The Everwinter Forest sees winter synth illustrate scenes of a Finnish winter though with the welcoming of some invasive and alien sounds. Their albums are immediate and usually obsessed with a theme before moving onto something else entirely. Meadow Grove makes music like others would write poetry or journal entries. Many of these releases have been picked up by labels such as Voices of the Ainur, Taste of Beer, and Weregnome Records for tape release, which in turn acts as an introduction to an increasing audience. Counting self-releases, Meadow Grove has eight demos and ten singles in the span of two years. This might be more common in dungeon synth than other forms of music, but one by themself can make an extraordinary amount of music in a short amount of time. I am usually speechless whenever listening to HDK releases and Utflykter i den svenska skogen makes me want to stay in their cabin that seems to be at the edge of conventional space.įinland's Meadow Grove has made a lot of music. Fiction might be more entertaining since HDK has always set its stage for artists to enact a drama through unconventional pageantry. ROTVÄLTA presents the Scandinavian countryside as an uncanny valley that is welcoming in its absurdity. With a cover that may be more surreal than its music, Utflykter i den svenska skogen is a warm hallucination of cascading synth sounds, nature samples, and a dreamlike narrator which guides the listener through its liminal space. I only believe some of that, though I want to believe all of it. ROTVÄLTA's debut Utflykter i den svenska skogen is presented as an anonymous soundtrack for a documentary from the Swedish Ministry of Tourism. Finding information on releases and artists released on HDK is challenging since the truth is often spiked with fiction. We return to Italy with a tape label and stash house for weirdos Heimat Der Katastrophe (HDK).
Footpaths offer emotional backstory for each song though they feel applicable for anyone to use for catharsis or ruination.
One of neofolk's central components, both historic and modern, is its naked expression through bare instrumentation and an almost spiritual link to its pathos. Told through sparse and cryptic information listed only as town and city names, the collection of songs feels like a burden one takes one when listening. Marble Acres is a collection of songs written between 20, and its creator keens in tones which feel timeless in its loneliness. Neofolk, now, is even more vague and decentralized with the sound being employed by various people with various goals.
Neofolk, historically existed as an abstract melange of art, philosophy, and alternative spirituality which was expressed through ghostly and apocalyptic folk. I wanted to highlight this fringe with a release from neofolk act Footpaths which came through the latest winter tape bundle and also (which I found out much later) a side-project for Invisible Oranges' editor Jon Rosenthal. Fableglade Records' seasonal tape bundles are split between new releases from luminaries in the dungeon synth scene and fringe artists that skirt even the definition of the sound. It is truly a journey and one which feels old and ancient in its telling.įableglade Records has been noted in this column as an important label in the dungeon synth scene for their continual showcase of raw talent. Seefonktjúenderee's craft and skill resonates through its extensive landscapes of calm and lonely serenity. I have always felt a record composed of few but lengthy tracks is an accessible package for listeners as it offers a complete journey through mysterious lands. At three tracks and nearing 49 minutes, Seefonktjúenderee combines glacial Berlin School electronics with icy dungeon synth textures to produce one of the best and most complete in the artist's catalog. In 2022 we see a special vinyl release through Dungeons Deep which continues showcasing and archiving amazing talent. To begin with the theme of shedding our responsibility to time, Seefonktjúenderee was actually released in July of 2021 through Dunkelheit Produktionen with recording taking place in the Fall of 2019. Dutch artist Nortfalke has been creating soundscapes in twilight since 2018 and their third record Seefonktjúenderee continues to see a progression of this sound.
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