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TERRASCOPE
"One
listen to opener 'Bardos', will convince of the magnitude of this disc,
the music dragging you into a place where time dissolves and nothing is
certain. Throughout the album, the drummers keep it tight, whilst the
synths and voices destroy the senses in beautiful fashion, until the low
drone/percussion piece 'Pure Lands' offers a place to touch down."
www.Terrascope.com
SUBSCAPEANNEX
"Sikhara was fantastic. I'm used to drum circles, but
I'm not used to seeing a central drum pile. Two solid drummers, and a
third leading the action, also drumming, but being possessed, shrieking
and ululating, acting not normal."
www.Subscapeannex.com
FILTH FORGE
"Then it was time for
Sikhara. Great stuff. Power electronics combined with a aggressive drum
circle. Sounded a bit like Test Dept. But also original, and even
with a touch of choreography. Very intense. Good enough that I took
home a CD of their work for further study. I am left with the mental
image of three energetic young men attacking a drum kit from all sides,
with vigor and a sense of earnestness that was impressive and thoughtful."
Filth Forge
CHAIN D.L.K.
Expect thundering rhythms on different type of drums
and bells, mixed in with, and interleaved by, noise, electronic vocal
processing and occasional chants. If you need references think of a
sonicly maximized blend of Les Tambours Du Bronx, Merzbow, SRL, Neurosis,
Einsturzende Neubauten, Dive and stuff like that.
http://www.ChainDLK.org
HEATHEN HARVEST
"Sikhara
utilize ritual percussion and analogue synth tones accompanied by
indecipherable electronically processed vocal incantations to present a
tribute to the soporific opiates of the poppies."
www.HeathenHarvest.com
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SHORT, FAST + LOUD! MAGAZINE
"Sikhara
approach music/sound with primitive soul, esoteric beauty and strong,
fortified rhythms...Forceful and consistent throughout, their blend of
competent drumming and layered atmospherics (quite surreal at times) kept
my interest from beginning to end of this offering...hypnotically crafting
a docile yet deadly whirlpool of rotating beats and lunar cushions being
pulled to the center of all other directions while turning itself inside
out). The work is reverent and earned my respect after one listen."
Short Fast + Loud!
EAR-RATIONAL
This is a surprising
oddity. Middle-eastern sounding music recorded live in Japan. That then
mixes with aggressive and fast tribal drumming, akin Crash Worship. The
two intermix and really get you moving. Damn, I like it! Hit me again! The
music continually morphs - at one point sounding truly ethnic to minutes
later it has turned into an experimental fest of effects pedals.
Fascinating! Always keeps you guessing. The parts are strong in the
separate elements, and together it is a whirlwind of a powerful
performance. Each track is distinct - not one long jumble, but a new
start. Wohoo!
www.Ear-Rational.com
LN.
Faisant table rase des carcans stylistiques, Sikhara se réapproprie les
cultures et les influences. Tout en piochant son inspiration dans la
tradition arménienne et géorgienne, le duo poursuit son exploration
musicale au sein du label URCK et propose avec *Anduni*, un album complexe
et schizophrénique. En ouvrant leur univers dans un enchevêtrement de
ricanements dements et de grognements gutturaux, le duo Nyddeger/Geoffriaud
interpelle et interroge. De cette entrée en matière âpre et énigmatique,
se développent cependant peu à peu des atmosphères et des sensations
multiples. Graduellement, *Anduni* gagne en profondeur, oscillant entre
vagues rythmiques, lamentations et éructations guerrières. Du brouhaha
organique de voix et de râles torturés émergent des grondements sourds et
tribaux qui s’intensifient pour soudainement exploser en une déferlante de
percussions et de psalmodies obsédantes. Brusquement pourtant, le rythme
se rompt et la tensions’effondre, laissant place à un chant pur et
envoutant. Comme sorti des limbes du temps, un air lugubre et
mélancoliques’élève au milieu d’un entrelacs lent et discordant
d’instruments. Dans cette accalmie fantomatique et glaçante Sikhara semble
se ressourcer pour ensuite retrouver toute sa vigueur. De manière sourde
et lointaine d’abord, le roulement des percussions reprend ; les
incantations mystiquess’élèvent puis redoublent, et c’est dans une transe
désarticulée et tribale qu’*Anduni* trouve son apogée. Lentement pourtant,
cette apothéose se rétracte comme aspirée en un souffle. Les chants
s’évanouissent en unmurmure et *Anduni*s’achève dans une brume confuse et
intrigante.
Profond et envoutant, cet album* *laisse derrière lui,*
*comme en suspend, un univers à la frontière de la folie et de la
transcendance. Et c’est avec force et brio que Sikhara marque son retour.
www.myspace.com/Ln1000
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