'Egy'
Remete (Hermit) is a
one-person dark-ambient project from Hungarian Madura Janos (ex-Our
God Weeps, ex-Zebaoth). Mixing ambient soundscapes with neo-classical
and martial industrial elements, Janos paints a cinematic visions of
arcane Cyclopean monoliths beneath crushing waves and cosmic terrors
residing in deep within the dark chasms of ancient rock.
Over the course of the
45-minute long début EP, the dark atmospherics that roll forth from
the speakers are coupled with monstrous drones and weird synth
embellishments to evoke Lovecraftian terrors in the mind. This is the
kind of music to set to strange rituals designed for summoning even
stranger beasts.
The tracks are long,
with only one, 'Mende' below the six minute mark. But it is
compelling listening. There are no formal beat structures to provide
any solid framework. So the songs are free to evolve, devolve, and
reform in anyway they need to. This being said there is an underlying
repetitiveness that newcomers to dark ambient may find off-putting.
But it is typical of the trance-like feeling that these artist often
seek to create.
This is a dark, and
somewhat terrifying release that shows a lot of promise. There is
nice sense of development to each song as though they contain an
unspoken narrative, which makes them all the more compelling to
listen to. There could be a minute or two shaved from a few of the
songs. But at 45 minutes over five songs, Remete is certainly giving
you your money's worth.