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Dark Folke

Release Date: 1 January 2010



A Transposition of Melancholy. They have no voice for their mouths are covered. They cannot move for their bodies are stiff. But their minds are free. Their eyes are no longer prisons. When the hour of the owl comes, they will enter the tree through a triangle. The triangle is a doorway. The tree is a cave. The cave echoes their every thought, breath and step. And while there is no light, they remain hidden but never forgotten. DARK FOLKE.






01 Omicron 00:07:41
02 A Shuffler in the Mud 00:04:55
03 Blood Rising 00:03:10
04 Ephemeron 00:07:15
05 Incastrate 00:03:40
06 Invisible Room 00:03:54
07 Lowdown 00:08:11
08 The Boring 00:05:39
09 Decarn 00:06:02
10 Mind Roots 00:05:36

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A Transposition of Melancholy. They have no voice for their mouths are covered. They cannot move for their bodies are stiff. But their minds are free. Their eyes are no longer prisons. When the hour of the owl comes, they will enter the tree through a triangle. The triangle is a doorway. The tree is a cave. The cave echoes their every thought, breath and step. And while there is no light, they remain hidden but never forgotten. DARK FOLKE.

Recorded and mixed in Bergen, Norway with their longtime collaborator, Jorgen Traeen, well known producer of bands such as Ultralyd, Motorpsycho and Jaga Jazzist.

With a change in musical direction, the math prog rock of The Observatory’s third album A Far Cry From Here has morphed into a fluid mystical beast.

Most songs have no drums on them. But there is rhythm. Only the type of rhythm associated with an invisible pulse. An implied rhythm.

5 folks sitting around a fire. A metaphorical fire. Chanting for the rain to come.

The Double LP was released on 1 January 2010, featuring the twisted art of metal/hardcore/underground illustrator and designer, Justin Bartlett aka Vberkvlt, the artist behind the art of SUNN O))), Moss, Aura Noir and more. The packaging is a thick, classic deluxe gatefold full sleeve which includes an illustrated black and white 8pp 12"x12" art booklet by Justin Bartlett. Pressed on 180g black vinyl, limited, handnumbered and mastered by Rashad Becker (Sunn O)))’s Oracle and Oren Ambarchi).
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