Vanity of Vanities
by Idylls of the Last King
vuhvoidloves
vuhvoidloves
Possibly the best IOTLK release in my opinion.
The sonic state just floored me from the first minute and I can't really remember what else happened for the next 40 minutes or so.
Deep Immersive listening at its finest. Favorite track: ...All Is Vanity.
The sonic state just floored me from the first minute and I can't really remember what else happened for the next 40 minutes or so.
Deep Immersive listening at its finest. Favorite track: ...All Is Vanity.
keopsdelfuturo
keopsdelfuturo
Atmospheric and full of texture. Thrilling in its darkness. Really beautiful.
Favorite track: IV.
Carbon Category
Carbon Category
More drone than most Idylls releases but a gorgeous touch of dark ambient for the final track pairs fantastically with the previous six.
Favorite track: ...All Is Vanity.
Amathounta
Amathounta
Phenomenal album & journey!!!! His stuff just gets better and better! This is his best so far in my opinion. Each track blends so smoothly into each other, so much so that you don’t realise you’ve moved on to the next track unless you checked. Totally dark throughout with a beautifully sweet ending. The best dark ambient music right here, the kind that gives you skin orgasms! 🔥
Enjoy! Favorite track: III.
Enjoy! Favorite track: III.
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Cassette + Digital AlbumEdition of 35, by The Tidal Charm Productions (thetidalcharm.bandcamp.com)
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II
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III
08:40
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IV
04:29
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V
08:47
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VI
05:32
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...All Is Vanity
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about
''We come from a dark abyss, we end in a dark abyss, and we call the luminous interval life. As soon as we are born the return begins, at once the setting forth and the coming back; we die in every moment. Because of this many have cried out: The goal of life is death!
But as soon as we are born we begin the struggle to create, to compose, to turn matter into life; we are born in every moment. Because of this many have cried out: The goal of ephemeral life is immortality!
In the temporary living organism these two streams collide:
(a) the ascent toward composition, toward life, toward immortality;
(b) the descent toward decomposition, toward matter, toward death.
Both streams well up from the depths of primordial essence. Life startles us at first; it seems somewhat beyond the law, somewhat contrary to nature, somewhat like a transitory counteraction to the dark eternal fountains; but deeper down we feel that Life is itself without beginning, an indestructible force of the Universe. Otherwise, from where did that superhuman strength come which hurls us from the unborn to the born and gives us - plants, animals, men - courage for the struggle? But both opposing forces are holy.
It is our duty, therefore, to grasp that vision which can embrace and harmonize these two enormous, timeless, and indestructible forces, and with this vision to modulate our thinking and our action.''
- Nikos Kazantzakis
But as soon as we are born we begin the struggle to create, to compose, to turn matter into life; we are born in every moment. Because of this many have cried out: The goal of ephemeral life is immortality!
In the temporary living organism these two streams collide:
(a) the ascent toward composition, toward life, toward immortality;
(b) the descent toward decomposition, toward matter, toward death.
Both streams well up from the depths of primordial essence. Life startles us at first; it seems somewhat beyond the law, somewhat contrary to nature, somewhat like a transitory counteraction to the dark eternal fountains; but deeper down we feel that Life is itself without beginning, an indestructible force of the Universe. Otherwise, from where did that superhuman strength come which hurls us from the unborn to the born and gives us - plants, animals, men - courage for the struggle? But both opposing forces are holy.
It is our duty, therefore, to grasp that vision which can embrace and harmonize these two enormous, timeless, and indestructible forces, and with this vision to modulate our thinking and our action.''
- Nikos Kazantzakis
credits
released May 5, 2022
All music by Idylls of the Last King.
Cover art by Joshua, aka REVERENT APOSTATE. You can see more of his work at @entropyhex on Instagram.
PLEASE NOTE that for the time being all proceeds from Bandcamp digital sales will be donated to charities supporting orphaned children in Ukraine.
All music by Idylls of the Last King.
Cover art by Joshua, aka REVERENT APOSTATE. You can see more of his work at @entropyhex on Instagram.
PLEASE NOTE that for the time being all proceeds from Bandcamp digital sales will be donated to charities supporting orphaned children in Ukraine.
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