The German resident Henryk Vogel aka DARKWOOD, a neofolk band from Dresden.
DARKWOOD consists of Henryk Vogel and cellist Nadja Stahlbaum. Since "Notwendfeuer" (2006), DARKWOOD has been supplemented by Manuela Zankl (accordion, accompanying vocals) and Valentin (violin). In addition, various guest musicians contributed to individual pieces.
DARKWOOD has been performing in front of a live audience since 1997. In the past, Andreas Ritter (Forseti) or Markus Wolff (Waldteufel) helped in addition to the normal line-up.
The band has was never been afraid of controversial themes and with the album "Schicksalsfahrt" ("Fateful Ride") he invites the listener to join him on an extremely dangerous mission. An album based on the novel "Night Flight" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
Today's tune "Fliegergedicht" (Aviator Poem) presents mainly acoustic guitar-driven halfpace melody full of sadness. The tune is taken from the album "Schicksalsfahrt" (2013), the tune is in German native language, enjoy!
:OF THE WAND & THE MOON: is the neofolk/experimental project of Danish musician Kim Larsen and various guest contributors.
After irreconcilable differences with his previous musical project, the doom metal-band SATURNUS, Larsen began writing music of a different vein, similar in style to his neofolk influences.
After a 6-year silence, a fourth album, "The Lone Descent", was released in 2011. It features more contemporary influences and richer production. The album was received with great critical acclaim and is considered a neofolk masterpiece.
Today's tune "Tear It Apart" from the album "The Lone Descent", enjoy!
The place where Life and Death come together, where the fire of sensualism rises to the skies, where the orgy of the unregretted sin becomes the celebration of doom is the place where ORDO ROSARIUS EQIULIBRIO gain their inspiration. "Ménage A Quatre" unifies light and loopy mood with the dark and sinister to pure Apocalyptic Pop seeing a promise even in the end.
The epic of ORDO ROSARIUS EQIULIBRIO is made of the quiet notes, the swelling, the small details building up themselves to big sound art pieces. "Ménage A Quatre" shall not only be an appetizer for the upcoming album "Let‘s Play“: The music of „Ménage A Quatre“ is a convergence of the old and the new ORDO ROSARIUS EQIULIBRIO“, vocalist Tomas Petterson comments, „In between the beginning and the end there are so many things. Joy and despair, love and demoralization, fire and death.
That’s what we portray.“ „Ménage A Quatre“ will be released as CD strictly limited to 1000 and pink-transparent vinyl strictly limited on 500.
ORDO ROSARIUS EQIULIBRIO (ORE) is a neofolk and martial industrial music group from Stockholm. The band is composed of its founding member and vocalist Tomas Pettersson, and Rose-Marie Larsen, who replaced Chelsea Krook on backup vocals. In 2008 Fredrik Leijström and Ronnie Bäck joined the band on bass and guitar.
Today's tune "Ménage à Trois" is taken from the latest release "Ménage A Quatre", enjoy!
DEATH IN JUNE are a neofolk group led by English folk musician Douglas Pearce, better known as Douglas P. The band was originally formed in Britain in 1981 as a trio, but after the other members left in 1984 and 1985 to work on other projects, the group became the work of Douglas P. and various collaborators. Douglas P. now lives in Australia.
Over the band's three decades of existence, they have made numerous shifts in style and presentation, resulting in an overall shift from initial post-punk and Industrial Records influence to a more acoustic and folk music-oriented approach. Douglas P.'s influence was instrumental in sparking neofolk, of which his music has subsequently become a part.
"All Pigs Must Die" is an album by DEATH IN JUNE, released in 2001. The first half of the album bears the typical later DEATH IN JUNE neofolk sound, whereas the second half of the album has a much more chaotic, experimental sound to it. On the album Pearce was assisted by Andreas Ritter of the neofolk group FORSETI who played accordion on a few tracks on the first half of the LP. This marked a return to the previous folk sound of DEATH IN JUNE.
DEATH IN JUNE have also appeared live with FORSETI and Pearce appeared on Forseti's Windzeit LP.
Abyss is the fifth studio album from American singer-songwriter and eponymous band, Chelsea Wolfe released on August 7, 2015 in CD, vinyl, and digital download formats through Sargent House.
Her mix of styles, including gothic, folk, electronic, metal and neofolk, has been described as "drone-metal-art-folk", and is characterized by experimental guitar playing, hazy vocals and surreal soundscapes.
Chelsea Wolfe (born November 14, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter, based in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Today's tune with Chelsea Wolfe performing "Carrion Flowers", taken from the album "Abyss".
Monday and a new week, which means it's time to introduce this week's "Record Of The Week".
First, I must inform that I am without "turntable" right now. Actually it is not so bad at all, it's on service and upgrade, gone more than a week or two. This means that I listen more to the digital format than I normally do, but on the other hand it gives the opportunity to listen on things that are not normally "to be found" on the proper format. This week's "Record Of The Week" is one of those, no Vinyl is made as far as I know.
"A Passage To Rhodesia" is the latest release (10th album) from the Luxembourg based neo-folk singer songwriter Jerome Reuters "ROME". He is know for his storytelling about history and 20th Century conflicts. Like the album "Flowers from Exile" was about the Spanish Civil War and "Nos Chants Perdus" is about the French Resistance. The latest album "A Passage To Rhodesia" is about the Rhodesian Bush War.
The album is soft, beautiful and warm where the story grows from tune to tune. Jerome Reuters voice is deep, sensitive baritone like and in a perfect shape to tell a tragic and sad story about the cruel war on the other side of the planet. His way of singing and voice reminds me of NICK CAVE. ROMEs musical and lyrical world is genuinely unique, blending traditional songwriting craftsmanship, unusual arrangements and fine poetry into one monstrous and intimate musical output that combines chanson, dark ambient, apocalyptic folk, pop, acoustic rock, martial industrial, cold wave, all rolled into one impressive avant-garde package.
Reuter’s songs are firmly in the tradition of chansonier heroes like JACQUES BREL and LÉO FERRÉ, but in a strange mélange with the darker brands of (post-)industrial music culture. ROMEs lyrics are inspired by world literature from Camus to Genet and Jerome’s frequent use of collage and sampling techniques serves to create a new kind of intertextuality between word and sound. The lyrical beauty of Reuter's compositions, the depths of his poetry and the complex experimental arrangements make ROME an unusually challenging musical experience
"A Passage To Rhodasia" is a great release and I could really recommend this album even if you can't get it on Vinyl, I hope he will release it.
There is a limited box version where a 10" vinyl is included, but it only have two tracks.
Todays tune "Hate Us And See If We Mind" is taken from the album "A Passage To Rhodasia", released August 10, 2014
Listen to "Rome - Hate Us And See If We Mind" on Spotify