del post industriale esoterico.
(Caesar)
https://www.versacrum.com/vs/2018/07/antikatechon-the-sanctum-of-saturation.html
(Caesar)
https://www.versacrum.com/vs/2018/07/antikatechon-the-sanctum-of-saturation.html
venerdì 6 luglio 2018
Antikatechon: "The Sanctum of Saturation" CD reviewed on "Flux Webzine"
Antikatechon is the main project of Italian underground musician Davide Del Col, active as a part of abstract-experimental project Echran with Fabio Volpi and of electronic/glitch project Molnija Aura with Andrea Marutti. He has worked with Giuseppe Verticchio in the collaborative shoegaze/new wave project We Promise To Betray too, showing his interest for different forms of music. As Antikatechon he has released four albums of experimental dark ambient music mixed with classical and noise elements, and a collaboration with Nihm (Giuseppe Verticchio) called Out Hunting For Teeth. In the past we have reviewed his album I Fell Nothing But Repulsion, and now he gives us a 2-track album named The Sanctum of Saturation (2018, Rage In Eden), a work born from the communion of noise/drone music and acoustic melodies.
As already mentioned the work is divided into 2 long-form instrumental pieces respectively called The stations of servitude and The sanctum of saturation which display diverse suits and sudden changes in direction, sonic stories made of ethereal innuendos, sharp noise, droning movements, melancholic melodies and dark, grim ambiances. The listener is invited to a long journey through sounds and minds, a cathartic experience with almost ritual qualities and deep states of concentration. A holy place (see the name of the album) where the saturation of sounds and effects generates a mantra in which the cacophony is a hymn for the restless souls.
The stations of servitude starts with oniric soundscapes and shrilling lines, engulfing us with its hypnotizing crescendo while ambient effects and solemn atmospheres are developed in the background. A moody sax can be heard, but the growing noise dominates the track starting from the third minutes. Now we obtain a droning structure with dooming tones and distorted sounds, an obsessive motif descending into majestic white-noise territories. At the seventh minute a glorious climax is reached, giving space to cosmic lines and roaring dissonances. The resulting mantra is repeated for several minutes, but at the end of it we find beautiful synth -lines with ethereal and almost progressive qualities. Then, industrial suites and ominous loops guides us through the gray soundscapes, slowly indulging in quieter ambient drones and dreamy sequences. The now dominating melody is full of melancholy and sweetness, a perfect complement for the surrounding distortions.
The title track welcomes us with dark ambient atmospheres and droning movements, crafting a grim voyage underlined by epic choruses full of ethereal qualities. An almost orchestral songwriting, but violated by crunching industrial loops and electronic interferences, a mix of sonic beauty and ugliness. The union of elements conjures a surreal climax full of human emotions and mechanical rhythms, a crawling obsession soon dwelling in a sea of sharp distortions and static disturbances. An electric atmosphere full of repressed tension is reached, and shrilling feedback sounds find their place in the aural majesty of the looping number. After the twelfth minute the storm goes away and new mantras create a section enriched by middle-eastern strings. The artist surprises us with these elements, but the noisier side of his music is not forgotten: drones and static effects still engulf the listening experience, but they do not destroy the melodic aspects of it. The last part of the track is dedicated to ambient suites and celestial harmonies.
A work rich in sounds and atmosphere in which dark ambient, drone/noise music and experimental elements conspire in order to develop a captivating aural experience. This is not just a collection of random noises and sounds, a pretentious attempt to avant-garde without any real meaning. Instead, we find a diverse but coherent work with a sonic narrative and slow developments, well-thought changes of direction and a skillful collaboration between noise and melody, acoustic passages and cold electronic lines. If you like dark ambient music and droning noise, this album could a treat for you.
