Noori Records 2009 sampler

2009, the second year of Noori Records existence, is actually the first "complete" year of Noori Records activities. We know that everybody loves a freebie, and with that in mind, we've setted up a free compilation album called "Noori Records 2009 sampler". Here, you'll be able to listen to some track from the four Noori Records public releases that were made during this year.

Click on the cover image to listen or download the album!

Here's more info:

=== Noori Records 2009 sampler ===


1) NR005 * Merankorii - April in Portugal 4:07
2) NR007 * Betray-ed - Forgotten Landscape 3:00
3) NR007 * Betray-ed - My Impervious Homeland 3:23
4) NR010 * +ko+ko+ - Dark Swan 8:11
5) NR010 * +ko+ko+ - Little Harbour 7:46
6) NR011 * Ambiansu - The Train's Bar 5:23
7) NR011 * Ambiansu - Clearing 10:51
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Total: 42:41


# NR005 - 02/04/2009 - V/A - April in Jazz
# NR007 - 20/07/2009 - Betray-Ed - Haunting Memories
# NR010 - 24/11/2009 - +ko+ko+ - What Are You Gonna Do?
# NR011 - 24/11/2009 - Ambiansu - Tagebuch

This is a free promotional compilation regarding Noori Records' public releases in 2009. Feel free to know more about each of them at http://noorirecords.ning.com . Also, here are the links for the bands' websites, send your love to them!

Merankorii - http://www.reverbnation.com/merankorii
Betray-Ed - http://www.last.fm/music/Betray-Ed
+ko+ko+ - http://www.reverbnation.com/pluskopluskoplus
Ambiansu - http://www.myspace.com/ambiansu

The author of the picture used on the cover is pa1nt, and is covered by a CC-BY license.
Check out his pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/pa1nt/

New free track: "Prime Magic"

Following the "One Free Track Per Month" iniciative, the track "Prime Magic" (from February's album) is now freely available for stream or download, at the usual place.

In related news, you might want to take some time and visit Ambiansu's website. Ambiansu is a dark ambient musical project made by me, from Merankorii, and M. from Ambience. We released our first full-length "Tagebuch" earlier this week, and at the website you'll be able to listen to two of its tracks...

Enjoy!

Free Track: Oceanário

Following the "One Free Track Per Month" iniciative, the track "Oceanário" (referred here) is now freely available for stream or download, at the usual place... Enjoy!

"New Aeon Symbols V - The Pentagram" Reviews

Damned By Light did a review on New Aeon Symbols V - The Pentagram, a 2CD compilation Merankorii made part of. Here's what they said about Merankorii's track:

Merankorii's 11-minuter sounds like you accidentally dialed to hell and the connection is in bad condition. You know what those dial-up-sounds are like, right? It's like a broken synth. Notes similar to that are played in a steady pace but without any melody, while being backed by some thin gritty distortion is what you'll hear for seven minutes. After that, more distortion, echoing and noisiness kicks in to give the track more structure, but the overall distortion soon fades and the track comes to it's end just barely more noisy than it was in the beginning. It's a really interesting track despite it's few elements, and a daring one too. I don't know how soon the track will lose it's appeal due to it's mostly thin soundscape, but it's a good listen nonetheless.

Their conclusion and rating for the album:

I'd recommend this release for people who want a quick look at the darker and/or noisier arts, and for people with need for ritual music. 9/10

You can buy this album directly to the label.

20th's: July 2009, August 2009 and September 2009 (new compilations)

Three more compilations with Merankorii tracks! Keeping up with Cabinet Pin's monthly compilations, July 2009 brings you "Denaturalization", a documentary of Humans actions towards Nature, August 2009 comes with "Oceanario", a song about the wonders that can be seen at Lisbon's Oceanário, and September 2009 with "Magna", a wine-inspired heavily-rhythmic track.

Leroi

Witte Dood is a sub-label of Svartgalgh Records, focusing on dark music of nearly any kind. Founded in 2009, its releases are much more DIY than those of the latter. Home-printed artwork in a thin plastic sleeve, 3”CDR discs only. Nothing fancy, just great music. And because of the simple, yet nice packaging, they are able to keep the prices low: only € 2,00 each (excl. p&p).

