Silent Cabin - We Left
Third cassette release from Silent Cabin and Kalteldur´s first Silent Cabin cassette review. Released last year August 2017, and works as a continuation of the former cassette-release the Gates of Autumn (Which was AMAZING!). 4 tracks about 25 minutes mini-album, limited cassette release 20 copies.
For those who don't know Silent Cabin, I can then reveal to you all that it is a one-man act from Finland which works within the boundaries of melodic-ambient and dungeon synth music. Not strictly ambient music or pure dungeon synth, something quite unique and personal I think. One might describe it as winter-synth, but I am not entirely sure. Yet, it feels beautiful and snowy.
First thing I notice with the very first track called We Left, is the melodic, melancholic (but also uplifting) synth-tunes which almost has a taste of proto gothic cold/minimal-wave(early 80s electronic-based post-punk style originated in France and Belgian). Melodic and beautiful cold synth and melodies wash over you, while cold and dry drums echo the emptiness of the room. Next track Through the Opening moves further into the future. A hypnotizing and slowly built deep organ synth with a futuristic-sounding background texture. The ghost of Tangerine Dream and retro-wave lingers here, just slightly. Third track In The Rain pleases the dungeon and winter-synth fans. A brooding, dark and moody evocative piece. I am not exactly being drenched in the rain, more like being inside a vast limestone cavern. Feeling and hearing the space inside a cavern, with that certain cavern coldness engulfing you. Last track No people, ends it all up in a melancholic solitude. Has a kind of mysterious Aphex Twin (Selected Ambient Tracks vol.2) meets Throbbing Gristle´s Weeping vibe to it, a great track and a great way of ending the album.
An amazing achievement which I will/can highly recommend for those who like not-the-typical kind of dungeon-synth. A fantastic and melancholic feel-good injection. I have (of course) also ordered the cassette, now all I can do is to sit back and wait for it.
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