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CD  $15.00  ON SALE, $12.00  Combo Pack $20.00 RITUAL GROUND AMPLEXUS: COLLECTED WORKS Amplexus: Collected Works Various Artists 1997 Projekt PRO72 (CD) The artists created these three, 20-minute pieces for the Amplexus series in Italy, originally presented on a 3-inch CD, each limited to 1000 copies. Roach and Vidna Obmana draw from the tribal-ambient well, while Brennan provides a driving, hypnotic sequencer-style piece.   1.  Vidna Obmana: The Transcending Quest (Moonstream / The Quest / Authentic Space)     2.  Thom Brennan: The Path Not Taken   19:17   3.  Steve Roach: The Dreamer Descends   11:40   4.  Steve Roach: True West MP3 3:05

CD  $17.00  ON SALE, $15.00  Twilight Earth Various Artists 1994 Timebase LC 5432 (CD) Reviewed by Harbinger Hour This cross-section of the best and brightest stars on the ethnographical plateau is not only one of the most representative of the genre, it's one of the few collections worth owning. O Yuki Conjugate leads things off in a ghostly fashion with the ominous "Insect-Talk (Dry)" six minutes of eerie percussives, hushed chants, ganking bass and nocturnal electronics. Vidna Obmana's "The Embrace in Motion" shows how influential his recent mindmelds with Steve Roach have been as he explores the same morass of electronic primordialism to chilling effect, while Roach himself chimes in with "Before the Sacrifice", featuring tribal, penetrating hand-struck percussions and canyon-deep chords of synth that envelop you totally. Jorge Reyes dabbles in yet more of his singular acoustic prehispanics, while the mysterious Belgian troupe known as Hybryds explores infinitely frightening realms on "Orca". Temps Perdu? continue to amaze with "Rano Raraku" which suggests murky abyssal depths but has cosmic overtones as well. And there's further remarkable contributions from the likes of Jeff Greinke, Alio Die, Paul Schütze (deep-space electronics mixed with Hassell-like ethereal beats), Voice of Eye, Dino Oon & Konrad Kraft and Human Flesh." -- Darren Bergstein, i/e Magazine   1.  O Yuki Conjugate: Insect Talk (Dry)   6:11   2.  Vidna Obmana: The Embrace In Motion MP3 5:48   3.  Steve Roach: Before the Sacrifice RealAudioMP3 6:51   4.  Jorge Reyes: Espejo Humeante   5:34   5.  Hybryds: Orca (Remix)   4:42   6.  Temps Perdu?: Rano Raraku   5:43   7.  Dino Oon, Konrad Kraft: The Garden of Friction II   5:23   8.  Voice of Eye: Vas Tremens   5:52   9.  Jeff Greinke: Ancestral Horizon   6:03   10.  Alio Die: The Flight of Real Image   6:26   11.  Paul Schütze: All That Was Solid...   6:37   12.  Human Flesh: Paysage Marin Avec Oiseau (Et Babeau à Moteur)   3:04   13.  Tuu: One Thousand Years (Vasel Shevehenko version)   7:07

CD  $15.00  ON SALE, $9.99  The Promises of Silence Various Artists 1993 Projekt PRO41 (CD) Reviewed by Harbinger Hour An excellent multi-artist collection compiled by Alio Die from 1993, this organic soundscape project includes Dwight Ashley and Tim Story, Temps Perdu?, vidnaObmana, Jeff Greinke, Black Tape For a Blue Girl, Steve Roach, Art of Primitive Sound, Alio Die, Robert Rich and others.   1.  Hybryds: Aizen Myoo   6:10   2.  Djen Ajakan Shean: Mountain Wind   6:26   3.  Steve Roach: The Unbroken Promise RealAudioMP3 7:50   4.  Vidna Obmana: Glass Splendour   6:50   5.  Jeff Greinke: Winter Light   7:02   6.  Art of Primitive Sound: Subterranean Worlds   2:10   7.  Ora: Sadalsuud   8:50   8.  Alio Die: The Hidden Spring   4:25   9.  Robert Rich: Black Skies   5:10   10.  Saffron Wood: Deep Water   9:40   11.  black tape for a blue girl: A Good Omen   5:00   12.  Temps Perdu?: Ouroboros   4:13   13.  Dwight Ashley, Tim Story: Baby Thing   5:50