The music of Arktau Eos has also been used at Muzeum Alchymie in Kutná Hora, Czech Republic.Īrktau Eos Facebook Arktau Eos – ‘Scorpion Milk’ official album preview: They were also invited to contribute a track to Tesserae 1.0, a musical supplement to Abraxas: International Journal for Esoteric Studies no 2. (including London’s Equinox Festival), Russia (three mini-tours with performances in places ranging from clubs to museums) in the United States (at the Esoteric Book Conference in Seattle, and twice at Stella Natura Festival in Sierra Nevada) Romania, Norway, Sweden and Germany (Wave Gotik Treffen). Never prophets on their on own land, and not interested in being such either, Arktau Eos have held the majority of their performances overseas: in the U.K. Most of the time, they record on real, old-time reel tape, using a host of unusual, ethnic and self-built instruments of wood and bone, gongs, large frame drums, as well as various synths and modular synthesizers.

To this end, Arktau Eos work meticulously in the confines of their special temple-laboratory, an analog studio, and employ field recordings and snapshots of unheralded apparitions in the mix. Arktau Eos is – should be, will be – pure being, a stream flowing through us, even if by default coloured by our own predilections.”Īrktau Eos firmly believe in the power of music as much more than entertainment, given it is nurtured in a proper environment and treated as sacred, with a focused, serious spiritual intent.

Like a past bio put it: “The fact that Arktau Eos is not concerned only with the musical dimension can not be stressed enough – taken to the extreme, one could even be justified in claiming that creating music is just an extension of hand from us towards a common context, in which ‘those in the know’ may recognize each other – in silent understanding. Since the beginning, the group has enjoyed a great rapport from outside the music scene, with many independent researchers confirming or augmenting their observations.

Arktau Eos did not begin as a ‘band’ and certainly not as a ‘project’ behind the scenes, it is more akin to an esoteric exploration unit, a vessel of initiation. Occasional acoustic instrumentation drags this album away from the Aural Hypnox ethos somewhat and treads water where many a Cold Meat Industry artist wades (which is of course, no bad thing at all).Arktau Eos have never considered themselves a ‘band’ in the usual sense of the word, although their experience in many bands has certainly lent them an edge in working with sound as a transmitting medium. However, whilst this may in part feel overworked because of the endurance factor, there is a lot on here that is a pleasure to digest and indeed some genuine musicality, which came as a surprise.

Indeed, it all feels vey natural and understated.Īs stated, this is a lengthy affair and I feel this album would have benefitted from shortening its time span into two parts for the overall effect. The ritualism comes as a subtle nod to the arcane and the undercurrent of chimes and vibrations of sound work well in applying this thematically, without force. Seventeen tracks come in at just over an hour, so this is definitely one for the patient but then, the audience this is aimed at should have this in abundance. Given the title and the artwork (especially the limited version), there is a feeling of light breaking through the dark clouds that are spewed forth from the bowels of this act and it is refreshing to feel this as short bursts of a frost-tinged breeze, with maybe a hint of the coming of Winter. Being devoid of electric instrumentation gives this album a distinct analogue feel but then a lot of Aural Hypnox’s roster approaches their Dark Ambient in this manner.

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