Following releases from Ian Hawgood, Chihei Hatakeyama, Porzellan, Northerner etc. Hibernate Records are treading a similar path to labels such as Home Normal, Under The Spire etc. The label name is fitting as they're putting out just the sort of mega floaty stuff to put you to sleep this winter. Hence at this moment in time I'm listening to 'Sen Zimnej' Strom Noir which is the work of Slovakia based artist Emil Matko who has previously had stuff out on U-Cover, Resting Bell, Format Noise etc. It's fairly spooked sounding at times with some bleakish drones, but for the greater part it's very ethereal. Some most pleasant ambient/ guitar/ field recordings stuff that evokes floating over winter landscapes and melting snow. Once you get into the zone you'll be in total bliss like the hibernating bear image that comes with the free sticker of this limited edition of 150 copies CD.
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Sound clips for Sen Zimnej Noci by Strom Noir: on CD at Norman Records UK. CD, Hibernate, hb06 , £6.19.
Strom Noir is a project of Emil Matko, born in 1979 and now living in Bratislava, Slovakia. He is well known for his releases on Resting Bell (Kueyen), U-Cover (Ylomejja, KruhyNAvode), Ambsine (Luvyoo) and Format noise (Lorawa). Strom Noir creates beautiful ethereal guitar drones adding detail with field recordings and other sounds and is essential for fans of Beautumn and Sleepy Town Manufacture.
