Black Mare track listing:
1. Blind One (also on Field Of The Host)
2. Elk Sedge
3. Glaesir
Belgium’s Syndrome and US’s Black Mare join forces for this very special split Consouling Sounds release, uniquely available on vinyl.
Syndrome, the moniker of Mathieu Vandekerckhove’s (Amenra, Kingdom, Sembler Deah) carefully crafted soundscapes, contributes yet another outstanding addition to his already impressive body of work.
Gentle progressions, modest melodies and minimal orchestration amount to Syndrome’s very own massive sound, constantly trespassing post-rock, drone, ambient, and doom territories.
Black Mare, the solo project of Sera Timms (Ides of the Gemini, ex-Black Math Horseman), harmonizes beautifully with Syndrome’s micro-cosmos. Black Mare’s music too steps away from the grand gestures, and focuses on conveying a world of meaning with a minimalistic vocabulary. Focusing on atmosphere and trance-inducing rhythmical patterns, Black Mare immerses the listener into her own mythical world.
This is a split album that holds the listener hostage in a realm where the lines between dream and nightmare are blurred constantly.
*purchase includes PDF download of lyric inserts which did not get printed for the actual LP.
credits
released November 4, 2014
Black Mare is Sera Timms
Syndrome is Mathieu Vandekerckhove
Album Mastered by James Plotkin
Photos by Mathieu Vandekerckhove and Sera Timms
Layout and Design by Sera Timms
supported by 14 fans who also own “BLACK MARE/SYNDROME split LP”
DMM takes Field of the Host's atmospheric style and makes it louder, adding heavy, distorted guitars. The result is perhaps the least accessible of Sera's music, but should satisfy fans. 4/5 Eirian