Label: Rage In Eden
Rating: 7,5
(Davide Pappalardo)
As already mentioned the work is divided into 2 long-form instrumental pieces respectively called The stations of servitude and The sanctum of saturation which display diverse suits and sudden changes in direction, sonic stories made of ethereal innuendos, sharp noise, droning movements, melancholic melodies and dark, grim ambiances. The listener is invited to a long journey through sounds and minds, a cathartic experience with almost ritual qualities and deep states of concentration. A holy place (see the name of the album) where the saturation of sounds and effects generates a mantra in which the cacophony is a hymn for the restless souls.
The stations of servitude starts with oniric soundscapes and shrilling lines, engulfing us with its hypnotizing crescendo while ambient effects and solemn atmospheres are developed in the background. A moody sax can be heard, but the growing noise dominates the track starting from the third minutes. Now we obtain a droning structure with dooming tones and distorted sounds, an obsessive motif descending into majestic white-noise territories. At the seventh minute a glorious climax is reached, giving space to cosmic lines and roaring dissonances. The resulting mantra is repeated for several minutes, but at the end of it we find beautiful synth -lines with ethereal and almost progressive qualities. Then, industrial suites and ominous loops guides us through the gray soundscapes, slowly indulging in quieter ambient drones and dreamy sequences. The now dominating melody is full of melancholy and sweetness, a perfect complement for the surrounding distortions.
The title track welcomes us with dark ambient atmospheres and droning movements, crafting a grim voyage underlined by epic choruses full of ethereal qualities. An almost orchestral songwriting, but violated by crunching industrial loops and electronic interferences, a mix of sonic beauty and ugliness. The union of elements conjures a surreal climax full of human emotions and mechanical rhythms, a crawling obsession soon dwelling in a sea of sharp distortions and static disturbances. An electric atmosphere full of repressed tension is reached, and shrilling feedback sounds find their place in the aural majesty of the looping number. After the twelfth minute the storm goes away and new mantras create a section enriched by middle-eastern strings. The artist surprises us with these elements, but the noisier side of his music is not forgotten: drones and static effects still engulf the listening experience, but they do not destroy the melodic aspects of it. The last part of the track is dedicated to ambient suites and celestial harmonies.
A work rich in sounds and atmosphere in which dark ambient, drone/noise music and experimental elements conspire in order to develop a captivating aural experience. This is not just a collection of random noises and sounds, a pretentious attempt to avant-garde without any real meaning. Instead, we find a diverse but coherent work with a sonic narrative and slow developments, well-thought changes of direction and a skillful collaboration between noise and melody, acoustic passages and cold electronic lines. If you like dark ambient music and droning noise, this album could a treat for you.
Label: Rage In Eden
Rating: 7,5
(Davide Pappalardo)
giovedì 14 giugno 2018
Antikatechon: new album "The Sanctum of Saturation" out now
Antikatechon "The Sanctum of Saturation" (CD, Rage in Eden, 2018)
Press Release:
"Antikatechon is one deep sound art and industrial dark ambient music project formed by the Italian based electronic musician Davide Del Col. Antikatechon is one regular and leading blackened ambient project signed by Rage in Eden. 'The Sanctum of Saturation' is Antikatechon's sixth full length release. The stylistic path of this new album ranges from harsh, sinister, fuzzed-out noisy drone ambiences, merged into a clear aural mysticism. Discreet melodiously acoustic tones rise from rumbling walls of noises. The album is divided in two lengthy epic instrumental pieces. Compared to previous Antikatechon's releases it shows a more grimy power electronic direction. 'The Sanctum of Saturation' is one densely emotional and beautifully arranged musical story, an opened window to the netherworld, to icy existential storms and to subtle melancholy. Limited Edition."
