Artist : Uedineniya
Album : Red Meridian
Year : 2011
Genre : Ambient
Source : CD
Label : 7Hz Records / Chernaya Zemlya
Catalog : ChZ B
Rls.Date : 2013-03-23
Bitrate : VBRkbps
Size : 130.4MB
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1. Sunrise 10:30
2. Glacial 10:08
3. Research at Night 10:43
4. Shipwreck 11:27
5. Frozen 10:19
6. Overfatigue 10:34
7. Miles of Silence 10:11
8. Red Meridian 4:34
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78:26
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Dark Drone Ambient.
Red Meridian is conceptual soundtrack for unique video made during one of the
first arctic expeditions.
The idea to create this album appear when author find 8-mm record belonging
his old kin Sergey Borisov. He was a seaman, polar explorer and sailed on the
first atomic icebreakers "Arctic" in mid-20th century.
The main concept of this album is making the atmosphere of infinite cold and
very long days during travels in ices and reminding listeners about places
very dangerous for people. For this reason the album has been named ╩≡α±φ√Θ
╠σ≡ΦΣΦαφ (eng. û ôred meridianö) û dangerous line, the place for strong
spirit people.
Uedineniya Island is located in the central part of Kara Sea, the project was
named after it. The island was discovered by the Norwegian explorer captain
Edvard Johannesen during travel by schooner Nordland at August 26, 1878. The
captain gave the name Ensomheden for this island. Russian flag has been
lifted above island in 1915 by Otto Sverdrup during expedition on the Eclipse
bark. Later, September 7, 1934, polar station on island had been based by
expedition on Sadko (captain: A.K.Burke) and Yermak icebreakers. This station
worked till 1996.
Album consists of 8 long tracks of buzzing oppressive drone ambient with cold
and dangerous atmosphere. Hollow and massive soundscape full of whispers,
murmurs, scratches, flips and echoes.