From their first day I knew I had to release something on this label - their concept is... defying. Let me explain: every release of them is a single, one track with 333, 666, 999 or 1332 seconds long (exactly - so 5:33, 11:06, 16:39 or 22:12).

And so... this happened:

WIT030 Merankorii - Leroi (1332 secs)
"Horror soundtrack from Portugal. Like the infamous and god-like Goblin."

Click here to buy it, or listen to a sample mp3 first.

Merankorii @ BarcampPT

Merankorii is this weekend at the Summer edition of Barcamp in Portugal. We're making something different this time: several artists getting together decided to make an entire album (for free, of course) during Barcamp's two days.

So... I won't delay you here too much: just click here and check out what kind of music we are making in just two days!

20th May 2009, 20th June 2009 (new compilations)

Merankorii is keeping up with Cabinet Pin's monthly compilations, with two new tracks in two new compilations: "Piracy II" at "20th May 2009"'s compilation, and "Solar Cycle (Revolution One)" at "20th June 2009"'s compilation.

"Solar Cycle (Revolution One)" is the beginning in the exploration of a new ritualistic concept and field, one that I hope you'll be able to experience in an upcoming release.

Tribute To The Dead Soldiers Vol.II (free album)

This one counts already as August's "Free Track Per Month"... but for those who are going on vacations, August came a little earlier!

Tribute To The Dead Soldiers Vol.II is a free 2 CDs compilation of "Dark Ambient, Neofolk, Martial & Industrial music, a gift in memory of the dead soldiers...". Merankorii's track, "Playground" is, as you might notice, a remix of Merankorii's soundtrack for the free movie "Playground". Lots of talented bands on the compilation, so... what are you waiting for? Click on the cover and download it!

Not Our World Alone (Free Track)

Greetings!

For this month's "Free Track", I'll present you a free just-released 3CD compilation called "Not Our World Alone", released by Pavillon36 Recordings.

Their description of the album:

For its first compilation Pavillon36 Recordings is pleased to offer you a selection of the best of dark electronic music underground scene.
50 artists united around the idea of not being alone, and share their vision of a world outdated by his own dreams.
In finale, it's a collection of black poetry, noise and tortured feelings that is offered to you and that, let us wish it, will allow you to recover being discussed.

This compilation has tracks from bands like Merankorii, +ko+ko+, Kristus Kut, Phalanx feat. The White Rabbit, Front Sonore and Akoustik Timbre Frekuency. Merankorii's track is one that wasn't released until now, called "Animal Six".

Click here to stream or download this album.

Free Album: Sanguine

That's right! It's that time of the month you always love, when Merankorii gives something for free. This time is not a track, but an whole album!

Sanguine, Merankorii's fourth album, was originally released at the 15th of May 2007, in CD split with Bardic Wisdom. Now, the album is fully downloadable (track by track or the entire album at once), in a great selection of formats, for free!

You just have to follow this link and stream the album or download it. You can choose to pay for the tracks or the album, but you can always choose to pay ZERO and get it for free.

I hope you enjoy it!

Free Track: Intimae

We're back to that time of the month you enjoy the most - the day Merankorii gives you another free track to listen or download: as usual, with a Creative Commons license.

This time the chosen track as "Intimae", from "Melencolia III". Listen or download it here.

20th April 2009 (new compilation)

Merankorii did it again. "A dança das rosas", an until now unreleased track, is now out in the "20th April 2009" Cabinet Pin compilation:

TRACKS

1. A Song For Your Mixtape - Community Musk
2. 111111111111 - Bagley
3. Dark Force - RainBoat
4. Monday Wednesday Sunday - Telafonica
5. A Dança das Rosas - Merankorii
6. Makin' This House a Home - The Lost Eyes
7. Liquor is Quicker - Vlayman
8. MOWE pardner - Cloudy
9. Narcissists Mirror - 44Hertz
10. Jupiter (is fucking cool) - Ryan of Nerf
11. They All Say - Loveletting
12. That Way Is This Way - Frontiers in Photography
13. All - The Desks
14. Massive - 44Hertz
15. Hey! - Fisheads of Fun

More info here.

Merankorii in new compilation: "The Aeon Symbols 5 - The Pentagram"

Pre-order it at Quartier23.org.

Free Track: Naturae

We're back to that time of the month you enjoy the most - the day Merankorii gives you another free track to listen or download: as usual, with a Creative Commons license.

