Nam-Khar is a Ritual/Drone collective that utilises various ethnic instruments
and synthesised material within its works.
What Nam-Khar offers up here are nine
very different pieces of ritualistic music, each with the common thread of
bringing you to a place of both focus and isolation.
The subtle use of
traditional instrumentation creates small vacuous pockets for the listener to
move into, which are then juxta-positioned with slightly harsher, more
industrial sounds.
These are then all neatly sewn together with ice cold drones,
warm bass sounds and synth sweeps.
With its short stabs and metallic
sounds, the music can sometimes feel cold, unsettling and edgy.
Tracks such as
Shidak (re-shaped) could easily soundtrack the nightmare segment from a film,
where the drones pull you stumbling through dark corridors, treading uncertain
footsteps with a feeling of anxiety, never knowing what shapes are hiding out in
the shadows, or what lies just around the corner.
But the other side to the
music from Nam-Khar lies in the warm, rich textured sounds and the drones that
slowly build in density.
Each aspect complimenting one other to bring a rich
varied sound to the whole album and drawing all the tracks
together.
"Secret Essence/“Sangwa Dupa is a sonic journey to the archaic energies/powers in Tibetan culture, which in the end, are not to be seen as being separated from one’s own mind.
Tracklist:
1 Dri Za 05:35
2 Sab Dak 05:40
3 Srinmo 05:45
4 Bdud 06:54
5 Shidak (re-shaped) 07:41
6 Nyan 10:44
7 Gyalpo 04:52
8 Klu 05:42
9 Theruang (CD bonus track) 06:38
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