Synthetic Works

Merankorii is back with a new album: Synthetic Works.

An experimental sound study about - you guessed it - synthetic works, this limited edition CD release joins two Portuguese one-man-bands, Merankorii and Hulduefni, in a 15 tracks album of original work.

Merankorii fans, specially attendees from Merankorii's concerts, will be happy to know that this is the release that will show you the studio work around the songs I've been presenting live. To satisfy your appetite, here are two videos, the first from one of Hulduefni's tracks on the album, and the other a video from Merankorii live, playing some of the tracks you'll be able to listen on this album.

This album is available from "Dark Matter Records", the record label releasing it, for 7.50€ (plus shipping costs), and it is a 20 copies limited edition, so act fast before they're all sold out!

KEEP IT FROZEN 5 Years Remix Anniversary

KEEP IT FROZEN 5 Years Remix Anniversary By Merankorii

Keep It Frozen is a nice independent noise label, that now makes 5 years of existence. To celebrate it, Merankorii did a mixtape, freely available for download, a mix of sounds released on KIF during this five years, as seen through an industrial light.

Free streaming and download, I hope you enjoy it!

(If you feel compelled to help us financially, buy something from KIF or Merankorii's latest album)

New album: Rather Than Bored

After a lot of teasing and letting some information slip, it is now, finally, the moment to announce it: Merankorii has been hardly working for two years to produce what now is "Rather Than Bored", a conceptually closed album that marks a (big) change on what Merankorii is.

I'm really happy with the result, and with the fact that, for the first time, Merankorii will be released on vinyl. The album comes both as a Vinyl LP and a CD, so if you're not really a fan of vinyl (or don't have a record player) you can still enjoy this album.

The details:
Format: LP (Vinyl + CD)
Label: Noori Records, NR021
Edition: Limited to 11 copies
Price: 25€

The first eight orders will also receive extra items hand painted by Merankorii with paintings allusive to the album’s theme, each of them unique.

If you missed it, here’s a small teaser made for this release:



What are you waiting for? Order your copy!

VVAA - Do What Thou Will

A compilation of Ritual Musik, 333 minutes in 35 tracks and 2 videos, including the Merankorii track "Dementia". Free download. Enjoy!

Merankorii / Proyecto De Prueba - Cazatura De Arbori

It is with great pleasure that I now announce today's release of a new Merankorii album, called "Cazatura De Arbori" - a split CD between Merankorii and Proyecto De Prueba.

"Cazatura De Arbori" marks the end of a cycle - like the fall of a tree - for Merankorii, and with it the begining of another one. It is also the first physical release of Proyecto De Prueba, after two well recieved digital releases. The album is available in three different editions (prices include shipping):

• Standard Edition (CD) - 9 Euro
• Lighthouse Edition (2 CD) - 15 Euro
• Collector's Edition (6 CD) - 35 Euro

"Lighthouse Edition" has two CDs in an handmade blue purse.
"Collector's Edition" has six CDs: the Lighthouse edition and four other randomly selected CDs from other artists.

This is a vinyl-style CD, and comes in either a white or a black sleeve.

Like always, you can order your CD by sending me an e-mail.

New release: Cryptoloop

Bash and python got together in a loop, messed up with some devices and crypt functions. The result was compressed and spat into a floppy. The riddle is that the source code, while not available, is shown by the 9 minutes long music track itself. You just have to learn how to reverse engineer it… Or, at least, enjoy the resulting tune. The geekiest release ever from Merankorii is out now: grab this Cryptoloop! Packed inside handmade cardboard covers. Limited to 10 copies.

Released  at the 1st of February 2010, in three editions:

Floppy Disk - 6 Euro
Floppy Disk + Colored CD (with extra track) - 10 Euro
Package (10 different items includding the floppy and the CD) - 40 Euro
(All prices include shipping)

About the floppy edition: This is a *real* floppy disk. You'll need a 3 1/2 floppy disk drive or you won't be able to listen to this single. Yup, this sets the record as Merankorii's geekiest release ever ;-)

About the CD edition:
Besides the floppy, a CDr, with four different colors available. Purchasers of more than one of this packages get different colors. The CD includes the Cryptoloop track and a bonus track.

About the Package edition:
Each Package is different, and comes with 10 different items (expect most of them to be CDs), two of them being the Cryptoloop Floppy Disk and the Cryptoloop CD. Don't be afraid: no package will come with more than one Cryptoloop CD, unless you ask during the order. The market value of the items in the package is guaranteed to be more than the price of the package.

Orders can be done via e-mail, for now.

