Inade – Aldebaran

This is one of the defining moments in dark ambient music. Everything about this album is perfect - from the deep rumbling waves of noise in the first track to the apocalyptic incantations that genuinely feel non-human in the last. To me personally it's next to Lustmord's Heresy (arguably the first ever and the best dark ambient album ever). Glad to see that Cold Spring decided to re-release this timeless masterpiece finally.

Be prepared for a very weird voyage through the spheres and multi dimensions, a passage with tremendous or terrific vistas and opaque presences, be prepared to leave your place to another one, completely different and unexpected, a dangerous yet marvellous experience with the security that comes from the comfort of your chair and your stereo.
The pulse like rhythms present in every song marks the very centre from where each song was constructed, sometimes these pulses seem almost organic, like star beats (magnetic pulses) or human breathing, to some more indefinable mechanical (biomechanical?) ones, in the background of the scene drone layers dance all the way, sometimes in ethereal form, sometimes in a more physical and direct reference, the juxtapositions and variation/transformation of each drone is what clearly makes Inade one of the masters of this technocracy of sound and “Aldebaran” as one of the best jewels among the genre.
Aside from the more direct musical aspect., there’s something mysterious and way beyond music behind this creation, as if a marvel or a strange unnatural epiphany were brought to you by the magical effect of the music itself.
Excellent. Always a classic.