Foglord - Winter Dreams

I´m a member of the music Facebook forum called Dungeon Synth, and on this very moment, I've become an addict to ancient melodies from forgotten times played out on a synth. From time to time I check up on this forum and find good releases, releases which are good enough to be released on cassette tapes. One of these is Foglord´s 2016 release Winter Dreams out on the label Out of Season. Know this that the Youtube introduction track above this. is not from the Winter Dreams album. But catches the feel 100%!

Strange thing that I ordered it on Discogs; neither the band/project name hit me or the album cover art. On Bandcamp Foglord is described as this : "This project is an outlet for my spirit and dreams. It is also a dedication to the spirit of nature and the lands around me; my greatest influences". Which tells me, that this thing could be the worst thing ...... or something really really good.

 Anyways, I tried my chance and bought it for a decent price on Discogs. And now I am sitting here listening to it, for the third time now and think it´s one heck of a tape!. I fucked up converting my tape and ended up with the B-side to begin with, and I was struck by the first track on the B-side ´Glacial (Secrets Within the Ice)´ that this shit was promising, sounds like Tangerine Dream if they did the theme for David Lynch´s epic gothic sci-fi flick Dune ( and OFFCOURSE it sounds better than bloody Toto!). The cassette moves further into endless, beautiful and cold landscapes well worth the attention for any vintage synth lovers. Almost has this late 80s - start 90s synth and dark ambient retro feel, think early ritualistic Raison D´être or the Italian cosmic icy landscapes of Runes Order.  And off course from time to time, there is that minor dark dungeon synth feel from time to time. Not a 100% dungeon synth release but more of a wonderfully atmospheric soundtrack tribute to classic synth vintage acts like Tangerine Dream, Brian Eno or even John Carpenter!

This is the fifth cassette release from Foglord, and I will be looking forward to more. A good idea would be 2 get my hands on the early 4 cassette releases!

Out of Season :

http://outofseason.storenvy.com/

Foglord : 

https://foglord.bandcamp.com/