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When Only Shades Remain

by Hall of Mirrors

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1.
Flustered Among the Approaching Menaces 21:46
2.
Across Forests of Fire 10:23
3.
Beyond the Ever Changing Horizon 14:13
4.
Where the Soil Gathers Disquieted Souls 19:20

about

Andrea Marutti (Amon / Never Known among others…) and Giuseppe Verticchio (Nimh) have teamed up again for this new Hall of Mirrors monumental release. Textural, noisy, profound dark ambient with some pretty ‘melodic’ patterns hidden behind layered noises and evolving drones. Astonishing, to say the least.

(Eibon Records press release)

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Hall of Mirrors is the project I share with Giuseppe Verticchio / Nimh from Rome. Following the double CD “Altered Nights“, released on Malignant Records back in 2012, this is the fourth HOM album.

Our previous releases have used different guests and collaborators on each work making it a distinctive feature of the project, but for this new chapter we decided to go alone.

The album was created between May 2016 and January 2018, and it comes in a gorgeous gatefold cardboard digisleeve with inner sleeve featuring a stunning artwork created by Mauro, the Eibon Commander.

(Andrea Marutti, April 2018)

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Hall of Mirrors is a collaborative side project headed by two pioneering actors of the Italian dark ambient scene: Andrea Marutti (alias Amon, Never Known) and Giuseppe Verticchio (alias Nimh, Twist of Fate). After several years of silence the duo is back, this time on Eibon Records (also responsible of the publication of many Marutti’s albums under his various monikers). If we currently place labels such as Malignant, Cold Spring, Cold Meat Industry as major figures in the rise and development of dark ambient music we should not forget the historical importance of Eibon Records, precisely in Italy. Among the most notorious acts released by this label we can notice Amon, Blood Box and Caul regarding isolationist and darkly chilling ambient music based on layered drones and languid otherwordly textures. ‘When Only Shades Remain’ reveals delicately creepy soundscaping atmospheres which seem to be closer to the first effort published by the duet (Reflections On Black), more distant to the blackened electronic drone inferno of ‘Altered Nights’ or the more sacred sound ritualism of ‘Forgotten Realm’. Consequently eerily fixated drones meet more calming, melancholic, reverberant detached guitar patterns, bordering a sea of vast quietness and deeper thoughtfulness. ‘When Only Shades Remain’ is one emotional story, beautifully sculpted and which alternates heavily wistful sequences with more melodious themes. Those enveloping tones, subtle echoing guitar lines, and lysergic drone passages evoke forgotten times, antique derelicts and mind travel. This is one tremendous effort with a few majestic heavenly moments (as in ‘Beyond the Ever Changing Horizon’). Recommended to any passionate followers of dark ambient music and striking sonic worlds.

(Philippe Blache, Igloo Magazine, July 2018)

credits

released April 30, 2018

Composed, performed and record between May 2016 and January 2018 in Milan and Rome.

Mastered in January 2018 by Giuseppe Verticchio.

Special thanks to Daniela Gherardi and Mauro.

Artwork by KMD.

Andrea Marutti: synthesizers, samples, field recordings, effects, treatments, audio montage

Giuseppe Verticchio: electric guitar, ebow, synthesizers, sequencer, thai gong, field recordings, effects, treatments, audio montage

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Andrea Marutti Milano, Italy

I began experimenting in the '90s as Amon and Never Known. In the '00s I continued
to create music under my own name and started a few collaborative projects: Hall of Mirrors, Molnija Aura and Sil Muir. I was also involved in two collective efforts, Maribor and Meerkat, and collaborated with Fausto Balbo and Carlo Giordani. For 18 years I have ran Afe, a label devoted to experimental electronics. ... more

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