Merchants Of Air
  • Home
  • Reviews
    • Albums
    • Concerts
  • Premieres
  • Interviews
  • Giveaways
  • Playlists
  • Shop
    • Merchants Of Air releases
  • About us
    • About Us
    • Writers Wanted
    • Logos and banner
    • Advertise
    • Mailinglist

FOUDRE! - Kami 神

20/10/2018

Comments

 
drone / power ambient
Gizeh Records
facebook
bandcamp
Picture
My writer's block decided to shatter into pieces when this release fell into our morbidly obese mailbox. I absolutely adored FOUDRE!'s previous effort, the soundtrack for the film 'Earth', featuring Christine Ott (read). These four French drone masters again recorded a live session, which will be released by the end of November. 'Kami神' was improvised in Toulouse as support act for doom metal band Monarch!'s 10th anniversary concert. I can easily imagine that crowd of metalheads having enjoyed the hell out of this performance.

To be honest, I haven't listened to FOUDRE!'s older work yet, but their label Gizeh Records proudly presents 'Kami神' as a surprising album. They're right. 

The main theme immediately takes me back to the ending of Godspeed You Black Emperor!'s magical performance at the Rivierenhof in Antwerp last summer, where a minimalistic, compelling tune repeated itself for at least a quarter of an hour, while the artists gave it their own last touch before leaving the stage one by one. That was a transcendental experience; after a breathtaking concert the entire audience kept quiet until the whole thing faded out for good. This memory or feeling might slightly colour my listening experience of 'Kami神' but don't let that stop you in any way to check it out for yourself.

This thread is present in every track, which is comforting. Yet, like on 'Earth', the sounds continuously evolve. As early as the second track, I start moving. Yes, this drone album has beats, very Biosphere-like. And chants. And post rock-like guitars. Percussion. Screams, even. Noise. And fucking power electronics. Shit! At the first listen, my mouth fell open. FOUDRE! surpasses 'Earth', something that I didn't know would be possible. 

The doorbell rang, and it took me twenty minutes to descend into reality (luckily our visitor knows that we're weird people). That's how immersive this jewel is. Buy it!

For fans of Svaixt, Barst, Thisquietarmy, CHVE, anything at Maschinenfest, anything that drones...


Eline

Comments
    Picture
    Support Merchants Of Air, check our our shirts

    Categories

    All
    Acoustic
    Alternative
    Ambient
    Americana
    Avant Garde
    Blackgaze
    Black Metal
    Blues
    Breakcore
    Classical
    Crust
    Dark Ambient
    Dark Jazz
    Darkwave
    Death Metal
    Doom
    Downtempo
    Dreampop
    Drone
    Drum & Bass
    Dungeon Synth
    EBM
    Edm
    Electronic
    Experimental
    Folk
    Folk Metal
    Funk
    Glitch
    Gothic
    Grindcore
    Grunge
    Hardcore
    Hard Rcok
    Hard Rock
    Heavy Metal
    Hip Hop
    House
    Idm
    Indie
    Industrial
    Jazz
    Krautrock
    Lo Fi
    Lo-fi
    Martial Industrial
    Math Rock
    Metal
    Metalcore
    Musique Concrète
    Neofolk
    New Wave
    Noise
    Noise Rock
    Nu Metal
    Pop
    Post Hardcore
    Post Metal
    Post Punk
    Post Rock
    Power Electronics
    Power Metal
    Progressive
    Psychedelic
    Psytrance
    Punk
    Rock
    Shoegaze
    Sludge
    Soul
    Soundtrack
    Southern Rock
    Space Rock
    Stoner Rock
    Symphonic Metal
    Synthpop
    Techno
    Thrash Metal
    Trance
    Trip Hop
    Vaporwave

Find us on

facebook
google+
twitter
tumblr
​
minds

About Us

Contact
FAQ
Logos and banners
© COPYRIGHT 2015. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.