:[SOMBRE SONIKS SUNDAY]: Sunday, December 30, 2012 DZR's LAST SHOW...

...before moving full time to Ghost Box Radio

:[NEW RELEASE]:

Backyard Ghost - American Gothic

BROADCAST: 2pm & 10pm Central Standard Time 

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:[SOMBRE SONIKS SUNDAY]: December 23, 2012

Sombre Soniks and Backyard Ghost Present:

Korochun

A Compilation for the winter solstice. 

(Released: December 21, 2012)

BROADCAST: 2pm & 10pm Central Standard Time 

This compilation is a FREE DOWNLOAD!

(Follow the link to the Korochun  Bandcamp page, 

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You may then enter "0" and click "Download."

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     Backyard Ghost, in kollaboration with Sombre Soniks, present a new kompilation based upon Korochun, thee pagan Slavic Dark Holiday... Thee day when thee Black God and other spirits associated with dekay and darkness were most potent... 

     "The first recorded usage of the term was in 1143, when the author of the Novgorod First Chronicle referred to the winter solstice as "Korochun". 

     It was celebrated by pagan Slavs on December 21 the longest night of the year and the night of the winter solstice. On this night, Hors, symbolising old sun, becomes smaller as the days become shorter in the Northern Hemisphere, and dies on December 22, the winter solstice. It is said to be defeated by the dark and evil powers of the Black God. On December 23 Hors is resurrected and becomes the new sun, Koleda. 

     Modern scholars tend to associate this holiday with the ancestor worship. On this day Western Slavs lit fires at cemeteries to keep their loved ones warm, and organized feasts to honour the dead and keep them fed. They also lit wooden logs at local crossroads. In some Slavic languages, the word came to denote unexpected death of a young person and the evil spirit that shortens life." 

Featuring 23 artists and released on thee Winter Solstice.

Credits released 21 December 2012 All Muziks by thee respektive artists. 

Koncept by the spirit dies Organised by Backyard Ghost Visuals by Fabian Van Der Meer.

Hosted by Sombre Soniks.

Korochun on Bandcamp

:[SOMBRE SONIKS SUNDAY]: December 15, 2012: ATF - Kthonik Korridors

Akoustik Timbre Frekuency - Kthonik Korridors

BROADCAST: 2pm & 10pm Central Standard Time 

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     Kontinuing thee kollaboration between Sombre Soniks and ATF Produktions we bring you thee full release of Kthonik Korridors, an homage to thee works of H P Lovecraft and thee Kthulhu Mythos.
     This was originally released on CD as a digipak by ATF Produktions in 2010. Now that thee physikal CDs of Kthonik Korridors have just about sold out it is time to bring this to Sombre Soniks with a digital release via thee label, featuring thee final digipak artwork from thee ATF Produktions release in 2010 plus thee original kassette artwork that was kreated before ATF decided to release this on CD!
     Instrumentation for this work inkluded singing bowls, shamanik rattles, seed shakers, Novation X-Station synth, field rekordings of skrap metal in thee Napoleonik tunnels underneath Dover and a large chunk of meat that was 'set upon with knives, machetes and a pitchfork'.

From thee original liner notes:
     “Thee new album is an homage to H. P. Lovecraft, to whom I owe so much. It is to be used as bakground atmospheriks for Rites dedikated to thee Kthulhu Mythos. Instrumentation inkludes singing bowls, flutes, rattles, synths and a large chunk of meat set upon with knives, machetes and a pitchfork. Thee kompositions were named using kut-ups of ‘The Call of Cthulhu’ by HPL except Komposition 2 which was kreated as a soundtrak for thee short film ‘Kalibration of thee Gods’ by Madguten.”
     Thee film kreated by Madguten has also been unleashed, in full HD for thee first time, by Sombre Soniks as a kompanion piece for this release. It is available for free download via thee Sombre Soniks Vimeo site here:

Akoustik Timbre Frekuency - Kalibration of thee Gods from Sombre Soniks on Vimeo.

ATF - Kthonik Korridors on Bandcamp

ATF on Facebook

:[NEW VIDEO RELEASE]: Day Before Us - Burden of Silence

Day Before Us - Burden of Silence

(Infectious noisy power electronics within a distant mystical air)

Day Before Us - Burden of silence from DayBeforeUs on Vimeo.

