:[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 

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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