Artist : Sana Obruent
Album : Dyatlov
Year : 2017
Genre : Ambient
Quality : 249kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint Stereo
Source : CDR
Playtime : 1h 06m
Size : 124.7mb
Label : Blackjack Illuminist Records
Catalognr : BIR032
Tracklist:
01. The Preparation 14:42
02. The Departure 13:38
03. The Journey 8:51
04. The Final Campsite 10:05
05. 2-2-59: Kholat 9:27
06. End. 9:31
Releasenotes:
Sana Obruent is Paul Lopez.
The Dyatlov Pass incident is the mysterious deaths of nine ski hikers in the
northern Ural Mountains on February 2, 1959. The experienced trekking group, who
were all from the Ural Polytechnical Institute, had established a camp on the
slopes of Kholat Syakhl when disaster struck.
During the night something made them tear their way out of their tents from the
inside and flee the campsite inadequately dressed in heavy snowfall and sub-zero
temperatures...
To this day their deaths are still a mystery.
All tracks were recorded and mixed at TSC studios somewhere in California - 2015
- 2017.
With "Dyatlov" Sana Obruent made a concept album about the mysterious deaths of
nine experienced ski hikers in the northern Ural Mountains on February 2, 1959.
During the night something made them rip their tents from within and flee the
campsite inadequately dressed in heavy snowfall and sub-zero temperatures.
Sana Obruent from California manages to create a menacing atmosphere that
perfectly fits to the mystery. When the crackling noise of the 15-minute opener
The Preparation sets in, you can almost smell the snow, while the hint of
instrumentation coming from the top of the mountains disturbs from the start.
For the unexperienced listener "The Departure" may be the best track to access
the world of Dyatlov, it's also the one that comes closest to Sana Obruent's
classic "Prince Of The Air" which seems like bright daylight compared to the
heavy darkness of Dyatlov which crawls under your skin. It's like the moment you
recognize that the suppressed thought you fear the most has suddenly found a way
to get inside your mind permanently.
After the first listen it may be a challenging album for some, but once you let
it sink it's highly addictive and you begin to long for the melodies that you
can find underneath the veil of terror.
With "Dyatlov" Sana Obruent is on top of the game. Take "The Journey" for
example which involves arrangements of classical music, but buries it under a
haze of drone, nightmare, and interfering sound sources. In the beginning parts
of it may even sound peaceful, then again the increasing and decreasing volume
with its variety of noises that resemble Geiger counters, the howling of animals
and scraping of metal make you realize that at some point you didn't recognize
that the avalanche is not approaching, you are waking up recognizing you have
already been buried under it and are now unable to escape.
When you find yourself at the bottom of this black hole that is "Dyatlov", the
closer "End." is no knockout, moreover it's the aftermath of a disaster that
already happened. The stuck loop feels like brain damage, and the crackling snow
noise makes it clear: we've come full circle, and you've reached the verge of
insanity. "Dyatlov" does harm in the most brilliant way.
http://blackjackilluministrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dyatlov