Mystica Visio - s/t
Mystica Visio by Mystica Visio (self-titled), a 35-minutes debut release from a new act from Brazil. A physical version of this album hasn´t been planned yet, but the artist is working on it. So let us hear (or see) what mysterious visions we shall find behind this release.
Already from the beginning, it sounds cool (a track called Mystical Visions From A Dead Past). Retro-futuristic marriage between Berlin-school and dungeon-synth, think classic soundtracks from Italien zombie-flicks from the 70s! Very sleek, very atmospheric, and very well played. The sound-quality would make any retro-synth-lover droll here.
Next track The Glowing Figure moves into vampire-haunted Castlevania. A very chilling moment with subtle and sinister moments. When the clock strikes at midnight, a ghost will appear. That kind of feeling, again... Very neat! Not that far away (in style) from Coil´s soundtrack to Clive Barker´s Hellraiser people!
Third track The Prophecy Was A Lie adds a piano moment with string-like synth-work. A very beautiful, melancholic piece with tragic moods. Kind of... if the piano had a tale to tell, it would certainly sound like this. Very sincere and very... honest. So far the most, gothic-sounding piece.
Fourth track Journey Across The Lake Of Lost Souls adds more fuel to the fans of Tangerine Dream. Love the way how this monotone bass-synth-melody feels like... the steps/journey you partake over this lake of certain doom and darkness. Eerie extra synth-sounds adds a creepy descriptive touch of what can be seen in this lake. Might just be the lake of Hali, where Hastur (He Who Is Not To Be Named) sleeps?. I don't know, certainly the moment eerie piece on this album.
Fifth track Spell of Entrapment, being the longest track on the album. Is a kind of piece that you can... isolate to? A slow-moving epic piece that takes the listener back to Runes Order. A very moody and cosmic element as at work here. I once remember Arthur C. Clarke once said;
Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not, both are equally terrifying.
Again, a kind of... Lovecraftian gaze-upon-the-great-cosmos feel at work here. Makes you imagine how the great Outer God Azathoth is also entrapped by his demonic servants, they keep playing music for him to keep him occupied. If he wasn´t occupied by this, he would destroy the entire universe! I do think that the convincing atmosphere (and well-played synth) takes my mind to such a fantastic voyage!
Last track Within These Damp Walls I Found My Home ends the album beautifully. A saddened ending track ending in complete solitude. Almost out of breath here!.
AMAZING album, amazing synth-work, and amazing this and that. A perfect balance between a storytelling-soundtrack and pure talented musicality. A rare thing when you actually get these two elements in one package. I highly recommend this moody retro-voyage, a fantastic story-telling moment!.
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