Day Before Us on Tumbler

Day Before Us on Facebook

Day Before Us/Nimh - Under Mournful Horizons on Bandcamp

:[FEATURE]: Thursday, December 13, 2012: Cody Drasser - The Fate of Things

Cody Drasser - The Fate of Things

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Cody Drasser releases debut solo dark ambient album, 

‘The Fate Of Things’

Austin, TX • December 11, 2012 — Peacock Window Recordings founder and operator, Cody Drasser, is proud to announce the arrival of his deeply immersive and dark ambient debut project entitled ‘The Fate Of Things’. Mastered by John Stillings of Steel Hook Prostheses, ‘The Fate Of Things’ will appeal to fans of Lull, Yen Pox and Sleep Research Facility, among others.

An Austin-based sound and visual artist, Cody Drasser has been a genre-crossing musician for over 20 years now. With his roots in the Long Island death metal scene of the 90’s, his ruthless guitar technique and complex songwriting were foundational to the signature sound of Afterbirth, a band that is widely recognized as an early originator of the Brutal Death Metal style. Earlier this year, Drasser began collaborating with artist Ben Roe, Jr. to create Caulbearer. Their ambient/noise soundscapes came together in the mysterious and droning ‘Haunts’, a Peacock Window production that was mastered by James Plotkin.

The origin of ’The Fate of Things’ was nearly a decade ago while Drasser lived in Queens and Brooklyn and began amassing a vast library of recordings – both original musical compositions and captured field samples. Experimental processing, refinement and final arrangement were completed in the heat of Austin’s summer in 2012. This progression of building, layering, evolving, experiencing the inevitable changes in life circumstances and seasons and the equally unavoidable fading of memory culminate in a masterfully rich audio fate. Drasser says, “It is a dark ambient album that deals not just with the vast limits of outer space and the known universe, but also contends with how the passage of time eventually erodes one’s memory to the point where one can no longer be sure that the memory is even true.”

Email peacockwindow@gmail.com for a free download code. Physical copies of ‘The Fate Of Things’ are available at independent Austin record stores and through Peacock Window’s blog site and Drasser’s bandcamp page.

Peacock Window Recordings is continuing to expand boundaries in ambient and experimental music with exciting new albums in the works for 2013. Demos are being accepted for consideration of additional 2013 releases.

artist interviews • label information • album purchases: peacockwindow@gmail.com Peacock Window blog: peacockwindow.blogspot.com

Cody Drasser on Bandcamp
Cody Drasser on Soundcloud (Caulbearer)
Cody Drasser on Facebook (Caulbearer)

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Witch House

Curated by Backyard Ghost

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:[SOMBRE SONIKS SUNDAY]: December 9, 2012: Emme Ya & Bathory Legion - Kapala

Emme Ya & Bathory Legion - Kapala

(Split Release/Ritual Ambient)

To be released on December 21, 2012

BROADCAST: 2pm & 10pm Central Standard Time 

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Emme Ya & Bathory Legion - Kapala on Bandcamp

Emme Ya on Facebook

Bathory Legion on Facebook

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Followed by... 

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Sombre Soniks Compilation: Do What Thou Will 

Over 5 hours of music

Available for FREE DOWNLOAD!

Do What Thou Will on Bandcamp

:[THURSDAY]: December 6, 2012: Bathory Legion

Bathory Legion - Bukkake S.T.N.

(Released 2012) 

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Broadcast @ 2pm & 10pm 

Central Standard Time

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...from Facebook:

ESOTERIC RITUAL DARK AMBIENT 

ALCHEMICAL AVANTGARDE 

BLACK INDUSTRIAL

     Biography: Drummer/Keyboardist/Composer/Vox for Black Metal/Industrial bands since 1995.

     From 2000 to 2005 Bathory Legion left black metal and through an intense path of Mysticism and Esoterism experienced a new way of making music, to show the duality of life through a different perspective. BL calls it Dark Ambient Avantgarde.

     The biggest source of inspiration for BL are the experiences she had since she was “born”, and the practice to which she’s dedicating all her life in this amazing Black Cosmos and Anticosmos. which can be Alchemical, Physical, Psychic, Esoteric.

     All these concepts are resumed in the word she created “Anarcoesoterismo”, a Hymn to the Black Cosmos and Chaos.Musically BL range from experimentations to Avantgarde, from Industrial to Neofolk compositions. unforgiving Drone, distorted vocals, visionary suggestions. Alchemical symbologies, unique sounds. All that has been defined the Harsh Esoteric journey. 

Bathory Legion Facebook page
Bathory Legion on the Planetary Music Store
Bathory Legion - Bukkake S.T.N. @ Alchemical Sound Museum
Bathory Legion on ReverbNation
Bathory Legion on MySpace
Bathory Legion on SoundCloud