Permafrost

by Thomas Köner

Permafrost cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1993
  • Label: Barooni
  • Country: Germany
  • Length: 37:48
  • Community rating: 3.73/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Utilizing heavily processed gong resonances layered beneath dense beds of static, this seminal drone work aims to sonically replicate the desolation of arctic landscapes. The extreme minimalism and glacial pacing strip away traditional musicality, resulting in a profoundly immersive and physically resonant dark ambient experience.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, minimalistic, instrumental, ambient, droning, bleak, long-form

Tracklist

  1. Nival (5:56)
  2. Serac (5:38)
  3. Firn (5:34)
  4. Permafrost (10:09)
  5. Meta Incognita (7:02)
  6. … (3:26)

Credits

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