The artists on this edition are Council of Nine, Northumbria, Alphaxone, Atrium Carceri, Skrika, RNGMNN, Ruptured World, Neizvestija, Planet Supreme, Keosz, Dronny Darko, ProtoU, Gydja, Ugasanie, Burma Project, Primal Era Worship, Sjellos, SiJ, and Kristof Bathory.
…Thematically based on beings from the H.P. Lovecraft universe, these experimental ambient albums typically run roughly two hours as continuous mixes by the label’s artists. It is impossible to know where the work of one musician starts or ends, even as each recording is comprised of several distinct passages.
Ithaqua begins with chamber music accompanied by a sparse rhythm. Soon, however, it turns to slow, pulsing darkness, and segments that…