Infernum (The Divine Comedy Tribute)

Inchiostrum Records has released the compilation:

Infernum

The Divine Comedy Tribute 

INC 001

in a limited edition of 50 copies. It includes

 "Canto I" by Merankorii

You can get more information about it here (or even buying it, 3€ plus shipping):

Inchiostrum at myspace

Impetus Vol. 1 (and free track)

Impetus Vol.1 is the first part of a multi-genre anti-fascist compilation, and it is already out now (you can buy it here). One of its tracks, "Abril", is from Merankorii, and can be listened/downloaded for free here!

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.

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.

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 - 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!

Ancestral / Merankorii / Njiqahdda Split

[UPDATED: Sold out]

Ancestral / Merankorii / Njiqahdda Split CD

Greetings friends,

Merankorii's 6th album "Ancestral / Merankorii / Njiqahdda Split", will be released tomorrow, May 13th 2008. Please contact immediately if you would like to obtain a copy of this release. We ARE accepting pre-orders as of right now.

Ancestral / Merankorii / Njiqahdda Split

3-way split release from these amazing artists totaling in over 70 minutes of brand new music! Ancestral present extremely depressive and dark anthropological black metal. Merankorii present introspective/melodic dark ambient & folk stylings. Njiqahdda display more of the atmospheric and psychedelic astral black metal they are known for. An amazing split album of 3 uniquely different yet cohesive artists, brilliant!!!

Packaged in a standard DVD case.

If you want to listen or download one free track from this release, coming as a part of the "one free track per month" iniciative, feel free to go to Merankorii's MySpace, where you can listen or download one of its tracks "Dark Woods".

A Viagem released!

So, finaly Merankorii's fifth album is released. "A Viagem" was released both in MP3 and in a 30-copies limited edition. The CD edition is sold out.

Ten things you want to know about "A Viagem"

1. Official release date is 1st of April 2008
2. Pre-orders will start shipping this month
3. If you pre-ordered, probably you'll get your copy still in March
4. Those "A Viagem" flyers are... flyers. They are not the CD cover, which you'll get to see before the release, but only after shipping started
5. The CD costs 5€ with shipping included
6. This is a 30 copies limited edition, and it's running out. Grab yourse quickly!
7. There's no plans on selling the album in digital format until it is sold-out in CD format
8. Yes, I'll all about "music for free". If you want Merankorii for free, I'm still releasing one free mp3 track per month at the usual place
9. The money collected with Merankorii and Noori Records is used to make other releases happen
10. Merankorii and Noori Records are eco-friendly. More about that soon.
    

Merankorii announces "A Viagem"

Dear friends,

It's with great pleasure that Merankorii announces its fifth release "A Viagem", a 30 copies hand-numbered limited edition with original DIY packaging. The CD is going to be released in March, but there's still no day set, and I'm not disclosuring much more info as of now. This edition is going to be made by Noori Records.

Yet, if you want to pre-order it, you now can: just send me an e-mail to reserve one of the 30 copies... And be quick, or it might get sold out!

In a couple of hours...

...and to celebrate this year's Winter Solistice, "Winter of Dissonance", a 2CD free compilation, is going to be released, including (in the 2nd CD) an exclusive Merankorii track called "Storm"...

Check the artwork in these links (where you'll find out the full track listing), I'll let you know as soon as the album is available to download...

[Cover]
[CD1 backcover]
[CD2 backcover]

Merry Yule!

Falésia

Falésia is a 3CD Portuguese Dark Ambient compilation, released by enough records.

The album is completely free, download (250 Mb).

Falésia CD1
01. Dream Metaphor - Space Traveller
02. Electrólise - Terminal Sedation
03. Organic Anagram - Mortuary Rituals For The Living Dead
04. Prolepse - De D a G
05. Dedxound - zxxck001
06. e:4c - communication flow
07. Massa Última - Aiche
08. Structura - Paisagem de chuva
09. Arcano Zero - Enophe
10. Sangre Cavallum - Trobo Treba
11. Triarca - Devotos

Falésia CD2
01. tg - click track
02. Morgor - Dark Era
03. ps - 345_070423
04. Stalker Vitki - Disclosure
05. Souls of Nephilims - There's no Light Here
06. Haze Maze - Millions of Dreams Moving us Apart
07. Merankorii - Cry

Falésia CD3
01. Sparagmos - Pentheus phase I
02. VelgeNaturlig - Yedelgeuse
03. NNY - 13
04. The Joy of Nature - Fire Only Rests
05. Nhoin - Suspect Zero
06. Systemic Failure - L'Enfer
07. Vysehrad - Tracks To Nowhere
08. Barcos - Radara

Merankorii @ Falésia

On the 2nd of June at Fábrica de Som (Avenida Rodrigues de Freitas 27, Porto, Portugal), there's this gig comming:

In the same day, Falésia, a 3 cd dark ambient compilation by Portuguese projects, is going to be released by Enough Records, a Portuguese netlabel, and will be, obviously, free for download in their website. But if you attend to this gig, you're going to get it from free in CD-R format! This release will feature one Merankorii track.

See you there!