Tracklist:
1 - The Stations of Servitude (25:59)
2 - The Sanctum of Saturation (26:21)
Created by Davide Del Col
Mastered by Giuseppe Verticchio
Artwork by Giuseppe Verticchio
Original photos by esposito/arteborghese
http://waroffice.org/index.php?MENU=releases&OD=0&CDS=158
lunedì 12 febbraio 2018
VV.AA. "Heresy" (Eighth Tower Records)
Tracklist:
1 Adonai Atrophia - Al Awwal (08:09)
2 Vladimír Hirsch - Craving Urania II (06:34)
3 Antikatechon - Altaria Expiationis (09:28)
4 Xerxes The Dark - Man & Deviance (06:30)
5 Corona Barathri - Omen Perditionis (06:49)
6 Ruairi O'Baoighill - The Order (06:19)
7 Gnawed - Perdition (Death's Disease) (08:09)
8 Plamen Vecnosti - The Father Beyond (06:08)
9 Taphephobia - Corporeal escape (03:47)
10 Alphaxone - Roots (04:48)
11 Damballah - Kanzo Senp (04:30)
12 Atrox Pestis - The Will Reach from the Heaven (Cutt off Their hands) (13:33)
13 Sonologyst - Purgatorium (08:05)
"We usually think of heresy as something opposed to orthodoxy. Heresy, however, comes from the Greek hairesis, which means choice. Originally it was not used in a derogatory sense, but as a technical term for a philosophical school or the doctrines of a religion. In current usage heresy is a belief or opinion contrary to what is generally accepted, especially in religion, and more particularly in opposition to the orthodoxy.
The question for us today is: which choice holds the right opinion? Supported by the esoteric philosophy, many heresies claim that all of us have the right and duty to find the truth within ourselves, that we should trust our own intuition to make these choices, and that we need no mediator to bring us in touch with the Divine because we are rays or sparks of it ourselves. As sparks of the Divine we are all part of the greater whole and all connected in countless ways. This should make us realize that there is a place for everyone and for everyone's opinion about the path to our inner being. Differences of opinion do not make anyone heretical or orthodox. The ancient tradition approaches heresy in a completely different way: it holds that there is really only one heresy in life, and that is thinking that one is separate from the universe and everything in it. Considering that each of us has only a part of the truth and that one person's truth is no more authoritative than another's, we should try to avoid seeing our own view as the only correct one. This cannot help but make us more tolerant of our fellow human beings, who value their choices and opinions as much as we value ours."
Ina Belderis
released February 9, 2018
https://eighthtowerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/heresy-2
lunedì 22 gennaio 2018
Unexplained Sounds - The Recognition Test # 96
Sunday 21st January 2018. H 21.00 - 23.00 Italy time
UNEXPLAINED SOUNDS GROUP radio transmission
The Recognition Test # 96, curated by Raffaele Pezzella (Sonologyst)
Streaming at:
http://mixlr.com/unexplained-sounds/
https://extra.resonance.fm/ (On Monday, 6.00 - 8.00 p.m. UK time)
This week in order of appearance:
Poison Dwarfs
transmecanic black dawns
The Sand Rays
Go Tsushima
Antikatechon
Robert Rich
Santiago Fradejas
Jagolaboratorium
Cadlag
d E
Adonai Atrophia
Wolf Wrams
Conjecture
Alphaxone
Max Corbacho
Maracangaia
Kshatriy
podcast available on Mixcloud https://www.mixcloud.com/unexplained-sounds-group/
Unexplained Sounds Group https://unexplainedsoundsgroup.bandcamp.com/
Eighth Tower Records
https://eighthtowerrecords.bandcamp.com/
UNEXPLAINED SOUNDS GROUP radio transmission
The Recognition Test # 96, curated by Raffaele Pezzella (Sonologyst)
Streaming at:
http://mixlr.com/unexplained-sounds/
https://extra.resonance.fm/ (On Monday, 6.00 - 8.00 p.m. UK time)
This week in order of appearance:
Poison Dwarfs
transmecanic black dawns
The Sand Rays
Go Tsushima
Antikatechon
Robert Rich
Santiago Fradejas
Jagolaboratorium
Cadlag
d E
Adonai Atrophia
Wolf Wrams
Conjecture
Alphaxone
Max Corbacho
Maracangaia
Kshatriy
podcast available on Mixcloud https://www.mixcloud.com/unexplained-sounds-group/
Unexplained Sounds Group https://unexplainedsoundsgroup.bandcamp.com/
Eighth Tower Records
https://eighthtowerrecords.bandcamp.com/
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