This time the chosen track as "Naturae", from "Melencolia III". Listen or download it here. And remember: you still can find copies of this CD in several places.

[Merankorii - Angellore] #1 in top sales (NgH) !

The image tells you all, [Merankorii - Angellore] keeps being a success!


Buy your copy here before it gets sold out!

20th March 2009 (new compilation)

Merankorii did it again. "Methodicka 20", an until now unreleased track, is now out in the "20th March 2009" Cabinet Pin compilation:

TRACKS

1. Frequent Flyers - 44Hertz
2. Time for Kerry - The Comptroller of Stamps
3. Something Like a Black Hole - Loveletting
4. Sentidos de Lujo - Fisheads of Fun
5. Circumvent the Obvious - Telafonica
6. Love is Recovered - Frontiers in Photography
7. Open Houses - The Desks
8. Triceratopses - Triceratopses
9. Get Away - Vlayman
10. Digging Underground - 44Hertz
11. Pin the Tail on the Donkey - The Little Shop of Choppers
12. Methodicka 20 - Merankorii

More info here.

Merankorii vs. Serpent's Briar - The Dancing Moonlight

A new Merankorii album was released!

In a way to celebrate the equinox, a new album, "The Dancing Moonlight", was released in CD-R format by "Smell The Stench" label, with Merankorii songs remixed by dark ambient project from Kingdom of Bahrain "Serpent's Briar".

1. Mental Analog
2. A Storm of Confusion
3. Ascending Into...
4. The Return of Lugh
5. Summer Rain of a Newborn Dawn
6. Drowning in Solitude
7. The Interlude of Life
8. Into the Dark Woods we paced
9. The Morning Beltane

[Update:] You can now buy this CD via Depressive Illusions (6.66€).

Oh! And of course, the free track of the month this time is one of the tracks from this album, Drowning in Solitude... Enjoy!

[Merankorii - Angellore] #2 in top sales (NgH)

The image tells you all, [Merankorii - Angellore] is being a success!

Buy your copy here before it gets sold out!

20th January 2009 (new compilation, free track)

TWE044: 20th January 2009

Compilation (more info here). Released: Feb 2009.

TRACKS

1. Northern Snow - Merankorii
2. Tweaking the Cortex - Iain & Ross Dalrymple
3. Surface of Objects - Fisheads of Fun
4. Fries - Vlayman
5. Hearing Words As Only Shadows - Frontiers in Photography
6. No, Really, It's Nothing - Community Musk
7. Victory March - A Machine for Finding the Centre of the Earth
8. Time and Distance - Telafonica
9. San Choi Bow Wow - The Lost Eyes
10. Who Knows Where? - Frontiers in Photography
11. 43 to 44 - superaction80
12. January - The Desks
13. Slicer - Cloudy
14. Should Children Wear Black? - Frontiers in Photography
15. Sunday - Stephanie Waldron
16. Oh Benny (A Satirical Take on our Attitude Towards Benny's Room) - The Lost Eyes

Merankorii's track for this compilation is also the "free track of the month". It's called "Northern Snow" and you can download it at the usual place.

[Merankorii - Angellore] new album released!

Update: link to an online store selling this CD at the end of this post

Merankorii's 7th album, [Merankorii - Angellore], was released yesterday, 15th February 2009.

This album, a split with Angellore, shows two faces of the same story - We - one noisy and urban (Merankorii), and the other neofolkish and pagan (Angellore).

The album was released in a 60 copies limited edition by NgH Productions, and it is the first Merankorii album in a printed CD.

If you're interested in buying it, feel free to contact me. get it here. The album price is 8€.

I hope you'll enjoy this new album!

Free Movie: Playground

Greetings! This month, instead of the usual "Free Track", we have a surprise for you: a Free Movie!

That's right! Promising filmmakers Cátia Ferreira and João Alberto just finished their first movie "Playground", a short story created with Blender and released with a Creative Commons license, and Merankorii as its soundtrack.

Well, enough with words, here's the movie.

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Free Track: Subway's Coil

Welcome to 2009! The free track for the month of January is the first track from Merankorii's "Melencolia III": "Subway's Coil".

Here's where you can listen or download it.

Oh, and be ready, Merankorii is going to present some cool news really soon now...